Department of Art Studio/Art History/Technocultural Studies
Mailing Address
- Art Building, Room 101
- One Shields Avenue
- Davis, CA 95616
- Telephone
- 530-752-0105
- Fax
530-752-0795
Office Staff & Functions
Rose Mary Miller, Academic Services Officer
- Department/Program Management
- Planning for Short and Long-range activities
- Supervision of All Departmental and Laboratory Staff
- Facilities Management/Space Planning
- Plan and Implement recruitment for academic personnel
- Instructional Program Administration
- Financial Administration
- Account Organization
- Authorization of Expenditures
- Coordination of Program Needs and Administration
- Departmental Contact for Dean's Office
- Safety Coordinator Management
Ariel Collatz, Undergraduate Coordinator
- Advising of Undergraduate Students
- Responds to inquiries on undergraduate programs
- Processes New Student Majors
- Undergraduate Registration
- Banner and On-Line Scheduling
- Maintain Student File/Records for Department
- Advises students of academic awards/scholarships
- Collect required information data for program reviews
- Course report processing/distribution
- Preview Day Coordination
Victoria Dye, Graduate Coordinator
- Advising of Graduate Students
- Responds to inquiries on graduate programs
- Processes New Students
- Graduate Registration
- Banner and Payroll (PPS)
- Maintain Student File/Records for Department
- Advises students of academic awards/scholarships
- Collects required information data for program reviews
- Liason for Office of Graduate Studies
Teresa Spradau , Graduate Assistant
- Responds to inquiries on graduate programs
- Coordinate campus visits adn interviews
- Processes payroll for New Students
- Graduate Registration
- Banner and Payroll (PPS)
- Maintains Student Files / Records for Department
Jesse Avitia, Lead Bookkeeper
- Requests for Purchases (i.e. POs/Furniture Orders/Equipment)
- Analysis and Reporting of account balances
- Purchasing & Processing
- Travel & Processing
- Fiscal Close of all accounts
- Ledger Reconciliation
- Nelson Gallery Purchasing & Reconciliation
- Research Grants
- General Office Duties
- Invoice Processing
- VISA Corporate Card Reconciliation
- Purchasing Card Reconciliation
- Physical Plant Requests
- Custodial Service Requests
- Supervision of Bookkeeper
Vivian Johnson, Bookkeeper
- Purchasing & Processing
- Travel & Processing
- Nelson Gallery Purchasing
- Research Grants
- General Office Duties
- Invoice Processing
- Physical Plant Requests
- Custodial Service Requests
Fatema Morrissette, Front Desk/Administrative Assistant
- Assist in Grade processing
- Course Evaluations
- Program brochures & orientation handbooks
- Assists with Faculty Merits & Promotions
- Assists with Faculty Recruitments
- Places orders into Bookstore for classroom supplies for student purchases
- Reprographics Orders
- Processing of Class Materials
- Textbook and Desk Copy Orders
- Phone department listing
- Department receptionist
- Mail distribution
- Maintains bulletin boards in lobby
- Orders and maintains office supplies
- Photocopier
- Updates lobby directory
- Locker check out backup
- Key Managemnt
- PTAs/PTDs
Gilbert Menke, Shop Technician

- Manage Shop Facilities
- Shop/Lab inventory
- Loans for Shop Equipment
- Maintain Shop and Plaster Room
- Shop lectures on use of facility
- EH & S
- Manage Shop Courtyard
- Supervision of Art Technicians
Jesse Vasquez, Photography / Digital Lab Technician

- Technical assistance to the Instructor and TA for the Digital (IDEA) and Photography lab areas
- Train and supervise students in proper and safe use of equipment and lab procedures
- Supervise and train volunteer lab monitors
- Manage and maintain the equipment
- Maintain the black and white and color facilities
- EH & S Support in the lab
- Backup to Digital Lab Technician
Dan Quillan, Printmaking Lab Technician
- Provide laboratory supervision and technical support for the printmaking laboratory
- Designated Safety Coordinator
- Locker Checkouts
- Coordinating the evacuation plan
- Hazardous Waste Coordinator for the entire department
- Equipment Inventory for department
Walter Sysko, Computer Support / Programmer

- Departmental network administration
- Administration of departmental computers, servers and firewall
- Information technology support
- Programming support
- Supervision of computer lab staff
- Provide collabrative solutions via web applications
- Database managment
Brian Perkins, Ceramics Technician
- Prepare and setup materials for the ceramics laboratory
- Clean up and maintain TB9 Ceramics Lab and Kiln Rooms
- Responsible for all maintenance of the ceramics lab and firing kilns
- Maintain MSDS logs, inventory and use logs.
- Develop and distribute Laboratory Safety Plan
Don Yee, Computer Technician

- Provide computer, server and technical support for TCS
- Manage and support TCS servers
- Maintain TCS databases
- Backup Mac support within department
Lisa Zdybel, Visual Resource Facility Library Assistant

- Provide administrative support to Visual Resource Facility
- Provide instructional and technical support for Department faculty and teaching assistants
- Provide art & art history bibliographic / reference support
- Provide image support for instruction and research
- Produce and manage departmental instructional course web pages
- Provide and manage circulating audiovisual materials for instruction
- Produce and manage departmental public relations and publications
- Department liason for Letters and Sciences Marketing and Communications
- Assist with Image Database
Leah Theis, Visual Resource Facility Librarian/Manager

- Direct and manage Visual Resource Facility
- Provide instructional and technical support for Department faculty and teaching assistants
- Provide art & art history bibliographic / reference support
- Provide image support for instruction and research
- Produce and manage departmental instructional course web pages
- Provide and manage circulating audiovisual materials for instruction
- Assist with departmental public relations and publications
- Manage Art History and Art Studio program web pages
- Maintain Image Database