PROGRAM FACULTY
Professors who have program faculty status in this program are recruited and approved for such status based upon rigorous industry and higher-education standards, including holding the highest degree in their fields and teaching experience at the graduate level. In the museum track this is a PhD in art history, museum studies, or a related field, while in the performing arts track this is a Master of Fine Arts. When appropriate community arts professionals contribute as guest instructors or speakers. For profiles of individual faculty please see our faculty page.
- Course assignments vary depending on instructor availability and expertise
NICOLE BROUGHTON (Program Director), Lecturer IV in the Department of Theatre and Dance and the MA in Arts Administration
Contact Information: (810) 762 – 3470, [email protected]
Education: MFA, Production Management, Carnegie Mellon University B.A., Theatre, Albion College
About: Forthcoming
Courses taught:
ADM 501 – Museum, Gallery & Performance Administration
ADM 517 – Stage Craft Basics, Terminology and Management
ADM 550 – Safety Applications for Arts and Events Management
ADM 551 – Patron Services Management
ADM 580 – Advanced Production Management
ADM 590 – Independent Study in Administration
ADM 600 – Thesis or Master’s Project Research
BILL IRWIN, Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance
About: William is a working member of the Actors’ Equity Association with numerous credits in classical, contemporary, and musical theatre. His concentration at UM-Flint is professional actor training, directing, stage combat, voice for professional and occupational users, and comedic technique.
Courses taught:
ADM 590 – Independent Study in Administration
ADM 600 – Thesis or Master’s Project Research
LINDA JOHNSON, Lecturer II in the Department of Art & Art History
Contact Information: (810) 766 – 6679, [email protected]
Education: PhD in American Studies from Michigan State University
About: Dr. Johnson has taught courses in Art Appreciation, Ancient through Medieval Art, Renaissance through Modern Art, American Art, Science and Art, and Museum Studies. She was a curatorial fellow at Historic Deerfield Inc., received a Museum Studies Certificate from Michigan State University, and worked as an Exhibition Coordinator at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Dr. Johnson was recently appointed as a Senior Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics (Oxford, England) as the representative in the field of art history. She collaborates with a global community of scholars in innovative colloquia, symposia, and peer-reviewed publications and editorial opportunities contributing to the field of animal studies in visual culture.
Her book project, titled, Art and Animal Ethics in the Early Modern Period (Palgrave Macmillan Press, 2018) examines the visual arts as it relates to science, religion, animals, and the environmental humanities in western art history.
Highlights of recent publications include “A Premillennial Portrait During the Revocation of the Massachusetts Charter” in American Literature and the New American Puritan Studies (Cambridge University Press 2017), and “Joseph Wright of Derby: Animal Experimentation in Eighteenth Century Art” (University of Illinois Press, 2016).
Courses taught:
ADM 511 – History of Contemporary Art
ADM 512 – History of North-American Art
ADM 561 – Theory, History and Criticism of Ways of Seeing
ADM 590 – Independent Study in Administration
SARAH LIPPERT, Associate Professor in the Department of Art & Art History
Contact Information: 810-766-6680, [email protected]
Education: PhD in Art History from The Pennsylvania State University (2009), Master of Arts in Art History from Western University (2002), Bachelor of Arts Honours in Art History & Criticism from Western University (1999)
About: Dr. Lippert is a specialist in the history of art in Britain and France from the nineteenth century, with additional areas of expertise in French and Italian Renaissance art. Her scholarship focuses on the history of artistic rivalry and the scholarship of governance in higher education. Dr. Lippert has guest curated exhibitions at the Flint Institute of Arts, and works in community-engaged projects including through partnerships with regional correctional facilities. She advises students in the museum track of the Arts Administration program.
Curriculum Vitae: Lippert cv for academia
Courses Taught:
ADM 511 – History of Contemporary Art
ADM 512 – History of North-American Art
ADM 523 – History of Collection and Exhibition Practices
ADM 561 – Theory, History and Criticism of Ways of Seeing
ADM 579 – Advanced Museum and Gallery Management
ADM 590 – Independent Study in Administration
ADM 600 – Thesis or Master’s Project Research
MICHAEL WITT, Entrepreneur in Residence, Lecturer III in the Department of Management and Marketing
Contact Information: (810) 424 – 5212, [email protected]
Education: JD from Case Western Reserve University (1982), PharmD from the University of California San Francisco (1978)
About: Michael Witt is a Lecturer of Management and Business Law, teaching courses for the last ten years on business law, entrepreneurship, strategic planning, to name a few. He has a law degree (J.D.) from Case Western Reserve University (1982), and a Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree from University of California, San Francisco (1978). He is a frequent speaker on the topics of early stage medical technology development companies and commercialization strategies. He is a recent recipient of an EDA (market research) grant related to homes for the aged in Flint. He is the President of a medical product technology development company, and law partner in Witt & Howard, PLLC. He serves on the board of two local non-profit organizations, Friends of Modern Art at the Flint Institute of Art, and the Flushing Restoration Foundation. He is actively involved in the Flint Forum for Social Business and the Catholic Communities of Flint.
As the University’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence, he mentors students across campus in their business development initiatives, and assists numerous students and colleagues in developing professional relationships, internships, and collaborative projects. He is faculty advisor to and founder (2008) of the university’s student organization, the Entrepreneurs Society. He is actively involved in a variety of research activities.
Courses taught:
ADM 590 – Independent Study in Administration
INSTRUCTORS
DEAN ADKINS, Lecturer I in the Department of Theatre and Dance
Education: Forthcoming
About: Forthcoming
Contact Information: (810) 762 – 3230, [email protected]
Courses taught:
ADM 509 – Marketing, Fund-Raising and Planned Giving
GERALD HESS, Lecturer II in the Department of Art and Art History
Contact Information: (810) 766 – 6679, [email protected]
Education: PhD in Art History, The Pennsylvania State University; MA in Art History, The Pennsylvania State University
About: Dr. Hess specializes in ancient art history. His research interests include the ancient Near East, Egypt, and Greece. His primary area of interest is in Roman imperial art of the first and second centuries.
Dr. Hess has taught courses in art appreciation, ancient through medieval art, Renaissance through modern art, Renaissance art, Asian art, ancient Near Eastern art, Egyptian art, Roman art, and Greek art. Dr. Hess has published his research and has presented papers at professional conferences in the United States and abroad. He has also been a long time member of an archaeological project in Egypt.
Courses taught:
ADM 521 – Introduction to Curatorial and Exhibition Practices