Administration
J. Bernard Schultz, Dean
Bernie Schultz (Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1982) is Dean of the College of Creative Arts, Director of the Creative Arts Center and Professor of Art History at West Virginia University. He was Chairperson of the Division of Art from 1989 to 1994, and served as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Creative Arts from 1994 to 2000. Bernie has been recognized as a distinguished teacher and has been the recipient of curriculum development grants. His research centers on the interdisciplinary relationships between art history and medical history. He is author of Art and Anatomy in Renaissance Italy (1985) and co-author of Art Past/Art Present (1990 and 2nd, Revised Edition, 1994, 3rd, Revised Edition, 1997, 4th, Revised Edition, 2000). In addition, Bernie has authored numerous pedagogical texts for Art History. Bernie is a frequent speaker on topics relating to his research and to arts administration. In 1997 Bernie received the Neil S. Bucklew Award for Social Justice from West Virginia University.
William J. Winsor, Associate Dean
William J. Winsor is an accomplished administrator and artist with a distinguished record of teaching, research/creative activity, and service in higher education. He holds an MFA in Scenography from the Ohio State University, and a BA in Theatre from Wilmington College. Prior to coming to West Virginia University, he taught for Coe College, the University of South Florida, The Ohio State University, the University of Pittsburgh and DeSales University. He has also worked as a freelance stage designer and consultant by providing design and production services for both academic and professional producing agencies. Winsor joined WVU’s Division of Theatre and Dance in 1989 as an Associate Professor of Stage Design. In 1995 he was appointed Chair of the Division of Theatre and Dance, and in 2001, he became the Associate Dean of the College. He now assists Dean Schultz in fostering and sustaining an intellectual, creative and student-centered environment. During his tenure at WVU, Winsor has received outstanding teaching and service awards for his work with the Divsion, College and University. Winsor has worked as a minority arts consultant, served as the Dean of Academics for the West Virginia Governors’ School for the Arts and Executive Director for WVU’s Summer Institute for Teacher Education in the Arts. He is a member of the United Scenic Artists of America-829, and he as designed more than one hundred and twenty productions for academic, non-profit, and commercial producing agencies in local, regional and international venues.