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Faculty and Staff

Chair and Administrative Staff

Dr. Susan Tusing
Chair of Visual and Performing Arts
Associate Professor of  Music

Mrs. Delores Toothaker
Administrative Assistant

Mr. Alexander Benford
Staff Accompanist

 

Full Time Faculty

Art and Art History

Dr. David Ludley
Professor of Art History

Mr. Alan Xie
Assistant Professor of Studio Art

Communication and Media Studies

Dr. Virginia Bonner
Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies

Dr. Randy Clark
Associate Professor of Journalism

Dr. Mark May
Assistant Professor of Communication

Dr. Susan McFarlane-Alvarez
Assistant Professor of Communication

Dr. Steve Spence
Associate Professor of Digital Media Studies

Dr. Felicia Stewart
Associate Professor of Communication

Dr. Keisha Tassie
Assistant Professor of Communication

Music

Dr. Shaun Amos
Director of Choral Activities

Mr. J. Wesley Flinn
Director of Theory and Composition

Dr. Patrick Carney
Director of Bands
Assistant Professor of Music Education Instrumental
Assistant Professor of Tuba, Euphonium, and Trombone Studio

Dr. Christina Howell
Assistant Professor of Voice

Dr. Kristin Lyman
Director of Music Education and Percussion Studies

Dr. Michiko Otaki
Director of Keyboard Studies

Dr. Shawn David Young
Director of Music Management Studies

Dr. Kurt-Alexander Zeller
Director of Opera and Vocal Studies

Theatre

Mr. Phillip Depoy
Director and Assistant Professor of Theatre

Ms. Shontelle Thrash
Assistant Professor of Theatre and Communication

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Adjunct Faculty

Ms. Lisa Bartholow, Flute

Ms. Amy Black
Music Literature and Appreciation, French Horn

Mr. Vernon Clarke
Communication

Ms. Tonia East
Communication

Dr. William Hearn
Guitar, Music Theory and World Music

Ms. Tamara Holmes
Communication

Ms. Patricia Henritze
Theatre

Mr. Stacey Houghton
Jazz Ensemble, Jazz History, Saxophone

Ms. Rondee Gaines
Communications

Ms. Nan Kemberling
Violoncello

Dr. Tom Lewis
Communication

Mr. Marc Miller
Double Bass

Mr. Michael Oby
Communication

Ms. Betul Soykan-Dantoulis String Methods, Violin/Viola Applied Courses

Mr. Jonathan Swygert
Trumpet

Mr. Larry Wiley
Communication