Apr 20, 2024  
2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

College of Fine Arts and Communication Faculty


J. Christopher Buddo, Dean
(BM, James Madison University; MA, DMA, University of Iowa)
Laura C. Prividera, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies
(BS, University at Albany State University of New York; MA, PhD, Bowling Green State University)
Robert Quinn, Assistant Dean for Assessment and Curriculum
(AA, Young Harris College; BSEd, University of Georgia, Athens; MSEd, Auburn University, Montgomery; PhD, University of Georgia, Athens)
Michael Crane, Associate Dean of Research, Marketing and Outreach
(BA, MA, University of Missouri)
Mary Jane Gaddis, Director of Development
(AAS, Wake Forest Technical College)

School of Art and Design

Kate Bukoski, Associate Professor and Director
(BFA, Iowa State University, MA, PhD, University of Minnesota)
Kelly Adams, Associate Professor
(BFA, MFA, East Carolina University)
Alice Arnold, Professor
(BFA, Illinois Wesleyan University; MA, EdD, University of Illinois)
Cynthia A. Bickley-Green, Professor
(BA, MA, University of Maryland; MA, George Washington University; PhD, University of Georgia)
Beth Blake, Associate Professor
(BFA, Virginia Commonwealth University; MFA, Ohio University)
Ken Bova, Assistant Professor
(BFA, Sam Houston State University; MFA, Montana State University)
Jessica Christie, Professor
(Studies in Art History, University of Munich; MA, University of Erlangen, Nurenberg, West Germany; MA, PhD, University of Texas, Austin)
Linda Darty, Professor
(BS, University of Florida; MFA, East Carolina University)
Michael H. Drought, Professor
(BS, University of Wisconsin-Madison; MFA, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Michael H. Duffy, Professor
(BA, MA, University of New Hampshire; MA, Michigan State University; PhD, University of Illinois)
Scott Eagle, Associate Professor and Assistant Director
(BFA, MFA, East Carolina University)
Matthew Egan, Associate Professor
(BFA, University of Windsor; MFA, University of South Dakota)
Daniel Elliott, Assistant Professor
(BFA, Illinois State University; MFA, University of Illinois at Chicago)
Seo Eo, Associate Professor
(BFA, Utah State University; MFA, Indiana University)
Holly Garriott, Teaching Instructor and Executive Director of Emerge Gallery
(BS, James Madison University; BFA, East Carolina University; MFA East Carolina University)
Wayne Godwin, Associate Professor
(BS, MAEd, East Carolina University; MPD, North Carolina State University)
Linda Adele Goodine, Carol Grotnes, Belk Distinguished Professor
(BA, University of Rochester; MS, Ithaca College; MFA, Florida State University)
Ronald S. Graziani, Associate Professor
(BA, University of California, Los Angeles; MA, State University of New York, Stony Brook; PhD, University of California, Los Angeles)
Erick Y. Green, Associate Professor
(BA, North Carolina State University; MFA, University of Southern California)
Robin Haller, Associate Professor
(BFA, MFA, Kent State University)
Mi Sook Hur, Professor
(BFA, Seoul National University, Korea; MFA, University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Hanna Jubran, Professor
(BFA, MFA, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee)
Daniel Kariko, Associate Professor
(BA Nicholls State University, MFA Arizona State University)
Nanyoung Kim, Associate Professor
(BA, MA, Seoul National University; EdD, MA, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Timothy Lazure, Professor
(BFA, Rochester Institute of Technology; MFA University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth)
Susan Luddeke, Teaching Instructor
(BFA, MFA, East Carolina University)
Punam Madhok, Associate Professor
(BFA, Visva-Bharati University; MA, PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Craig D. Malmrose, Professor
(BA, State University of New York, Fredonia; MFA, Rochester Institute of Technology)
Joan Mansfield, Associate Professor
(BFA, MFA, East Carolina University)
Audrey Mott, Associate Professor
(BS, Atlantic Christian College; MFA, East Carolina University)
Heather Muise, Teaching Instructor
(BFA, University of Windsor, Canada; MFA, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; MILS, North Carolina Central University)
Robert Quinn, Associate Professor
(AA, Young Harris College; BSEd, PhD, University of Georgia, Athens; MSEd, Auburn University, Montgomery)
Dindy Reich, Teaching Instructor and Coordinator of the Youth Arts Festival
(BA, Grinnell College; MFA, Indiana University)
Lisa Beth Robinson, Assistant Professor
(BA, University of Redlands, CA; MFA, University of Wisconsin-Madison; MLIS, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Borim Song, Associate Professor
(BFA, MFA, Seoul Women’s University; EdM, EdD, Columbia University, Teachers College)
Gunnar Swanson, Professor
(BA, University of California, Los Angeles; MFA, California State University, Fullerton)
Michael Tierno, Associate Professor
(BA, MFA, City College of New York)
James Tisnado, Associate Professor
(BA, California State University Chico; BFA, University of Iowa; MFA, Ohio University)
Carl Twarog, Professor
(BA, State University of New York, Buffalo; MFA, Massachusetts College of Art)
Michael Voors, Professor
(BFA, Indiana University; MFA, Eastern Michigan University)
Catherine C. E. Walker Bailey, Professor
(BFA, MFA, East Carolina University)
Angela Franks Wells, Associate Professor
(BA, Scripps Women’s College; MFA, Arizona State University)
Ken Wyatt, Associate Professor
(BS, Norfolk State University; MFA, Temple University)
Christine Zoller, Associate Professor
(BS, State College of Buffalo, New York; MFA, The University of Georgia)

