oneColumn
Faculty and Staff Features
Meet the creative minds shaping the next generation of artists, designers, and art historians at 成人AV视频. Our faculty are experts and passionate educators dedicated to fostering artistic expression, bringing diverse specialties and real-world experience into every classroom. Explore their backgrounds and the impactful roles they play here at the 成人AV视频.
FACULTY FEATURES
Art, Art History & Design. 成人AV视频
Meg Fowler
Instructor and Assistant Director of Hicks Honors College
Dr. Meg McCrummen Fowler is Assistant Director of the Hicks Honors College and an Instructor of Art History. Her teaching and research focus on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century French and European art, museum studies, and public memory. She is the recipient of 成人AV视频's 2026 Innovative, Interdisciplinary & Experiential Teaching Award. Before joining 成人AV视频, she directed the History Museum of Mobile, leading the award-winning institution through a period of significant growth. She completed a curatorial fellowship at the Musée d'Orsay in 2018 and holds a Ph.D. in Art History & Society from Tulane University.
Elizabeth Heuer
Associate Professor
Dr. Elizabeth B. Heuer specializes in 19th- and 20th-century American visual and material culture. Her interdisciplinary research explores cultural memory, identity, materiality, and the intersections of art and ecology. Her publications include a monograph on Eugene Savage, contributions to several anthologies, and the recent collection catalog American Made: Painting and Sculpture in the DeMell Jacobsen Collection.
Lisa West
Instructor
Lisa West holds an M.A. in Art History from Louisiana State University with a research emphasis on the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia in Ravenna, Italy. Since 2002 she has taught at eight institutions in five states, offering courses from Art Appreciation and Survey sequences to upper-level seminars in Greek, Islamic, Byzantine, Dutch Baroque, and Modern European art. She has taught abroad at Charles University in Prague and across seven cities in Germany and Austria.
Shailja Patel
Instructor
Shailja Patel brings a background spanning advertising, marketing, UX design, UX research, and business strategy, with contributions to projects for Google Pay, the Google Privacy Team, Deloitte, and Royal Caribbean. She holds degrees from MAAER's MIT, Pune, and the Savannah College of Art and Design, and is currently advancing a thesis on a UX data privacy framework.
Deborah McKinney
Foundations Adjunct Professor
Deborah S. McKinney is an award-winning designer and educator with a BA in Visual Communication from Florida State University and a Master's in Illustration from Syracuse University. A founding member and past president of the AIGA Jacksonville Chapter, she received the 12-Who-Care Award and Jefferson Medal from the American Institute for Public Service for her work with the Sulzbacher Center for the Homeless. As CEO of McKinney Levine Studio, Inc., she continues to create and publish in Visual Communication.
David Fenner
Distinguished Professor
David Fenner joined 成人AV视频 in 1992 and was elected Distinguished Professor by the faculty in 2010. He has served as interim chair of the Philosophy Department, dean of the Graduate School, and president of the Faculty Association. His authored books include The Art and Philosophy of The Garden (Oxford University Press, 2024), Plain Aesthetics (Broadview Press, 2024), Art in Context (Ohio University Press, 2008), and Introducing Aesthetics, translated into Chinese.
Christopher Trice
Professor
Christopher W. Trice joined the 成人AV视频 faculty in 2010 after earning his MFA in Photography from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has over 20 years of experience teaching photography and digital imaging and received the 成人AV视频 Faculty Association Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award in 2023. His research interests span personal and cultural histories, American popular culture, Italian cinema, and historic photographic processes.
Samantha Burns
Adjunct Instructor
Samantha Burns is an interdisciplinary artist whose work integrates printmaking, sculpture, and installation to explore the body-mind connection, trauma recovery, and the contradictions of normalcy. With over a decade of exhibiting in the US, Canada, and Europe, she has received residencies at UNESCO's Art Camp in Andorra and the Vermont Studio Center. In 2024 she received an Individual Artist Grant from the City of Jacksonville. Since 2019 she has collaborated with animal conservation programs across four states and Brazil.
Aisling McDonald
Visiting Instructor
Aisling Millar was born in Dublin in 1982 and received her MFA in Sculpture from East Carolina University in 2014. She has completed public commissions for the City of Amelia Island, the City of Atlantic Beach, and the Jacksonville Jaguars Miller Electric Performance Center, among others. In 2024 she received an Individual Artist Grant from the City of Jacksonville. She creates outdoor steel sculpture, cast iron wall hangings, ceramic sculptures, and mosaics.
GALLERY FEATURES
成人AV视频 Galleries. Connecting art and Community.
Ian Carey
Curator of University Galleries & Instructor
Ian Carey holds a BFA from the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA in Painting and Drawing from Illinois State University. He has served as gallery director at Illinois Wesleyan University and as Permanent Art Collection Curator at Indiana State University. He teaches painting, drawing, and Museum Studies courses, integrating exhibition programming into unique learning experiences. He is also an active artist with national and international exhibitions.
STAFF FEATURES
Department of Art, Art History & Design
Tamra Conner
Office Manager
Tamra Conner has been employed with 成人AV视频 for 25 years. She graduated in 2000 with her B.F.A. in Painting/Drawing from 成人AV视频, and her education under Professor Emeritus Paul Ladnier and Professor Emerita Louise Freshman Brown set her on a path to receive grants, commissions, and entries in juried exhibitions. She has witnessed the department grow from its earliest days through to the present.
Quinn London Echelson
2D Fine Arts Lab Technician & Research Assistant
Quinn's photography focuses on capturing nature's most admirable moments, celebrating the natural world with a goal of highlighting the importance of conservation. His nature-driven work invites viewers to find reflection and inspiration in the landscape, treating it as both an escape and a root for creativity.
Jennifer Graham
Administrative Secretary
Jennifer Graham began her career in broadcast news before returning to her artistic roots at 成人AV视频. She holds a B.S. in Communication with a minor in Painting, Drawing, and Printmaking from 成人AV视频 (2018) and is currently pursuing a BFA. As Administrative Secretary, she supports departmental operations, coordinates events, and assists with exhibitions. Outside work, she enjoys singing and exploring Jacksonville's vibrant gallery scene.
EMERITUS FEATURES
Department of Art, Art History & Design. Distinguished faculty legacy.
Louise Freshman-Brown
Professor Emerita
Coming Soon.
Robert Cocanougher
Professor Emeritus
Coming Soon.
Paul E. Ladnier
Professor Emeritus
Paul Ladnier taught painting and drawing at 成人AV视频 for nearly 40 years. Upon retirement, 成人AV视频 honored him with an eponymous scholarship for exceptional painting majors. He holds an MFA from Syracuse University and a BFA from Ringling School of Art. Elected to the Salmagundi Club in 2017, he was one of eight charter members who founded the CoRK Arts District. He continues to travel, paint, exhibit, and teach at his CoRK studio.
Debra Murphy
Professor Emerita
Debra Murphy served as inaugural chair of the Department of Art and Design from 2004 to 2019. Her scholarship spans 16th century Italian studies and publications on the art, patronage, and collections of northeast Florida. She served as president of the Southeastern College Art Conference, founded the 成人AV视频 annual program to Italy (now in its 14th year), and was recognized as a "Cultural Icon" by the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville. She holds a Ph.D. in Art History from Boston University.
Scott Brown
Professor Emerita
