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Paola Sanguinetti

Director + professor, The Design School

“Design is a way of seeing the world as possibilities. It is asking, ‘What if?’ I am excited to be part of an institution that values design.”

Sanguinetti is an academic leader, scholar, celebrated teacher and an innovator. She holds a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Kansas; a Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University and a PhD in Architecture from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her research has examined building systems, additive manufacturing, robotics and design computing in the areas of sustainability, Net-Zero energy, affordability and waste.  

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Pavan Turaga

Director + associate professor, the School of Arts, Media and Engineering

“We want students to develop fluency of the tools of technology, how to apply them and ask, what are the implications?”

Turaga, an associate professor in the school and also in the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, served as interim director of the School of Arts, Media and Engineering, a collaborative initiative between the Herberger Institute and the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. Turaga was officially named the director of Arts, Media and Engineering in June.

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2020-21 new tenure or tenure-track faculty

Erin Barra

Erin Barra

Director of popular music + assistant professor
School of Music, Dance and Theatre
Popular music

Michael Compitello

Michael Compitello

Assistant professor
School of Music, Dance and Theatre
Percussion

Jamal Duncan

Jamal Duncan

Assistant professor
School of Music, Dance and Theatre
Instrumental conducting

Rachel Finley

Rachel Finley

Assistant professor
School of Music, Dance and Theatre
Theatre, voice, acting

Reina Higashitani

Reina Higashitani

Assistant professor
The Sidney Poitier New American Film School
Film

Robert Karimi

Robert Karimi

Assistant professor
School of Music, Dance and Theatre
Theatre, engagement

Shawn Lawson

Shawn Lawson

Associate professor
School of Art
Animation

Fernanda Navarro

Fernanda Navarro

Assistant professor
School of Music, Dance and Theatre
Music composition

Katie Parker

Katie Parker

Assistant director + associate professor
School of Art
Ceramics

Maura Reilly

Maura Reilly

Associate professor
School of Art
Art history, museum studies

Rojin Vishkaie

Rojin Vishkaie

Assistant professor
The Design School
Industrial design

Jason Yeom

Jason Yeom

Assistant professor
The Design School
Architecture, human-building integration, sustainable building design

New tenure or tenure-track faculty who started during the 2020-2021 school year. Does not include non-tenure track or faculty who changed positions, unless they moved from non-tenure to tenure track.