College of Arts and Sciences Advising
O'Dowd Hall, Room 130
586 Pioneer Drive
Rochester,
MI
48309-4482
(location map)
(248) 370-4567
casadv@oakland.edu
John Corso-Esquivel
Director
John Corso-Esquivel is an associate professor of art history at Oakland University. He writes about contemporary art and the intersections of politics, activism, and aesthetics. His book, Feminist Subjectivities in Fiber Art and Craft: Shadows of Affect (2019), was published through Routledge’s Gender and Art series.
Community Advisory Board
Adolfo Campoy-Cubillo works as an associate professor of Spanish. His research interests include Postcolonial Studies and Medical Humanities. He is the author of Memories of the Maghreb (Palgrave 2012), critical translations of Ramón J. Sender's Imán and José Díaz Fernández's El Blocao, as well as articles and book chapters with the Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies, Revista de Estudios Hispánicos, and Routledge among others.
Jocelyn Chen is the Founder and Executive Director of DESIGNCONNECT, a nonprofit providing career pathways in creative design for underrepresented metropolitan youth. She loves to travel, and hopes never to stop learning. She holds undergraduate degrees in engineering and art history and a graduate degree in electrical engineering.
Dan Clark is a historian whose research involves oral history, interviewing people about their experiences. He also enjoys raising vegetables in a community garden and running on trails.
Dominique Daniel is a lifelong and passionate advocate for the humanities, especially history, librarianship, and digital humanities. She likes to use old and new information technologies to share her passion through instruction, exhibits, publications, and more.
Mary Hartson is an associate professor of Spanish at Oakland University. She is an avid traveler with a particular passion for Spanish food and culture. Her research interests include historical memory, Spanish cinema, and masculinity studies, and she has authored a book called Casting Spanish Masculinity: Negotiating Identity in a Consumer Age.
Kimmie Parker is an artist, professor, graphic designer, and writer. Her practice oscillates between the practical and the theoretical, the intellectual and the emotional, the Apollonian and the Dionysian—with endless curiosity as the common thread.
George Sanders is an associate professor of sociology at Oakland University. His research explores the ways people establish meaningful interpersonal relationships through cultural and creative expressions.
Joseph Tardella is a graduate of Wayne State University with an undergraduate degree in Psychology and graduate degree in Social Work. Until his recent retirement, he served in an executive position with Southwest Solutions, a non for profit, multi-service organization serving the southwest Detroit community. He is currently enrolled at Oakland University as a postgraduate student.
Student Interns
Enna Castro
Graphic Design
Enna Castro is a senior at Oakland University and a Graphic Design major. She is passionate about the power of creativity and design to better our lives.
Carrie Elliott
Social Media
Carrie is a senior graphic design major and writing and rhetoric minor. Check out her portfolio here.