Faculty and Staff
Dominic Lippillo interviewed on STUDIO BREAK
The Mississippi State University Associate Professor of Photography was interviewed for a September 2018 podcast.
Longtime Department of Art Professor Funderburk’s paintings featured in national and international shows this fall
Artworks by Brent Funderburk will be featured in an upcoming national exhibit and in a noted book series, this fall. A Professor Emeritus of Art and William L. Giles Distinguished Professor at Mississippi State University, Funderburk taught painting and drawing for 40 years before retiring in May, 2018.
Jeffrey Haupt named interim head of Mississippi State’s art department
Professor Jeffrey Haupt is taking on a new leadership role as interim head of Mississippi State University’s Department of Art. “As a longtime member of the Department of Art, Jeffrey has served for many years as coordinator of the painting area and most recently gained significant experience serving as the interim associate dean in the ...
Ford now leading MSU’s Building Construction Science Program
A longtime educator and licensed professional engineer is the new director of Mississippi State University’s Building Construction Science program.
George D. Ford comes to the state’s leading university after serving 14 years in the construction management program and the College of Engineering and Technology at Western Carolina University in North Carolina, where he earned a doctorate in educational leadership.
MSU School of Architecture adds Callender as associate director
Mississippi State’s School of Architecture Fifth-Year Program Director Jassen Callender has taken on additional university leadership duties as the school’s permanent associate director. Callender, an associate professor, began his new role on July 1, supporting Director Michael Berk in administrative work for the school. Callender will be on the Starkville campus regularly and also will ...
Assistant Professor Saeed Rokooei receives SEC travel grant
Achievements of the Southeastern Conference’s student-athletes are well known, but many fans may not know that the SEC’s 14 member institutions pack an equally potent academic punch.
Mississippi State architecture students selected as finalists in national masonry competition
A team of three Mississippi State architecture students is a top three finalist for a national masonry competition. Designers of “The Pulse” custom-brick entry in the National Concrete Masonry Association (NCMA) 2018 Unit Design Competition include juniors Madison C. Holbrook of Steens; McKenzie R. Johnson of Fayetteville, Georgia; and Baron O. Necaise of Gulfport. “This ...
Assistant Professor Ginnie Hsu featured as MSU 'Our People'
Story by Sasha Steinberg | Photo by Megan Bean She misses being on the Starkville campus, but Assistant Professor of Art Ginnie Hsu has been happily representing Mississippi State abroad this summer. Hsu recently finished a two-and-a-half-week residency at Light Grey Art Lab in Bergen, Norway. Along with daily observations of the country’s varying landscape, ...
Angi Bourgeois appointed dean of MSU’s College of Architecture, Art and Design
By Sasha Steinberg | Mississippi State University A highly respected faculty member and administrator in Mississippi State’s Department of Art has been named the new dean of the university’s College of Architecture, Art and Design, pending formal approval by the Board of Trustees, State Institutions of Higher Learning. Effective July 1, Professor Angi Elsea Bourgeois ...