Faculty Directory

The Tyler faculty are some of the most interesting, innovative and significant artists, architects, designers, art educators, and art historians working today. They are founders of their disciplines and emerging leaders in their fields. They are also some of the best teachers in arts education not an easy combination to find. At Tyler you will experience faculty who are committed educators, personally invested in nurturing their students and helping them to redefine their media in the
next generation.

Tyler faculty teach by word and by example, demonstrating daily what a life in art is all about. Tyler faculty are practitioners who create, critique, write, research, exhibit, and publish nationally and internationally. They are widely recognized art and design professionals, graced with prizes ranging from Guggenheims to Fulbrights to MacArthur Fellowships. They are award-winning designers and skilled educators and historians. And they are generous with their experience.


You will find that some of the most extraordinary artists you will meet in your entire career will be the mentor-teachers you find at Tyler. As the years pass, you may also find they have become some of your closest friends and most important colleagues as well.

Architecture

M. Katherine Wingert-Playdon
Chairperson
Architecture Building, Room 131
215-204-8813
kwingert@temple.edu

Valentina Cleary
Architecture Secretary
Architecture Building, Room 131
215-204-8813
vcleary@temple.edu

Architecture's Faculty Page

Art & Art Education

Pepon Osorio
Department Chairperson
Tyler Building, Room 210K
215-777-9163
benjamin.osorio@temple.edu

Cynthia Patterson
Secretary
Tyler Building, Room 210J
215-777-9163
cynthia.patterson@temple.edu

Zach Lindenberger
Technician
Tyler Building, Room 210K
215-777-9163
zachary.lindenberger@temple.edu

Jo-Anna Moore
Art Education Program Head
Tyler Building, Room B090D
215-777-9259
jmoore06@temple.edu

Art & Art Education's Faculty Page

Art History

Gerald Silk
Department Chairperson
Tyler Building, Room 210M
215-777-9165
gsilk@temple.edu

Michele Gudknecht
Secretary
Tyler Building, Room 210L
215-777-9165
arthisto@temple.edu

Art History's Faculty Page

Crafts

Nicolas Kripal
Department Chairperson
Tyler Building, Room 210O
215-777-9168
nkripal@temple.edu

Patricia Reavis
Secretary
Tyler Building, Room 210N
215-777-9168
preavis@temple.edu

Ceramics

Chad Curtis
Ceramics Program Head
Tyler Building, Room 260
215-777-9168
chad.curtis@temple.edu

John Williams
Technician
Tyler Building, Room 160F
215-777-9203
john.williams0005@temple.edu

Ceramics Faculty Page

Fibers

C. Pazia Mannella
Fibers Program Head
Tyler Building, Room 250
215-777-9136
pazia@temple.edu

Fibers Faculty Page

Glass

Sharyn O’Mara
Glass Program Head
Tyler Building, Room 120C
215-777-9212
somara@temple.edu

Kristen Neville Taylor
Technician
Tyler Building, Room 120B
215-777-9128
kristen@temple.edu

Glass Faculty Page

Metals

Stanley Lechtzin
Metals/Jewelry/CAD-CAM Program Head
Tyler Building, Room 220
215-777-9129
stanlech@temple.edu

Metals/Jewelery/CAD-CAM Faculty Page

Foundations

Gerard Brown
Department Chairperson
Tyler Building, Room 210R
215-777-9181
gbrown@temple.edu

Edda Alicea
Secretary
Tyler Building, Room 210P
215-777-9170
edda@temple.edu

Foundations Faculty Page

Graphic Arts and Design

Stephanie Knopp
Department Chairperson
Tyler Building, Room 210T
215-777-9145
stephart@temple.edu

Nora Leva
Secretary
Tyler Building, Room 210V
215-777-9145
nleva@temple.edu

Graphic and Interactive Design

Alice Drueding
Graphic & Interactive Design Program Head
Tyler Building, Room 240
215-777-9145
drueding@temple.edu

Graphic and Interactive Design Faculty Page

Photography

Martha Madigan
Photography Program Head
Tyler Building, Room B30X
215-777-9245
mmadigan@temple.edu

Jille Mandel
Technician
Tyler Building, Room B30W
215-777-9226
jmandel@temple.edu

Photography Faculty Page

Printmaking

Richard Hricko
Printmaking Program Head
Tyler Building, Room 260B
215-777-2125
richard.hricko@temple.edu

Dawn Simmons
Technician
Tyler Building, Room 260S
215-777-9127
dsimmons@temple.edu

Printmaking Faculty Page

Painting, Drawing and Sculpture

Margo Margolis
Department Chairperson and Painting Program Head
Tyler Building, Room 210S
215-777-9180
margom@temple.edu

Matthew Sepielli
Secretary
Tyler Building, Room 210U
215-777-9176
matthew.sepielli@temple.edu

Painting and Drawing Faculty Page

Sculpture

Jude Tallichet
Sculpture Program Head
Tyler Building, Room 130
215-777-9176
jude@temple.edu

Jason Fowler
Technician
Tyler Building, Room 140J
215-777-9158

Sculpture Faculty Page