Dr. Gaylund K. Stone, originally from Willoughby, Ohio, has been at Concordia University since 1991. He received  his Ph.D. in Urban Education from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with a specialization in art education and a minor in philosophy. He holds an M.Ed. in Art Education from Southwestern Oklahoma State University and an A.B. in Art and Archaeology from Princeton University. His research interests center on the relationships between artistic behaviors and cognitive processes and his studio areas are drawing, painting, and stained glass. He teaches a range of studio courses as well as courses in art history, aesthetics, and art education.

In addition to his years of collegiate experience Dr. Stone has taught science at the middle school and high school levels (based on a pre-med program completed while an undergraduate at Princeton); taught high school art; coached tennis; and served as a K-12 Arts Coordinator for the Oklahoma State Department of Education. Dr. Stone and his wife, Terri, have three children, Laura, David and Matthew. They are members of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Sheboygan Falls.