Faculty

Heather D. Freeman is Professor of Digital Media in the Department of Art & Art History. She holds a BA in Fine Art and German Studies from Oberlin College (1997), an MFA in Studio Art from Rutgers University (2000), and has taught at UNC Charlotte since 2006. Previously, Freeman worked as an art director, graphic designer, […]

Mira Frisch, Professor of Cello and Director of String Chamber Music at UNC Charlotte, previously taught cello and chamber music at Truman State University in Missouri and at the summer festival Musicale della Toscana in Italy. She has performed as a recitalist and chamber musician throughout the United States and in Bermuda, Italy, and France. Her recordings as […]

Currently Associate Professor Art Education at UNC Charlotte; previously an Assistant professor at the Gwen Frostic School of Art, Western Michigan University, and at Cleveland State University. He also coordinated Barbados Community College’s BFA fine art program. A Fulbright scholarship allowed Dr. Gall to earn his Ph.D. from Penn State University in 1996, whose Art […]

José L.S. Gámez is the Dean of the College of Arts + Architecture. He was previously the Interim Dean for the College of Arts + Architecture and the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs in the College of Arts + Architecture at UNC Charlotte. He has served as the Interim Director of the School of […]

Matthew Gin is Assistant Professor of Architectural History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. With a focus on early modern Europe and the Atlantic World, Gin’s scholarship moves architecture away from a paradigm of permanence by examining forms of spatial production that have largely vanished and are known only through fragmentary material traces. […]

Maja Godlewska is a Professor and the Area Coordinator for Painting in the Department of Art & Art History. Godlewska earned her Master of Fine Arts in Painting from the Academy of Fine and Design Arts, Wroclaw, Poland, and received a Postgraduate Scholarship at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland. Her recent research interests […]

Dr. Sabri Gökmen is a computational designer, researcher, and educator with over a decade of expertise in parametric modeling, generative art, digital fabrication, and software development. His work bridges advanced technology and creative design, transforming fields such as architecture, cultural heritage, and public art. Dr. Gökmen’s interdisciplinary research integrates artificial intelligence and computational design, with […]

Dr. Susan Gouthro is an Assistant Professor of Voice. For over a decade she was engaged as a soprano soloist on a full-time contract at the opera house in Kiel, Germany. Here she performed many of the most important roles in the lyric soprano repertoire including Mozart roles Pamina, Queen of the Night, Donna Anna, […]

Dr. Lee E. Gray is a Professor of Architectural History in the School of Architecture and was the Interim Dean in the College of Arts + Architecture in July 2023. Gray received his Ph.D. in architectural history from Cornell University, his Masters in architectural history from the University of Virginia, and undergraduate architecture degrees in architecture […]

Dr. James A. Grymes is an internationally respected author and lecturer who has received prestigious awards for both his scholarship and his teaching. He regularly appears as a public speaker all over the country, in venues such as the United Nations Headquarters, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) […]