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Pete Froslie is the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies at Arizona Arts, integrating arts research throughout the division and university. He began on July 1, 2026.
In a move that signals the university’s growing commitment to interdisciplinary innovation, Froslie holds a multifaceted leadership portfolio. In addition to his role as associate dean, he serves as a professor of art in the School of Art and as the associate director of AI and the Arts within the University of Arizona’s Office of Responsible AI.
Froslie’s research focuses on the intersection of human-made technological systems, art and culture. He has long been fascinated with the relationship between global political and economic structures and emerging issues of climate and environmental change.
“You can feel the energy around the arts at the University of Arizona,” Froslie said regarding his appointment. “The Arizona Arts community engages urgent environmental and social questions, and there’s a genuine commitment to interdisciplinary work. I am humbled to join such an incredible community of colleagues and students.”
Froslie joins the University of Arizona from the University of Oklahoma, where he is Associate Dean for Technology and Grants of the Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts, the Director of the School of Visual Arts, and Professor of Art, Technology and Culture.
He received his Master of Fine Arts from the Studio for Interrelated Media at the Massachusetts College of Art (MassArt) and his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Nevada-Reno.
As part of his art practice, Froslie’s recent work includes three expeditions to the Arctic Circle in the Svalbard archipelago in 2017, 2019, and 2024. These journeys allowed him to explore rarely seen territories, including abandoned Soviet mines and the Global Seed Vault while establishing a practice that converges fieldwork and scientific research. During these expeditions, Froslie captured a wide array of digital assets, such as underwater recordings of melting ice in Svalbard fjords, electromagnetic wave recordings, and video documentation of the environmental impacts of human activity in the region.
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