Administration, Faculty and Staff

Administration

Mr. Frank A. Pishkur, M.F.A.
Department Chair and Professor

M.F.A. (Ceramics), Wichita State University

Teaching Responsibilities: Ceramics, 3-D Design
Research Interests:  Pottery, Relief, and Sculptural forms-especially with worked and celadon glazed surfaces, Craft Theory
Advising Areas: Ceramics,  3-D Studio Arts

International Art Experience:  Summer in Scandinavia 2007, 2009, 2012, 2016, 2018, Trip Leader (Denmark, England, France, Ireland, Norway, and Sweden). 2017 Art of Korea, International Art Seminar. Solo Exhibition South Korea. 2003-2004, Invited (Visiting) Professor of Ceramics, Kyung Hee University, Korea

Office: FINART Room 205
Phone: 417-625-9735
E-mail: pishkur-f@mssu.edu

Donna Pooley
Administrative Assistant

Office: FINART Room 204
Phone: 417-625-9563
E-mail: pooley-d@mssu.edu

Faculty

Elmira Bagherzadeh, M.F.A.
Assistant Professor of Design

M.F.A. Creative Practices in Art, Technology, and Emerging Communication, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas
M. A. in Animation, University of Art, Tehran
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Islamic Azad University of Mashhad

Teaching Responsibilities: Motion graphics, Web design, Digital Illustration, UI/UX, Packaging Design 
Research Interests: Time-based media, New Media Art, Women in Art, Art and Mental health, Animation, Art and Technology 
Advising Areas: Design, New Media, Motion Graphics, and Digital Illustration
International Art Experience: Short animation screening in multiple animation and film festivals in countries such as USA, Iran, Greece, India, Italy, England, Korea, Canada during 2017, 2018 

Office: FINART Room LE-03
Phone: 417-625-9596
E-mail: bagherzadeh-e@mssu.edu

Dr. Christine Bentley, Ph.D.
Professor of Art, Gallery Director

Ph.D.  Art History, Indiana University-Bloomington
M. A. Art History, University of Notre Dame
Museum Studies Certificate, Southern Illinois University

Teaching Responsibilities: Art History, Gallery Studies, Art Appreciation, Medical Humanities
Research Interests: European Modernism, Medicine and Art, German Art (Nationalism, Landscape Painting, Peasantry), Islamic Art, African Art, and Women Artists
Advising Areas: Art History, Museum/ Gallery Studies, Art Therapy
International Art Experience: 2022, 2019 Trip Leader, Art and Anatomy in Italy (YTL Pre-Med Cohort), 2018 Trip Leader, Art of Norway (International Art Seminar); 2014 Tango in Turkey (International Art Seminar); 2009 Trip leader, Germany; 2006 Trip Leader, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Austria; numerous research trips to Germany, Scandinavia, and Austria.

Office: FINART Room 115
Phone: 417-625-3066
E-mail: bentley-c@mssu.edu

Mr. Kyle McKenzie, M.F.A.
Associate Professor

M.F.A. (Painting), University of Arkansas
M.A. (Painting), Pittsburg State University

Teaching Responsibilities: Painting and Professional Art Practices
Advising Areas:  Painting, 2-D Studio Arts
International Art Experience: Summer in Scandinavia 2015, 2017, 2022, Trip Leader (Brussels, Denmark, France, Norway,  and Sweden)

Office: FINART Room 319
Phone: 417-625-3047  
E-mail: mckenzie-k@mssu.edu

Dr. Amber L. Mintert, E.D.
Associate Professor

E.D.  Evangel University (Curriculum/Leadership)
Certificate of Studio Arts, Regis University
M.S.Ed., Pittsburg State University

Teaching Responsibilities: Art Appreciation, Art for Elementary School Teachers, Art Education Methodology, Fiber Arts.
Advising Areas:  Art Education K-12

Contact Information:

Office: FINART Room 301
Phone: 417-625-3115
E-mail: mintert-a@mssu.edu

Mr. Scott Murray Jr., M.F.A.
Assistant Professor of Art

M.F.A. (Sculpture), Wichita State University

Teaching Responsibilities: Sculpture, 3D Design
International Art Experience: Participant, Summer in Scandinavia 1999, Denmark, Ireland, Norway and Sweden.

Phone: 417-625-5468
E-mail: Murray-Scott@mssu.edu

Mr. M. Ed Outhouse, M.F.A.
Associate Professor of Design

M.F.A. (Graphic Design), Iowa State University

Teaching Responsibilities:  Print and Publication Design
Advising Areas:  Design, Graphic Design
International Art Experience: 2013, 2015, 2017, Faculty exchange with Mullsjö Folkhögskola, Mullsjö, Sweden: Graphic Design/ Digital Photography, Summer in Scandinavia 2014, 2023,  Trip Leader (Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden).

Office: FINART Room  334
Phone: 417-625-9597
E-mail: outhouse-m@mssu.edu

Instructors

Mr. Örjan Henriksson, M.F.A.
Adjunct Professor of Photography

Teaching Responsibilities: Swedish Photo Seminar (Summer in Sweden), Faculty exchange with MSSU: Graphic Design/ Digital Photography
International Art Experience:  Photography Instructor at the Mullsjö Folkhögskola, Mullsjö, Sweden, exhibits internationally, lives and works in Sweden.

Örjan Henriksson

Ms. Carmen N. Stotts, M.A.
Adjunct Instructor

M.A. (Painting), Pittsburg State University

Teaching Responsibilities:  Art Appreciation

Phone: 417-625-9563
E-mail: Stotts-C@mssu.edu