My work strives to find connections between sound and the visual art through painting and other media. I have mostly been striving to explore painting towards this end.

Brenda Roman is the School Administrative Coordinator for UIC School of Art & Art History. She provides graduate student support as well as admissions support. Brenda received her BFA in Studio Arts from UIC in 2017 with a focus in oil painting. She paints nearly every night after work as she continues to focus on practicing and developing her artistic style.

Karyn earned her doctoral degree in language, culture, and teaching from York University's Faculty of Education in 2006, with a dissertation exploring the inner life of learning to teach through psychoanalysis and film. Completing her Master's degree in Sociology and Equity Studies in Education at the University of Toronto in 1996, Karyn studied the role of photography in the pedagogy of social movements.

Jessica’s work deals with themes of control, anxiety, desire, and femininity. She is an image maker that is hungry to better understand the effects and results of mediation upon images using a variety of mediums. She often works with personal content and everyday objects as a means of focusing in on modest gestures. Jessica is an artist and photographer living in Chicago, IL.

Paul Dickinson is the Senior Instructional Lab Specialist for Moving Image. He manages the Moving Image computer labs and editing facilities, and oversees the Moving Image Equipment Room. Paul came to UIC after working for several years as a production sound mixer and sound designer for commercial, industrial and independent feature film production, and providing technical support for live performances. He received his MFA in Studio Arts from UIC in 1999.

Chris Markin is the Instructional Lab Specialist for Photography and the Building Manager for Art & Exhibition Hall. He brings years of photographic knowledge from both artistic and commercial practices to the School of Art and Art History. He has shown work in a variety of different galleries and worked with the Chicago Bulls, Bears, and Blackhawks as well as Playboy. While working through college he trained as a therapist for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder as well as taught photo classes for the Upward Bound Program.