Art Faculty and Staff

  • Kimberly Sheridan

    Associate Professor of Art Education and Educational Psychology, School of Art, CVPA

    Kimberly Sheridan is an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology. She received her doctorate in Human Development and Psychology in June 2006 from Harvard University Graduate School of Education. She holds a joint appointment in the College of Visual and Performing Arts.
  • Susan Silva

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA

    Susan L. Silva is an Adjunct Faculty at the School of Art in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA).
  • Sue Slagle

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA

    Sue Slagle (stage name SUE-C) is a video artist and engineer bringing ideas to life at the intersection of creative coding and live performance. For the past 20 years she has created handmade videos and live media performances, traveling extensively in the U.S. and around the world.
  • Thomas Stanley

    Associate Professor, School of Art, CVPA

    Dr. Thomas Stanley is an artist, author, and activist deeply committed to audio culture in the service of personal growth and social change. As performer and curator, Bushmeat Sound has been an integral part of a visionary music scene straddling the Baltimore-Washington corridor.
  • Donald Starr

    Full Professor, and Director of Graphic Design Program, School of Art, CVPA

    School of Art Director of Graphic Design Don Starr earned his Master of Fine Arts in Integrated Design from the University of Baltimore and a Bachelor of Science in Advertising Design from the University of Maryland, College Park.
  • Justin Sutters

    Assistant Dean of Research and Assessment, CVPA. Associate Professor, Art Education and Director, Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT I), School of Art, CVPA

    Dr. Sutters was a K-12 art educator in an urban school district for seven years and also taught for two years in São Paulo, Brazil. He completed his undergraduate and masters degree from Kutztown University in Pennsylvania, attained his doctorate degree from the Ohio State University receiving national recognition for his dissertation.
  • Jocelyn C. Tafalla

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA

    Jocelyn Tafalla was born and raised in the DMV metropolitan area. She holds two degrees from George Mason’s School of Art & Design; Bachelor of Arts, 2010 and Master of Arts, 2019, both with a concentration in graphic design.
  • Erwin Thamm work

    Technical Assistant Manager, CVPA

    Erwin (Elmo) is an artist, printmaker, photographer, and video editor. He traveled extensively with his military family before settling in the Washington, D.C. area.
  • James Van Meer

    Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA

    MFA, Art and Visual Technology, 2017 (alumnus)

    James X. Van Meer (Jim) is a native of the Washington, D.C. metro area and has been actively engaged in branding, marketing, and design for over 40 years.
  • Luis Vasquez La Roche

    Assistant Professor, School of Art, CVPA

    Luis Vasquez La Roche is an artist and educator that resides between Trinidad and Tobago and Virginia. They hold an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University. Their practice is interested in aspects of the transatlantic slave trade that repeat themselves in varying ways in the present.