Two departments in the Katherine Reese Pamplin College of Arts and Sciences are entering fall semester with interim chairs: Ms. Jennifer Onofrio will serve as the acting chair for the Department of Art, and Dr. Richard Griner will serve as acting chair for the Department of Biology.
“The Pamplin College of Arts and Sciences is blessed with an exceptionally high caliber of faculty,” says Dr. Robert Parham, dean of the Pamplin College. “Both Dr. Griner and Ms. Onofrio will provide excellent leadership for their departments as well as outstanding teaching and mentoring to our students.
Ms. Onofrio, associate professor of art, has been a faculty member at ASU since 1995. A nationally recognized artist, she has exhibited her work in numerous group and solo exhibitions at such galleries as the Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art Gallery in Kansas City, the ARC Gallery in Chicago, the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and locally, at the Morris Museum, the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, and the Mary Pauline Gallery. She has been a visiting artist at 14 institutions and served as a juror for the Arkansas Arts Council, Northeast Missouri State University, and Lander University.
Ms. Onofrio earned her bachelor’s degree in painting and sculpture from the University of Wisconsin and her master of fine arts degree in sculpture, photography, and drawing from the University of California at Davis. At ASU, she teaches photography, 3-D design, and humanities.
Dr. Griner, associate professor of biology, has been a faculty member at ASU since 1999. Previously he was a postdoctoral research fellow of the Cell Biology Group at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute in Tampa, Fla., and an associate scientist under contract with the Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Services Division’s Biological Assessment Team. He has written and co-authored a number of articles for such publications as the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, the Journal of Biological Chemistry, In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology, Carcinogenesis: Integrative Cancer Research, and Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, among others. He also is a contributor to the books Methods in Molecular Biology, Drug Toxicodynamics, and Mechanisms of Injury in Renal Disease and Toxicity.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in biology and microbiology from the University of Georgia, where he also earned a doctorate in pharmacology.
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