Stephanie Lanter is a mixed media artist working primarily at integrating ceramic, fiber, found objects and photography to create sculptures. She is the Catron Professor, and along with teaching design and special topics courses in the Art Department, she works with the Mulvane, area schools, and various local service organizations to increase creative opportunities for Topekans.  Prior to moving to Topeka to begin her position as Visiting Catron Professor, Stephanie spent two years as one of the founding resident artists at the Red Lodge Clay Center in Montana. She was a Visiting Artist and Adjunct Instructor of Ceramics for three years at Wichita State University, and in 2004, she was the first participant in the joint residency program, “Jentel Critic at the Bray,” a writing residency sponsored by the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena and the Jentel Foundation of Wyoming. She has also completed residencies at the Anderson Ranch Arts Center (Colorado) and the Mendocino Art Center (California). She received an MFA from Ohio University in Athens in 2002 and a BA from Xavier University in Cincinnati in 1998. She has exhibited her ceramic, fiber, and mixed media sculpture nationally and published articles in journals such as Ceramics Monthly, Kerameiki Techni and Ceramics, Art and Perception.