Liberal Arts Faculty
Molly Beauregard
Molly Beauregard’s courses, which include Intro to Sociology, Media Studies and Cultural Semiotics, explore the relationship between art, advertising and popular culture.
Laura Bernstein-Machlay
An author and poet, Laura Bernstein-Machlay has been published consistently in a number of national literary magazines throughout the last 10 years. Her work has appeared most recently in Michigan Quarterly Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, Bellingham Review and Poetry.com.
Thomas Brunk
James Buccellato
James Buccellato is a PhD Candidate studying political theory at Wayne State University.
Joy Burnett
Specializing in American literature, film and visual culture, Joy Burnett has taught writing in Detroit since 2000.
Vincent Carducci
Vince Carducci is a contributing writer on the arts for Metro Times, Detroit's leading weekly newspaper, and a staff writer for PopMatters.com, a webzine of global culture.
Lisa Catani
An instructor of college English for nearly 30 years, Dr. Lisa Catani has taught composition and literature courses at the College for Creative Studies since 1997.
Mary Duncan
Mary Duncan was granted her Ph.D. in Political Theory and American Culture from Wayne State University and has taught liberal arts classes at the CCS for 12 years.
Kathleen Garrett
Kathleen Grimm Garrett is a literature and writing instructor who believes that skill in reading is necessary for acquiring skill in writing.
Mary Grams
Roger Green
Roger Green has spent most of his professional life writing about art and architecture for newspapers and magazines.
Assad Istephan
Tiana Johnson
Michael Kroll
Christine Lahey
Christine Lahey has been teaching at CCS for 25 years, specializing in interdisciplinary studies and fairy tales.
Julie Longo
Julie Longo is a cultural historian specializing in 20th-century United States Urban History and the relationship between history and memory.
Christine McCauley
Chris McCauley is a fine artist whose paintings focus on portraits and landscapes.
Mary McNichols
A professor of Art History, Mary McNichols has held a variety of academic and administrative positions at the College for Creative Studies. S
Edith Montgomery
Dennis Nawrocki
Dennis Nawrocki has been a faculty member at CCS, Wayne State University, and School of the Art Institute of Chicago from the mid-1970s until the present, in both full-time and adjunct capacities.
Dorene OBrien
Dorene O’Brien was born and raised in Detroit, where she can still be seen taking photos of the UA Theater Building on Bagley or dining at Lafayette Coney Island after researching her latest story.
William Peck
A field archeologist, freelance consultant and author, William Peck teaches Egyptian Art and Medieval Studies.
Jeffery Powell
Jeffrey Powell is a social historian and Ph. D. candidate at Wayne State University.
Mary Prouty
Mary Prouty came to CCS with more than 20 years experience as an Adult English as a Second Language teacher, administrator, and presenter of ESL teaching techniques.
Naomi Seedberg
Naomi Seedberg has significant teaching experience at both the high school and college levels. In addition to teaching courses in the Liberal Arts Department, she created the CCS Continuing Education courses “Writing your Life” and “Poetry as Art,” and is a faculty member at Macomb Community College.
Beverly Smith
Gilda Snowden
Gilda Snowden, a native Detroiter and award winning artist, has works in many corporate museums and private collections including the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Steven Stanchfield
Steve Stanchfield is an award winning character animator, animation director and animation historian.
Michael Stone-Richards
Michael Stone-Richards works on comparative literature, philosophy and critical theory of art and the avant-garde.
Jennifer Townsend
An adjunct faculty member at CCS and Wayne State University, Jennifer Townsend has channeled her passion for film into her research and teaching.
Susan Trudeau
Susan Trudeau has focused her teaching career upon improving the skills and enthusiasm of beginning composition writers.
Diana Veselka
Diane Veselka is a registered and board certified art therapist and licensed professional counselor. An adjunct faculty member, she also supervises the art therapy minor at CCS.
Diane Voss
Diane Voss is a Harvard-trained historian of science, specializing in the history of perception and the brain.
Pamela Weinstein
Pamela Weinstein is a writing instructor who focuses on teaching students to be better writers.
Mark West
Mark West brings 18 years of industrial design experience to his teaching position at CCS.
Laura Zimmerman
With more than 25 years experience in graphic arts, marketing communications, and advertising, Laura Zimmerman has provided print production expertise to agencies including Campbell-Ewald, FCB, and Doner.
