Meet the Chair

Peter Martens, Ph.D.

Dr. Peter Martens serves as the inaugural chair of the Department of Interdisciplinary Arts, coming to that position having served as Associate Director in the School of Music, Associate Dean in the Talkington College of Visual and Performing Arts, and co-Acting Dean of the TCVPA.  Dr. Martens has taught for many years in the Fine Arts Doctoral Program curriculum, and his own research combines methodologies from multiple disciplines. 

He is active in the National Organization for Arts in Health, and is the point person for several inter- and cross-disciplinary initiatives on the TTU campus. Dr. Martens' full biography can be found here.