School of Communication

Linda Godbold Kean, Director and Professor
(BS, University of Illinois; MA, PhD, University of Wisconsin)
Barbara C. Bullington, Teaching Instructor
(BA, MS, Shippensburg University)
Michael Catalano, Teaching Instructor
(BA, MS, East Carolina University)
Rebecca J. Dumlao, Professor
(BS, Penn State University; MS, Oregon State University; PhD, University of Wisconsin)
Cindy J. Elmore, Professor
(BS, James Madison University; MA, University of Leicester; PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Festus Eribo, Professor
(BA, MA, State University of Leningrad; PhD, University of Wisconsin)
Pamela Davis Hopkins, Teaching Associate Professor
(BA, Clemson University; MA, Pennsylvania State University; PhD, East Carolina University)
John W. Howard, III, Professor
(AS, North Country Community College; BA, SUNY Binghamton; MS, University of Rochester; MA, PhD, Bowling Green State University)
Glenn Hubbard, Associate Professor
(BS, MA, Appalachian State University; PhD, University of Tennessee)
Erika Johnson, Assistant Professor
(BA, American University; MA, MPH, PHD, University of Missouri, Columbia)
Jin-Ae Kang, Associate Professor
(BA, Handong University; MA, Sogang University; PhD, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa)
Brian L. Massey, Associate Professor
(BA, MA, University of West Florida; PhD, Florida State University)
Charles Meadows, Assistant Professor
(BA, MS, Appalachian State University; PhD, University of Alabama)
Cui Meadows, Assistant Professor
(BA, Sichuan University; MA, Communication University of China; PhD, University of Alabama)
Aysel Morin, Associate Professor
(BA, MA, Anadolu University; PhD, University of Nebraska)
Gina Presson, Teaching Instructor
(BA, Duke University; MA, University of Southern California)
Laura C. Prividera, Professor
(BS, University at Albany, State University of New York; MA, PhD, Bowling Green State University)
Keith Richards, Assistant Professor
(BA, Kent State University; MA, PhD, University of Connecticut)
Sachiyo M. Shearman, Associate Professor
(BA, Kitakyushu University; MA, PhD, Michigan State University)
Eric B. Shouse, Associate Professor
(BA, Indiana University; MA, San Diego State University; PhD, University of South Florida)
Deborah M. Thomson, Associate Professor
(BA, MA, PhD, University of North Carolina)
Brittany M. W. Thompson, Teaching Instructor
(BA, North Carolina State University; MS, East Carolina University)
Mary Tucker-McLaughlin, Associate Professor
(BA, University of Illinois; MS, Southern Illinois University)
Charles Twardy, Teaching Instructor
(BA, MA, MS, Northwestern University)

