People Directory

Joshua Butts, PhD, Dean of Faculty at CCAD, is a poet and educator specializing in literature, creative writing, and theory, with a 2015 poetry collection.

Sonya Fix, PhD, teaches linguistics, ESL, and communication at CCAD, specializing in sociolinguistics, language, identity, and cross-cultural studies.

Lesley Jenike, PhD, poet and educator at CCAD, teaches creative writing and literature, with two poetry collections and work in major literary journals.

Sophia Kartsonis, PhD, teaches creative writing and literature at CCAD, with multiple poetry collections, awards, and recognition in literary journals.

Dr. Kraft has studied and worked in art history since the mid-1990s, developing a specialty in contemporary art and Irish studies.

Robert Loss is an Associate Professor in the Writing, Literature & Philosophy department at CCAD. His multidisciplinary practice focuses on fiction and nonfiction, comics studies, popular music studies, and American studies.

Matthew Mitchem, PhD, is a Philosophy professor at CCAD, specializing in media studies, cultural theory, and political commentary on ideology and participatory media.

Aaron Petten, PhD is a moving image and material visual culture historian. His teaching and research spans a variety of phenomena within the broader history of art, design, and visual culture.

Alice Ragland, PhD is an interdisciplinary scholar, writer, and educator who earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Multicultural and Equity Studies in Education from The Ohio State University.

Jeremy Stoll, PhD, is a queer comics creator and scholar specializing in Indian comics, exploring themes of grief and storytelling through writing and illustration.

Liz Trapp, contemporary art historian and studio artist, teaches at CCAD, specializing in modern and contemporary art, with research on Egyptian street art.