Department Link
Department Website

Laura Briggs, Department Head
401-454-6281
lbriggs@risd.edu

Hansy Better, Graduate Program Director
401-454-6281
hbetter@risd.edu

Sara Willett, Department Coordinator
401-454-6281
swillett@risd.edu

Matthew Everett, Department Assistant
401-454-6205
meverett01@risd.edu

James Dean, Technical Assistant
office: 401-454-6273    cell: 401- 225-7365
jdean@risd.edu

Full-time Faculty

Silvia Acosta, Professor
Emanuel Admassu, Assistant Professor
Christopher Bardt, Professor (sabbatical)
James Barnes, Professor
Hansy Better, Professor
Laura Briggs, Associate Professor (TERM APPT)
Jonathan Knowles, Associate Professor
Carl Lostritto, Assistant Professor
Brett Schneider, Assistant Professor
Peter Tagiuri, Professor

Part-time Faculty

Pedro Aparicio, Critic
James Dean, Critic
Chelsea Limbird, Critic
Robert Mohr, Critic
Manuel Alvarado, Critic
Elettra Bordonaro, Critic
Erik Nelson, Critic
Jeffrey Geisinger, Critic
David Gersten, Critic
Petra Kempf, Critic
Marcelo Lopez-Dinardi, Critic
Ralf Petersen, Critic
Erik Nelson, Critic
Joshua Penn Ruderman, Critic
Yehuda Safran, Critic
Jonathan Scelsa, Critic
Daniel Smithwick, Critic
Friedrich StFlorian, Professor Emeritus
Yasmin Vobis, Critic
Aaron Tobey, Critic
Dongwoo Yim, Critic
Deli Zhao, Critic
Michael Webb, Critic
Joseph Watson, Lecturer
Jason Wood, Critic