School of Music

Christopher Ulffers, Associate Professor and Director
(BM, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; MM, Indiana University)
Travis Alford, Assistant Professor
(BM, East Carolina University; MM, New England Conservatory; MFA, PhD, Brandeis University)
Jeffrey J. Bair, Associate Professor
(BM, Bowling Green State University; MM, University of North Texas; DMA, University of North Texas)
Joanne M. Bath, Hardy Distinguished Professor
(BM, Denison University; MM, University of Michigan)
Mary A. Burroughs, Professor
(BM, University of Missouri; MM, University of Wisconsin; DMA, University of Illinois)
Amy Carr-Richardson, Associate Professor
(BM, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; MM, PhD, Florida State University)
R. Scott Carter, Professor and Chair of the Instrumental Department
(BM, MM, East Carolina University; DMA, University of Cincinnati)
Rachel Copeland, Associate Professor, Associate Director and Coordinator of Graduate Studies
(BME, MM, Baylor University; DM, Indiana University)
James Crew, Teaching Instructor
(BA, University of North Carolina; MM, North Carolina Central University)
Carroll V. Dashiell, Jr., Associate Professor
(BM, East Carolina University; MM, North Carolina Central University)
Daniel Davis, Teaching Instructor
(
BM, East Carolina University; MM, North Carolina Central University)
Gabriel DiMartino, Assistant Professor
(BM, DePaul University; MM, Wichita State University)
Leonid Finkelshteyn, Teaching Instructor
(BM, MM, Leningrad Conservatory)
Elliot P. Frank, Professor
(BM, University of Georgia; MM, Southern Methodist University; DM, Florida State University)
Catherine Garner, Teaching Assistant Professor
(BM, Louisiana State University; MM, Florida State University; DMA, Eastman School of Music)
Alisa W. Gilliam, Teaching Instructor
(BM, MM, East Carolina University)
Ara Gregorian, Professor
(BM, MM, Juilliard School of Music)
Emanuel Gruber (Gour), Professor
(BM, MM, The Jerusalem Rubin Academy of Music and Dance)
Christine M. Gustafson, Professor
(BM, Indiana University; MM, Eastman School of Music; DMA, University of Texas)
Michelle P. Hairston, Professor and Chair of the Department of Music Education/Music Therapy
(BM, MEd, EdD, University of Georgia; RMT-BC)
Thomas J. Huener, Associate Professor
(BA, Kalamazoo College; MM, Southern Illinois University; MFA, PhD, University of Iowa)
C. Gregory Hurley, Professor
(BM, University of North Carolina, Greensboro; MM, University of Texas; PhD, University of Wisconsin)
Stephen Ivany, Assistant Professor
(BM, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada; MM, Yale University School of Music; DM, Florida State University)
Edward Jacobs, Professor
(BA, University of Massachusetts at Amherst; MA, University of California at Berkeley; DMA, Columbia University)
Jay A. Juchniewicz, Associate Professor
(BME, MME, PhD, Florida State University)
Hye-Jin Kim, Associate Professor
(BM, Curtis Institute of Music; MM, GD, New England Conservatory of Music)
John Kramar, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Vocal Studies
(BM, Eastman School of Music; MM, Curtis Institute of Music)
Kevin N. Moll, Associate Professor
(BA, University of Pennsylvania; MM, New England Conservatory of Music; PhD, Stanford University)
Douglas Monroe, Assistant Professor
(BM, Michigan State University; MM, University of Arizona, DMA, The Ohio State University)
Jocelyn Nelson, Teaching Assistant Professor
(BM, MA, Lamont School of Music; DMA, University of Colorado)
Bo N. Newsome, Teaching Instructor
(BM, Artist’s Diploma, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music)
John B. O’Brien, Professor and Chair of the Keyboard Department
(BM, MM, DMA, University of Southern California)
Miguel Ramirez, Teaching Assistant Professor
(BM, Universidad de Costa Rica; DMA, Boston University; MA, PhD University of Chicago)
Mario Rey, Associate Professor
(BA, Florida International University; MA, Florida Atlantic University; MM, University of South Florida; PhD, Florida State University)
Jami Rhodes, Associate Professor
(BM, East Carolina University; MM, University of South Carolina; DMA, Louisiana State University)
Mark D. Richardson, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Theory, Composition and Musicology
(BM, University of Kansas; MM, PhD, Florida State University)
Jorge L. Richter, Associate Professor
(BA, Parana State School of Music; MM, Andrews University; DMA, Michigan State University)
Scott Sawyer, Teaching Instructor
Andrew Scanlon, Teaching Assistant Professor

