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	Studio Art Faculty


		Amy Franceschini Assistant Professor of Studio Art Art Center 170 510.430.2117, afranceschini@mills.edu Office Hours: Thursday 11:45-12:45 Professional Interests: Food systems, art and anthropology, social practice, documentary film, journalism Faculty Info \| Course Info


		Samara Halperin Visiting Assistant Professor of Studio Art Program Head of Intermedia Art, Spring Art Center 116 510.430.2117, shalperi@mills.edu Office Hours: Wednesday 4:15-6:00, and by appointment Professional Interests: Experimental film and video, cinematography, 16mm animation, production design, writing, pop culture Faculty Info \| Course Info


		Hung Liu Professor of Studio Art Art Center 160 510.430.3140, hliu@mills.edu Office Hours: by appointment See KQED television's feature on Hung Liu Professional Interests: Painting, drawing, printmaking, installation, public art projects Faculty Info \| Course Info


		Anna Valentina Murch Professor of Studio Art Joan Danforth Chair On sabbatical 2012-2013 Art Center 115 510.430.2182, annav@mills.edu Professional Interests: Sculpture, installation, public art, ecological design, collaborative projects Faculty Info


		Catherine F. Wagner Professor of Studio Art Art Center 140 510.430.3288, catwag@mills.edu Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday 12:00-1:00 See KQED television's feature on Catherine Wagner Professional Interests: Photography, art and science, conceptual art, contemporary art philosophy, public art Faculty Info \| Course Info

Art History Faculty

Meryl Bailey
Assistant Professor of Art and Art History
Art Center Room 106
510.430.3287, nmbailey@mills.edu
Office Hours: Thursday 2:30-4:30 and by appointment
Professional Interests: The Italian Renaissance, especially late Renaissance art and architecture in Venice; concepts of violence and justice in early modern visual culture; popular poetry and Florentine portraiture; art and the legal system

Ken Burke
Professor Film Studies, Art and Art History
Film Studies Program Head
Trefethen Faculty Award
Mills Hall Rm. 342
510.430.3152, ninak@mills.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday, Thursday 2:00-4:00 and by appointment
Professional Interests: Film, communication theory, video production, scriptwriting, social effects of mass media

Mary-Ann Milford
Professor of Art History
Carver Professor of Far Eastern Studies
Department Head
Art Center 105
510.430.3290, mmilford@mills.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday, Thursday 12:00-1:00 and by appointment
Professional Interests: Contemporary Asian art, specializing in women's art of South Asia and the art of India, China, and Japan

Moira Roth
Professor of Art History
Art Center Room 107
510.430.3141, mroth@mills.edu
Office Hours: Thursday 4:00-5:00 and by appointment
Professional Interests: Modern art history and contemporary global art, feminism and multiculturalism, and fiction and playwriting

Intermedia Arts Faculty

James Fei
Associate Professor of Electronic Art
Program Head, Fall
On sabbatical Spring 2013
Music Room 33
510.430.2329, jfei@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Composition, improvisation, sound installlation, live electronic music, recording, intermedia

Visiting Scholars & Artists

Stephanie Ellis
Visiting Assitant Professor, Spring
Art 106
510.430.3287, stephanie_ellis@mac.com
Office Hours: Friday 12:00-1:00 and by appointment
Professional Interests: Politics of scale, panoramic spectatorship, language of gestures, the transformative value of shame

Glen Helfand
Lecturer
Art 122
510.430.2375, ghelfand@mills.edu
Office Hours: by appointment
Professional Interests: Contemporary art, criticism, curatorial practice

Staff

Stacie Daniels
Assistant Director of the Art Museum
Art Museum, 510.430.2164, stacie@mills.edu

Kristie Kern
Faculty Administrative Assistant
Art Center 121, 510.430.2117, kkern@mills.edu

Ethan Worden
Studio Technician for Sculpture and Ceramics
Sculpture 102, 510.430.2117, eworden@mills.edu