faculty

Margaret Murphy
Director, Center for Visual Arts
Contact Information
- mmurp102@jhu.edu
- Centre Theater, 10 E. North Avenue, Third Floor
- 410-383-3410
Research Interests: Painting, drawing, mixed media, feminism, material culture
Education: MFA


Tae Hwang
Senior Lecturer and Program Coordinator
Contact Information
- thwang15@jhu.edu
- Centre Theater, 10 E. North Avenue
Research Interests: Relationship between history and archives, social structure, visual culture, social realism
Education: MFA

John Steck Jr.
Senior Lecturer and Photography Coordinator
Contact Information
- jsteckj1@jhu.edu
- Centre Theater
Research Interests: Photographic objects, ephemera, photograms, cyanotypes, archives, and moving images
Education: MFA
Adjunct Faculty

Phyllis Arbesman Berger
Photography Instructor
Contact Information
- pberger1@jhu.edu
- Centre Theater, 10 E. North Avenue, Third Floor
- 410-383-3411
Research Interests: Photography, digital imaging, photo-collage, infrared photography
Education: MFA

Christiana Caro
Photography Instructor
Contact Information
- ccaro3@jh.edu
- Centre Theater 318
Research Interests: Analog & digital photography, islands, observatories, folk museums, creative AI
Education: MFA

Barbara Gruber
Painting Instructor
Contact Information
- bgruber1@jhu.edu
- 410-302-2353
Research Interests: Figure painting, Plein air landscape
Education: MFA

Andy Lowrie
Jewelry and Small Metals Instructor
Contact Information
Research Interests: jewelry, metals, craft theory, material culture
Education: MFA

Luc Phinney
Book Arts Instructor
Contact Information
- cphinne1@jhu.edu
- 410-929-3213
Research Interests: Architectural poetics, design thinking, early modern building culture, innovation and tool use, narrativity and representation
Education: PhD

Edgar Reyes
Printmaking Instructor
Contact Information
Research Interests: Digital Media, Collage, Alternative Photographic Processes, Screen Printing, Graphic Design
Education: MFA

Gretchen Schermerhorn
Printmaking Instructor
Contact Information
Research Interests: Printmaking, Hand Papermaking, Alternative Photographic Processes, Textiles & Surface Design, and Installation
Education: MFA