Liberal Arts

Tom Davis, who studied in Columbus, Ohio and Edinburgh, Scotland, has worked in music since 2001, developing a specialty in guitar and jazz. Tom earned his Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz Studies from Capital University in Columbus and his Master of Music degree in Musicology from The University of Edinburgh. Tom has been an Adjunct Instructor of Music at Columbus College of Art & Design since January 2015, and has taught such classes as The Fundamentals of Guitar and Music Appreciation. Tom currently teaches Music Appreciation as with a focus on jazz history. Tom is also on the faculty at...

Dr. Wendy L. Chrisman has taught in English since 1997. Her research interests include rhetorical, cultural, and disability studies, medical humanities and mental health narratives, and animal and environmental advocacy. Chrisman earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Central Florida (1996) and her Masters of Arts and Doctorate of Philosophy from The Ohio State University (2000, 2008). She has been an adjunct faculty member of the Writing, Literature, & Philosophy Department at Columbus College of Art & Design since 2007. She has taught such classes as Art of Persuasion and...

Tessa Carrel teaches anatomy. Carrel is trained as a developmental biologist. More specifically, she investigates the molecular cues and cellular mechanisms of nervous system development and how the disruption of these processes can result in the onset of disease in the brain and motor neurons. BS in biology, Muskingum University, 1997; MS in molecular, cellular, and developmental biology, Ohio State University, 2003; PhD in molecular, cellular, and developmental biology, Ohio State University, 2004.