(BM, Duquesne University; MM, Yale University)
Keiko Sekino, Associate Professor
(BA, MM, Yale University; DMA, Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University)
Daniel Shirley, Assistant Professor
(BM, Vanderbilt University; MM, DM, Indiana University)
Raychl Smith, Assistant Professor
(BM, Appalachian State University; MM, PhD, University of North Carolina, Greensboro)
William Staub, Teaching Assistant Professor
(BM, Arizona State University; MM, Michigan State University; DMA, Northwestern University)
Eric A. Stellrecht, Teaching Instructor
(BM, University of Wisconsin; MM, University of Michigan)
Mark A. Taggart, Professor
(BA, University of Louisville; MFA, DMA, Cornell University)
Andrea VanDeusen, Assistant Professor
(BM, MME, Western Michigan University)
Jonathan D. Wacker, Professor
(BM, North Texas State University; MM, University of Nevada, Reno; DM, Indiana University)
Lori Wacker, Teaching Assistant Professor
(BM, University of Saskatchewan; MM, PhD, Indiana University)
Cynthia Wagoner, Associate Professor
(BS, MS, Indiana State University; PhD, University of North Carolina, Greensboro)
Jarrod Williams, Teaching Instructor
(BM, The University of Kansas; MM, The University of Kansas; DMA, The University of Maryland)
Kwan Yi, Assistant Professor
(BM, Curtis Institute; MM, Julliard School)

School of Theatre and Dance

Jayme Host, Director
(BA, Goucher College; MFA, University of Utah)
Jill Carlson, Associate Professor
(BS, Illinois State; MFA, Western Illinois University)
John A. Carlson, Teaching Assistant Professor
(BA, Salisbury State University; MFA, Western Illinois University)
Patricia Clark, Professor
(BFA, MFA, Virginia Commonwealth University)
Teal Darkenwald, Associate Professor
(BFA, State University of New York; MFA, University of Arizona)
John Dixon, Associate Professor
(BA, University of Maryland; MFA, University of Washington)
Teresa A. Donohue, Associate Professor
(BA, University of the Pacific; MFA, University of California, Davis)
Jessica Doyle-Mekkes, Teaching Instructor
(BFA, Central Michigan University; MM, Central Michigan University)
Gregory Funaro, Professor
(BA, University of New Hampshire; MA, Brown University; MFA, Florida State University)
Tommi Galaska, Teaching Instructor
(BFA, East Carolina University)
David Ingram, Assistant Professor
(BFA, Butler University; MFA, Hollins University)
Erich Keil, Assistant Professor
(BA, Western Michigan University; MFA, University of California-Los Angeles)
Dirk Lumbard, Teaching Instructor
(Equivalent professional experience)
Jennifer Scott Mobley, Assistant Professor
(BA, The College of William and Mary; MFA, Brooklyn College; PhD, City University of New York)
Marissa Nesbit, Assistant Professor
(BA, Pitzer College; MFA, Texas Women’s University; PhD, Ohio State University)
Galina R. Panova, Associate Professor
(Ballet Artist, Perm Choreographic School of Ballet, Russia)
Jeni Parker, Associate Professor
(BA, Lehigh University; MFA, Ohio University)
T. Reid Parker, Associate Professor
(BA, Western Carolina University; MFA, Ohio University, Athens)
Aimee Radics, Teaching Instructor
(BS, MM, Ithaca College)
Delta Childers Smith, Assistant Professor
(BFA, East Carolina University; MFA, Ohio University)
Natalie Stewart, Associate Professor
(BA, University of Utah; MFA, National Theatre Conservatory, Denver, Colorado)
Michael H. Tahaney, Associate Professor
(BA, University of Central Florida; MFA, San Diego State University
Jeffery Woodruff, Teaching Instructor
(BA, East Carolina University; MA, American University)