Art History

Art History Faculty

  • Michele Fricke, professor and program head of art history

    Michele Fricke, professor and program head of art history, teaches ancient and renaissance art and the history of textiles and ceramics...Read More
  • Steve Cromwell, associate professor

    Steve Cromwell teaches history of photography, history of film, contemporary European art, Latino art of the 20th century, 19th century...Read More
  • Jan Kennedy, assistant professor

    Jan joined the liberal arts faculty at KCAI in 2006, previously working as a lecturer at KCAI and as an adjunct assistant professor at...Read More
  • Sherman Reed Anderson, special instructor

    Reed Anderson, Ph.D., who holds a doctorate in American art from the University of Kansas, has taught a variety of classes since coming...Read More
  • Erin Dahl, special instructor

    Erin Dahl finished her master's degree in the history of art at the University of Kansas in 2009. Prior to receiving her B.F...Read More.
  • Deborah Dickson, special instructor

    Deborah Dickson has a dozen years of teaching experience and has taught at the Kansas City Art Institute since 1999. She earned her...Read More
  • Kris Belden-Adams, special instructor

      Kris Belden-Adams, Ph.D., holds a doctorate in modern and contemporary art from the City University of New York -...Read More
  • Heather Kauten, lecturer

    Heather Kauten earned her M.A. degree in art history from the University of Texas at Austin specializing in art from the Second World...Read More
  • Paula Rose, lecturer

    Paula Rose, a lecturer in the School of Liberal Arts, has a master's degree in art history from the University of Kansas and a Bachelor...Read More

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