Faculty
Art + Design Faculty
- Name
- Joni Oye-Benintende
- Title
- Associate Professor of Art + Design
B.F.A., 1972, Washington University
M.F.A., 1985, Tama Fine Art University, Japan
- jbenintende@esu.edu
- Phone
- (570) 422-3216
- Campus Address
- Fine & Performing Arts Center 233
Welcome to the Art + Design Department where you will find concentrations in graphic design, product design, fine and new media art and art history. We are expansive and interdisciplinary in all we do!
Teaching Interest
Joni Oye-Benintende teaches all levels of ceramic sculpture, pottery and foundation drawing. She is a practicing artist; clay is her dominant medium.
- Name
- Herbert Weigand
- Title
- Professor of Art + Design
B.A., 1973, Southampton College
M.F.A., 1979, Syracuse University
Ph.D., 1984, Penn State University
- hweigand@esu.edu
- Phone
- (570) 422-3611
- Campus Address
- Fine & Performing Arts Center
- Name
- Darlene Farris-LaBar
- Title
- Professor of Art + Design, Department Chair
B.F.A., 1996, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
M.F.A., 1998, Purchase College, SUNY
A.A.S., 2001, New York College of Technology
- dfarris@esu.edu
- Phone
- (570) 422-3813
- Campus Address
- Fine & Performing Arts Center
- Name
- Melissa Geiger
- Title
- Associate Professor of Art + Design
B.A., 1995, Manhattanville College
M.A., 1998, Pennsylvania State University
Ph.D., 2005, Pennsylvania State University
- mgeiger@esu.edu
- Phone
- (570) 422-3801
- Campus Address
- Fine & Performing Arts Center
- Name
- David Mazure
- Title
- Assistant Professor of Art + Design
B.F.A., 1998, Rutgers the State University of New Jersey
M.F.A., 2009, East Tennessee State University
- dmazure@esu.edu
- Phone
- (570) 422-3612
- Campus Address
- Fine & Performing Arts Center 227
David Mazure combines creative digital media with an analog foundation in two-dimensional graphic design and fine art classes. Currently, his creative activity is focused on Design for Good: art and design projects that involve the whole community.
Teaching Interest
Digital and traditional drawing, illustration, infographics, logo design, pattern design, typography, branding, comic books, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Research Interest
Design for Good, semiotics, abstraction vs representation, and seamlessly merging analog and digital creative technologies.
Service
Faculty mentor in the student-run design agency, New Mind Design.
Co-Chair University Strategic Planning Committee 2017-2020
ESU Entrepreneurial Faculty Group
Chair of the SITE advisory board
Student Group Advising
Faculty mentor in the student-run design agency, New Mind Design.
Student Art Association advisor 2010-2015
- Name
- Xue Dong
- Title
- Assistant Professor
B.E., 2013, Tongji University
M.I.D., 2016, Auburn University
- xdong@esu.edu
- Phone
- (570) 422-3628
- Campus Address
- Fine & Performing Arts Center 229
Prof. Dong obtained her MS Degree in Industrial design field in Auburn University. As the full-time faculty in Art+Design department, her teaching responsibility include 3D Design and Product Design field.
Before joining the ESU, she has a wide ranging professional experience. As an engineer, she focused on tooling and injection molding field in toolCare-us International ranging from automotive, housewares and medical devices. Her customers include Tesla, Nissan, Kohler, Briggs and Stratton. Her research interest involves aesthetic consciousness, aesthetic recognition improvement, design for manufacturing.
Teaching Interest
Product design, 3D design, design evaluation, computer-aided industrial design, design for manufacturing, design thinking, material and processes, human factors
Research Interest
My research interest involves aesthetic consciousness, aesthetic recognition improvement, as well as design for manufacturing.
Service
Art+Design Department Evaluation Committee
Theater Department Search Committee
Publications & Presentations
Xue, D., Li-jian, Q., Zheng-yu, Z., & Dui-xiong, S. (2019). Spectral Characteristics
and Application of Synthetic Hydrothermal Red Beryl. SPECTROSCOPY AND SPECTRAL ANALYSIS,
39(2), 517-521.
Franco, D., Mariangela, G., Xue, D., Michelle, F.,Danielle, K.,Na, Y. (accepted).Tactile
beauty is in the hand, but also in the eye of the beholder. Interaction between tactile
and visual experiences in aesthetic judgement.
.Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts.
Patents:
Xue, D.,Dui-xiong, S. (2018). China Patent: ZL 201821380202.3. Anti-fall Infusion
Support.
Xue, D.,Dui-xiong, S. (2018). China Patent: ZL 201821380203.8.Funny Child’s Shower
System.
Peer-reviewed conference presentations:
Xue, D., Franco, D. (2019). Tactile Beauty is in the Hand, but also in the Eye of
the Beholder. Presented at Boundless: Arts and Intellect Conference in Millersville
University. Millersville, PA
Xue, D. (2019). Aesthetic Evaluation of Physical Joints in Product Design. Presented
at Boundless: Arts and Intellect Conference in Millersville University. Millersville,
PA
Contact Us
Contact Information
- Campus Address
- Fine & Performing Art Center
- Phone:
- (570) 422-3695
- Fax:
- (570) 422-3008 (Fax)
- Title of Department Leader
- Department Chair Gallery Director
- Name
- Darlene Farris-Labar
- E:
- dfarris@esu.edu
- Phone:
- (570) 422-3813
