
MFA: EASP People
Current MFA Student Candidates
Amy Aileen Anastasia Donovan Blondell
- Title
- Ph.D., MFA Candidate
- Department
- Art Department
- Campus Email
- Office Hours
- by appointment over zoom
Maria Renee Hele
- Title
- MFA Candidate | TA
- Department
- Art Department
- Campus Email
- Office Hours
- Office hours by appointment.
Chaelim Lim
- Title
- MFA Graduate | Teaching Assistant
- Department
- Art Department
- Campus Email
Megan Maybee
- Title
- EA+SP MFA Candidate | Teaching Assistant
- Department
- Art Department
- Campus Email
Tyler Rai
- Title
- MFA Candidate – Environmental Art and Social Practice
- Department
- Art Department
- Campus Email
- Website
Nicole Sarmiento
- Campus Email

EASP Faculty
Elliot W Anderson
- Title
- Associate Professor, Technology Art
- Department
- Arts Division
- Phone
- 831-459-2194
- Campus Email
- Website
- Office Location
- Digital Arts Research Center, 237
- Office Hours
- Art Department Chair Office Hours Tuesdays 11:30 – 12:30 by appointment
Claudio Bueno
- Title
- Assistant Professor, Social Design
- Department
- Art Department
- Campus Email
- Website
- Office Location
- Elena Baskin Building H, #2
- Office Hours
- Not available in the summer / On sabbatical leave for the fall
Dee Hibbert Jones
- Title
- Professor
- Department
- Art Department
- Phone
- 831-459-3368
- Campus Email
- Website
- Office Location
- Elena Baskin Building H, Darc 221
- Office Hours
- Please email for appointment
Jonathan Jackson
- Title
- Assistant Professor of Photography
- Department
- Art Department
- Campus Email
- Website
- Office Location
- Elena Baskin Building H, H6
- Office Hours
- By Appointment.
Karolina Karlic
- Title
- Associate Professor, Head of Photography, Director of Graduate Studies: Environmental Art + Social Practice MFA, Director of Art + Science Research at the Norris Center for Natural History, Founding Director: Unseen California
- Department
- Art Department
- Campus Email
- Website
- Office Location
- Digital Arts Research Center, DARC # 239
- Office Hours
- email to set up appointment
Enrique Hildebrando Martinez Leal
- Title
- Associate Professor PhD.
- Department
- Art Department
- Campus Email
- Website
- Office Location
- Elena Baskin Building G, G-106
- Office Hours
- Wednesday 11:30-1:30
Jimin Lee
- Title
- Professor
- Department
- Arts Division
- Phone
- 831-212-8382
- Campus Email
- Website
- Office Location
- Digital Arts Research Center, #321
- Office Hours
- Tuesday 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. and by appointment
Jorge Mascarenhas Menna Barreto
- Title
- Assistant Professor
- Department
- Art Department
- Phone
- (831) 854-3840
- Campus Email
- Website
- Office Location
- Elena Baskin Building H, H8
- Office Hours
- Mondays (by appointment)
Jennifer A Parker
- Title
- Professor
- Department
- Art Department
- Campus Email
- Website
- Office Location
- Elena Baskin Building E, E106
- Office Hours
- By appointment, email to arrange a time
Elizabeth Stephens
- Title
- Professor
- Department
- Art Department
- Phone
- 831-502-7312
- Campus Email
- Website
- Office Location
- Digital Arts Research Center, DARC 341
- Office Hours
- DARC 229
EASP Alumni
EASP 2023 Cohort:
- Jonas Banta: jjbanta@ucsc.edu
- Ilia Dolgov: idolgov@ucsc.edu
- Kate Jaffe: kjaffe@ucsc.edu
- Robert Johnson III: rodjohns@ucsc.edu
- Dima Mabsout: delmabso@ucsc.edu
- Jorge Palacios: joanpala@ucsc.edu
- Alberto Vazquez: almivazq@ucsc.edu
EASP 2022 Cohort:
- Lee Chang Ming clee344@ucsc.edu
- Kevin Corcoran kpcorcor@ucsc.edu
- Jingtian Zong jizong@ucsc.edu
- Leslie Horwitz lekhorwi@ucsc.edu
- Amy Blondell ablondel@ucsc.edu
- Genesis Crespo gecrespo@ucsc.edu
- Shane Scopatz sscopatz@ucsc.edu
- Raty Syka rsyka@ucsc.edu
- Fernanda Rappa
EASP 2021 Cohort:
- David Bell dalbell@ucsc.edu
- Annika Berry ankberry@ucsc.edu
- Peter Brook pebrook@ucsc.edu
- L Gilbert lgilber1@ucsc.edu
- Lowen Hatano dhatano@ucsc.edu
- Ant Lorenzo aclorenz@ucsc.edu
- Isola Tong isotong@ucsc.edu
- Natalie Zajac nzajac@ucsc.edu
Still have questions?
We’ve got answers to the most common questions for interested students.
See our FAQ below
EASP Grad Handbook
Environmental Art and Social Practice (EASP) Graduate Student Handbook. See the PDF below
Contact Information
Use the email below to contact us:
Weslynn Cedeño, Art Department MFA Graduate Advisor
Karolina Karlic, MFA Graduate Director
Email: artmfa@ucsc.edu
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