Our Faculty

Professor Hugh Manon is a film scholar and cultural theorist whose work focuses on the psychoanalytic theories of Jacques Lacan.  His research extends concepts such as anxiety, disavowal, and jouissance into the study of analog, digital, and hybrid forms of […]

'Brilliant energetic rhythmic figures…imaginative sonorities and harmonies that always move, always inflect'. -- American Academy of Arts and Letters. Composer and pianist John Aylward grew up in the Sonoran Desert, on the border of Arizona and Mexico, a child of an […]

Professor DiIorio received a B.A. from Clark University and an M.F.A. from City University of New York in 1987. He has been at Clark since 1989 and is currently program director for Theater.   Gino is a New York City based […]

Stephen DiRado is a professor in the Visual and Performing Arts Department, Clark University. He is a photographer and filmmaker whose art is primarily inspired by his captivation and admiration for the people in his community. His scrupulously skilled photographs […]

Sherry Freyermuth is a published, award-winning graphic designer with experience working for large corporate brands and non-profit initiatives. She currently is an Assistant Professor of Studio Art at Clark University in Worcester, MA. Sherry has been teaching hand lettering and typography […]

Dr. Garton received a B.A. in Philosophy from Trinity University (San Antonio, TX) and Ph.D. in Art History from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. He joined the Clark faculty in the autumn of 2008. Dr. Garton's interests include […]

Professor Benjamin M. Korstvedt is an active researcher and scholar, a committed and enthusiastic teacher, a frequent speaker at national and international conferences, and a productive author and editor. He graduated summa cum laude from Clark University in 1987 with […]

Matt Malsky has been at Clark University full time since 1994. He has served as Associate Provost and Dean of the College, and chair of the Department of Visual & Performing Arts, director of the Music Program as well as […]

At Clark, Professor Manson directs and manages the Music Performance concentration for all music majors and minors, specifically guiding the private lesson instruction program, performance workshops, departmental juries and capstone performance projects and recitals. Professor Manson leads the Clark University Concert […]

Professor Munro received a B.A. from Columbia College in 1973 and an M.A.H. from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1977. He has been at Clark since 1979. Professor Munro was an original member of the Chicago […]

Rox Samer is a feminist, queer, and trans media and cultural studies scholar; remix artist; and documentary filmmaker. They joined the Department of Visual & Performing Arts in Fall 2018. They teach courses in both the Screen Studies and MCA […]

Professor Siddiqui joined the Department of Visual & Performing Arts in Fall 2017. She received a B.A. in English from University of Delhi, India; M.A. degrees in English from University of Delhi and from Bridgewater State in Massachusetts, and a […]

Toby Sisson earned her B.F.A, Magna Cum Laude, from the College of Visual Arts in Saint Paul, Minnesota and her M.F.A. from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Her areas of specialization include drawing, painting and printmaking, as well as […]

Soren Sorensen joined the Department of Visual and Performing Arts in Fall 2019. He holds an M.F.A. in Film from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Sorensen teaches the bulk of the Screen Studies program’s production offerings including advanced courses in […]

Kristina Wilson is an art historian specializing in modern design, modern art, and the history of museums in the United States. She studies how race and gender influence the practice of designers and artists in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. […]