Penn State College of Arts and Architecture – Units and Schools

More than the sum of our parts
The College of Arts and Architecture boasts academic departments with century-long traditions as well as fledgling research initiatives forging novel solutions in transdisciplinary domains. There are town–gown arts culture galleries and world-class performance centers. Each of A&A’s academic, research, and outreach units shines brightly, which makes the synergy of the whole that much more stunning.
Academic Departments + Schools
Department of Art History
Department Head Robin L. Thomas
240 Borland Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 865-6326
Fax: (814) 865-1242
Contact: Erica Nodell
School of Music
Director Ann Marie Stanley
233 Music Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 863-4421
Fax: (814) 865-6785
Contact: Wanda Hockenberry
School of Theatre
Director Rick J Lombardo
116 Theatre Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 865-7586
Fax: (814) 865-5754
Tickets: (814) 863-0255
General Inquiries: Mark Powell (814) 865-7586
Publicity Contact: Cheri Sinclair
Admissions Coordinator: Shannon Ritter
Assoc. Dir. Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: Kikora Franklin
Assoc. Dir. Academics: Dan Robinson
School of Visual Arts
Director Vagner Mendonça-Whitehead
210 Patterson Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 865-0444
Fax: (814) 865-1158
Contact: sova@psu.edu
Stuckeman School
Including the Departments of Architecture, Graphic Design, Landscape Architecture
Director Chingwen Cheng
121 Stuckeman Family Building
University Park, PA 16802
Contact: Jamie Behers
Department of Architecture
Department Head Frank Jacobus
121 Stuckeman Family Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 865-9535
Fax: (814) 863-8137
Contact: Christina Leidy
Department of Graphic Design
Interim Department Head Joel Priddy
30 Borland Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 865-0345
Fax: (814) 863-8706
Contact: Nina Bumgarner
Department of Landscape Architecture
Department Head Roxi Thoren
121 Stuckeman Family Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 865-9511
Fax: (814) 863-8137
Contact: Diana Nolten


Research Centers + Initiatives
Arts & Design Research Incubator
Director William Doan
14 Borland Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 863-5126
Email: adri@psu.edu
Center for Pedagogy in Arts and Design
113 Borland Building
University Park, PA 16802
Center for Virtual/Material Studies
Director Sarah Rich
241 Borland Building
University Park, PA 16802
Email: VirtualMaterial@psu.edu
Manager: Carolyn Lucarelli
E+D – Ecology plus Design
Director Andy Cole
Stuckeman Family Building
University Park, PA 16802
Hamer Center for Community Design
Director Lisa D. Iulo
05 Stuckeman Family Building
University Park, PA 16802
Stuckeman Center for Design Computing
Director José P. Duarte
Stuckeman Family Building
University Park, PA 16802
Studio for Sustainability + Social Action
Director Simone Osthoff
Patterson Building
University Park, PA 16802
Engagement Units
Borland Project Space
125 Borland Building
University Park, PA 16802
Center for the Performing Arts
Director Sita Frederick
Eisenhower Auditorium
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 863-9494
Fax: (814) 863-7218
Contact: Linda Struble
Publicity Contact: Laura Sullivan
Office of Digital Learning
Assistant Dean Gary Chinn
Director Chris Stubbs
12F Borland Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 863-7447
Contact: eli-aanda@psu.edu
Penn’s Woods Music Festival
Music Director Gerardo Edelstein
Penn State School of Music
Music Building I
University Park, PA 16802-1901
Contact: Russell Bloom
Palmer Museum of Art
Director Erin M. Coe
Curtin Road
University Park, PA 16802-1901
Phone: (814) 865-7673
Fax: (814) 863-8608
Contact: Sheryl Shaffer
Publicity Contact: Sarah Anne Wharton
Penn State Blue Band
Director Gregory Drane
101 Blue Band Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 865-3982
Contact: Wanda Hockenberry
Penn State Centre Stage
Producing Artistic Director Rick J Lombardo
116 Theatre Building
University Park, PA 16802-1901
Phone: (814) 863-0493
Fax: (814) 865-3645
Publicity Contact: Cheri Sinclair
Woskob Family Gallery
146 S Allen Street
State College, PA 16801
Phone: (814) 865-4710