Studio Art Faculty | Art History Faculty | Visiting Scholars & Artists | Staff

Studio Art Faculty
Samara Halperin Work Samara Halperin
Visiting Assistant Professor of Studio Art
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
Hung Liu Hung Liu
Professor of Studio Art
Art Center 160
510.430.3140, hliu@mills.edu
Office Hours: Monday 12:00-1:00
See KQED television's feature on Hung Liu

Professional Interests: Painting, drawing, printmaking, installation, public art projects
Anna Valentina Murch Anna Valentina Murch
Professor of Studio Art

Joan Danforth Chair
Program Head of Intermedia Arts, Spring
Art Center 115
510.430.2182, annav@mills.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday 3:00-4:00, Wednesday 12:00-1:00

Professional Interests: Sculpture, installation, public art, ecological design, collaborative projects
Catherine F. Wagner Catherine F. Wagner
Professor of Studio Art
Art Center 140
510.430.3288, catwag@mills.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday 12:00-1:00, Thursday 4:00-5:00, and by appointment
See KQED television's feature on Catherine Wagner

Professional Interests: Photography, art and science, conceptual art, contemporary art philosophy, public art

Art History Faculty

Ken Burke 
Professor Film Studies, Art and Art History
Film Studies Program Head
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
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: Tuesday 3:00-4:00, Thursday 5:00-6:00, and by appointment
Professional Interests: Modern and contemporary art, performance art, U.S. multicultural and contemporary women's art, feminist criticism 

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Intermedia Arts Faculty

James Fei 
Assistant Professor of Electronic Art
Music Room 33
510.430.2329, jfei@mills.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday 1:00-2:30, and by appointment
Professional Interests: Composition, improvisation, sound installlation, live electronic music, recording, intermedia

Visiting Scholars & Artists

Glen Helfand
Lecturer
Art 122
510.430.2117, ghelfand@mills.edu
Office Hours: by appointment

Professional Interests: Contemporary art, criticism, curatorial practice

Josh Greene
Visiting Artist
jgreene@mills.edu

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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



Last Updated: 10/21/11