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Lyneise Williams

Lyneise Williams earned her M.A. in Art History from ºÚÁÏÍø in 1996. She has her Ph.D. in the History of Art from Yale University (2004). She is currently an Associate Professor of Art History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Alexandra Nicholis Coon

Alexandra Nicholis Coon earned her B.A. in Art History from ºÚÁÏÍø in 2001. She went on to earn her M.A. in Art History from Case Western Reserve University in 2004 and has a Collections Care Certificate from the Campbell Center for Historic Preservation. She is currently Executive Director of the Massillon Museum. She helped found the Museum Studies undergraduate program at Walsh University and taught art history and museum studies courses as an adjunct professor there for five years.

Missy Higgins-Linder

Missy Higgins-Linder earned her B.A. (1998) and M.A. (2017) in Art Education from ºÚÁÏÍø. She now works as Director of Learning and Engagement at the Cleveland Museum of Art. She has held past positions as Director of Education at the Akron Art Museum, Project Manager for the National Art Education Association, and as an art educator for Akron Public Schools. 

Liz Maugans

graduated from ºÚÁÏÍø with her B.F.A. in Printmaking in 1986 and earned her M.F.A. at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1992. She co-founded where she was formerly Executive Director, and is presently the Director of and curator of the Dalad Collection at in the Warehouse District.

Don Drumm

Don Drumm, owner of is a nationally recognized artist whose work spans over five decades. He and his wife, Lisa Drumm, operate their own studio in Akron, Ohio where over 500 North American artists are represented.

Diana Al-Hadid

Born in Aleppo, Syria, earned her B.A. in Art History and B.F.A. in Sculpture from the ºÚÁÏÍø School of Art in 2003. She went on to earn her M.F.A. in Sculpture from Virginia Commonwealth University (2005) and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2007. Al-Hadid is a contemporary artist whose work has been exhibited all around the globe. Her work incorporates a variety of media and examines the historical perspectives that influence our visual culture.

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