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Dennita Sewell

Director + professor of practice, ASU FIDM

“Building upon ASU’s longstanding success operating as one institution across many locations, ASU FIDM offers students pursuing a career in fashion meaningful connections and practical experience within the industry while learning from a cutting-edge and multidisciplinary faculty in fashion, design and the arts.”

Dennita Sewell was the founding program director for the BA Fashion program at ASU and is now the director of the ASU FIDM fashion school.

For nearly two decades prior, Sewell served as Phoenix Art Museum’s curator of fashion, where she organized more than 50 exhibitions on subjects ranging from motorcycle jackets to haute couture designers. She earned an MFA in costume design from Yale University and worked in collections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art before moving to Phoenix.

 

2022-23 new tenure or tenure-track faculty

Luis Angarita

Luis Angarita

Associate professor + program head
The Design School
Industrial design

Miki Aoki

Miki Aoki

Assistant professor
School of Music, Dance and Theatre
Collaborative piano

Andrea Benge

Andrea Benge

Assistant professor
School of Art
Animation

Hazal Gumus Ciftci

Hazal Gumus Ciftci

Assistant professor
The Design School
Industrial design

Gregory Daniel

Assistant professor + assistant director of Popular Music Student Enterprise
School of Music, Dance and Theatre
Popular music

Jennifer Ling Datchuk

Assistant professor
School of Art
Ceramics

Cecilia Farrow

Associate professor + director of Northlight Gallery
School of Art
Museum studies, art history

Pooyan Fazli

Pooyan Fazli

Assistant professor
School of Arts, Media and Engineering
Robotics and AI for good

Chelsea Haines

Assistant professor
School of Art
Art history, museum studies

Corcoran Holt

Assistant professor
School of Music, Dance and Theatre
Jazz bass

Cristina Ibarra

Cristina Ibarra

Associate professor
The Sidney Poitier New American Film School

Kristy Kang

Kristy Kang

Associate professor
School of Arts Media and Engineering and The Design School
Urban art and design

Alex Lee

Assistant professor
School of Art
Animation

Jaime Lee Kirtz

Jaime Lee Kirtz

Assistant professor
School of Arts, Media and Engineering
Studies and algorithmic culture

Chunyao Liu

Chunyao Liu

Assistant professor
The Design School
Interior design

Martha Masters

Assistant professor + associate director of choral activities
School of Music, Dance and Theatre
Guitar

Charlotte Trumble McCurdy

Charlotte McCurdy

Assistant professor
The Design School
Industrial design

Rodrigo Meirelles

Assistant professor
The Sidney Poitier New American Film School
Film

Ricardo Millhouse

Assistant professor
The Design School
Landscape architecture and urban design, interior design

Maria del Mar Navarro

Maria del Mar Navarro

Assistant professor
The Design School
Visual communication design

Juan Obando

Juan Obando

Associate professor + assistant director of Northlight Gallery
School of Art
Fashion

Marysol Ortega Pallanez

Assistant professor
The Design School
Visual communication design

Joshua Palkki

Assistant professor + associate director of choral activities
School of Music, Dance and Theatre
Music learning and teaching, choral conducting

Luiza Parvu

Luiza Parvu

Assistant professor
The Sidney Poitier New American Film School
Film

Amanda Pintore

Amanda Pintore

Assistant professor
School of Music, Dance and Theatre
Theatre for youth and community, acting

Lindsey Reymore

Lindsey Reymore

Assistant professor
School of Music, Dance and Theatre
Music theory

Alex Rivera

Alex Rivera

Associate professor
The Sidney Poitier New American Film School
Film

Shola Roberts

Shola K. Roberts

Assistant professor
School of Music, Dance and Theatre
Dance

Sandro Del Rosario

Assistant professor
School of Art
2D Animation

Lauren Ruffin

Lauren Ruffin

Associate professor
School of Arts, Media and Engineering (joint appointment with the School for the Future of Innovation in Society)
Visualizing futures/worldbuilding

Jace Saplan

Jace Saplan

Associate professor + co-director of choral activities
School of Music, Dance and Theatre
Music learning and teaching, choral conducting

Mark Tan

Assistant professor
School of Art
Sculpture, woods

Sharon Teo-Gooding

Sharon Teo-Gooding

Professor + associate director
The Sidney Poitier New American Film School
Film

David Toro

Assistant professor
School of Music, Dance and Theatre
theatre and opera

Andrew Whitcomb

Assistant professor
The Design School
Visual communication design

Weidi Zhang

Weidi Zhang

Assistant professor
School of Music, Dance and Theatre and The Design School
Experience design immersion

New tenure or tenure track faculty who started during the 2022-23 school year or during the Fall 2023 semester. Does not include non-tenure track or faculty who changed positions, unless they moved from non-tenure to tenure track.