MFA: EASP People

Current MFA Student Candidates

Elissa Rose Callen

• Title
  • MFA Student | Teaching Assistant
• Department
  • Art Department
• Campus Email
  • ercallen@ucsc.edu
• Website
  • elissacallen.com

Alec Sebastian DeContreras

• Title
  • Graduate student, Teaching Assistant
• Department
  • Art Department
• Campus Email
  • asdecont@ucsc.edu

Maria Renee Hele

• Title
  • MFA Candidate | TA
• Department
  • Art Department
• Campus Email
  • mhele@ucsc.edu
• Office Hours
  • Office hours by appointment.

Mehr Kumar

• Title
  • Graduate Student | Environmental Art + Social Practice, MFA
• Department
  • Art Department
• Campus Email
  • mkumar22@ucsc.edu

SL Leimbach

• Title
  • Graduate Student | Environmental Art + Social Practice, MFA
• Department
  • Art Department
• Campus Email
  • slleimba@ucsc.edu
• Website
  • sleimbach.com
  • are.na/s-leimbach
• Office Hours
  • Office Hours by appt.

Chaelim Lim

• Title
  • MFA Graduate | Teaching Assistant
• Department
  • Art Department
• Campus Email
  • clim26@ucsc.edu

Dima Mabsout

• Title
  • MFA Graduate / Teaching Assistant
• Department
  • Art Department
• Campus Email
  • delmabso@ucsc.edu
• Office Hours
  • By appointment

Megan Maybee

• Title
  • EA+SP MFA Candidate | Teaching Assistant
• Department
  • Art Department
• Campus Email
  • memaybee@ucsc.edu

Tyler Rai

• Title
  • MFA Candidate – Environmental Art and Social Practice
• Department
  • Art Department
• Campus Email
  • trabrams@ucsc.edu
• Website
  • https://www.tylerrai.com

Nicole Sarmiento

• Title
  • Dr.
• Department
  • Art Department
• Phone
  • 7868700628
• Campus Email
  • nsarmie1@ucsc.edu
• Website
  • Personal website
• Office Location
  • UC Santa Cruz Westside Research Park, EASP Art Studios

Genesis Noel Williamson

• Title
  • MFA EASP Student & Teaching Assistant!
• Department
  • Art Department
• Campus Email
  • genesis@ucsc.edu

EASP Faculty

Elliot W Anderson

• Title
  • Associate Professor, Technology Art
• Department
  • Arts Division
• Phone
  • 831-459-2194
• Campus Email
  • ewanders@ucsc.edu
• Website
  • Elliot Anderson Artwork
• 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
  • cbueno1@ucsc.edu
• Website
  • Portfolio
  • Explode! Platform
  • O grupo inteiro (download PDF)
  • Fields of Invisibility exhibition
  • Life in the Faultline
• Office Location
  • Elena Baskin Building H, #2
• Office Hours
  • On sabbatical leave

Dee Hibbert Jones

• Title
  • Professor
• Department
  • Art Department
• Phone
  • 831-459-3368
• Campus Email
  • hjdee@ucsc.edu
• Website
  • Living Condition Films
  • Art, Media work
• 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
  • jjacks11@ucsc.edu
• Website
  • Portfolio
• 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
  • kkarlic@ucsc.edu
• Website
  • Environmental Art & Social Practice Graduate Program
  • UC Climate Action Arts Network
  • Research: Unseen California
• 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
  • eleal@ucsc.edu
• Website
  • Enrique Leal
• 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
  • jiminlee@ucsc.edu
• Website
  • https://www.jiminleeart.net/
• 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
  • jomebarr@ucsc.edu
• Website
  • Website
• Office Location
  • Elena Baskin Building H, H8
• Office Hours
  • Mondays (by appointment)

Jennifer A Parker

• Title
  • Professor
• Department
  • Art Department
• Campus Email
  • parker1@ucsc.edu
• Website
  • JenniferParker.net
  • The Algae Society BioArt & Design Lab
  • OpenLab Collaborative Research Center
• 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
  • estephe@ucsc.edu
• Website
  • http://sprinklestephens.org
• 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
  
• Jorge Palacios: joanpala@ucsc.edu
  
• Alberto Vazquez: almivazq@ucsc.edu

EASP 2022 Cohort:

• Lee Chang Ming
  
• Kevin Corcoran
  
• Jingtian Zong
  
• Leslie Horwitz
  
• Amy Blondell
  
• Genesis Crespo
  
• Shane Scopatz
  
• Raty Syka
  
• Fernanda Rappa

EASP 2021 Cohort:

• David Bell  
  
• Annika Berry  
  
• Peter Brook  
  
• L Gilbert 
  
• Lowen Hatano  
  
• Ant Lorenzo
  
• Isola Tong
  
• Natalie Zajac