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Wendi W. Arms

Associate Music Librarian/Teacher of Voice

John M. Bald

Associate Professor of Theatre Emeritus

Rachel Bani

Assistant Professor of Musicology

William Barrick

Adjunct Instructor of Interior Design and Studio Art

Lance Bastian

Adjunct Accompanist

David Berry

Daniel Professor of Music

Andrew Blanchard

Professor of Studio Art

Kathryn Boucher

Director of Milliken Art Gallery

Ross Brendle

Assistant Professor of Art

Kris Burton

Assistant Professor of Interior Design

Vivianne Lee Carey

Instructor of Art

Mary Carlisle

Associate Professor of Art, Chair of Department of Art, Design and Letters

Paula Cash

Administrative Assistant

Glen Chaddock

Head Piano Technician

Janis Dengler

Associate Professor Emerita of Health and Physical Education

Macey Dotson

Assistant Director of Admissions

Elizabeth Eggerding

Assistant Professor of Music Therapy

Andrea Elliott

Assistant Professor of Art Education

Jenna Elser

Assistant Professor of Theatre

Adam Flynn

Adjunct Instructor of Interior Design

Patrick Flynn

Adjunct Instructor of Guitar

Kathleen Foster

Adjunct Instructor of Cello

Patricia S. Foy

Professor Emerita of Music Education

Jerome Gomez

Assistant Professor of Interior Design

Anne Graff

Adjunct Accompanist

Steven Graff

Assistant Professor of Piano

Susanne Floyd Gunter

Associate Professor, Coordinator MEd Art Education & Converse Alternative Certification - Art Education (CACAE) programs

Arthur Haecker

Director of Converse Wind Ensemble, Adjunct Instructor of Trombone

Meg Hanna Tominaga

Associate Professor of Theatre

Geoff Herbach

Director of the MFA, Part-time Instructor of Creative and Professional Writing

Susan Hergenrather

Adjunct Instructor of Interior Design History

Karen Hill

Adjunct Instructor of Clarinet and Saxophone, and Special Assistant to the Provost for International Programs

John Holloway

Adjunct Instructor of Low Brass

Mayes Hopkins

Technical Director

John Jeter

Adjunct Instructor of Music Business

Keith Jones

Professor of Voice and Choral Activities

Peter Kay

Adjunct Instructor of Music

Craig King

Adjunct Instructor of Trumpet

Susana Lalama

Associate Professor of Music Education; Director of the Petrie School of Music

Courtney E. LeBauer

Associate Professor of Music

Susan Lyle

Associate Professor of Voice

Valerie MacPhail

Associate Professor of Voice and Assistant Director of the Petrie School of Music

Mike Massengale

Instructor of Art

Adena Shoemake McDaniel

Adjunct Instructor of Percussion

Madeleine McEntire

Adjunct Instructor of Music Theory

Timothy McMurray

Assistant Professor of Music Education and Orchestra Director

Richard Mulkey

Associate Professor of English; Director of Creative Writing

Anna Neely

Administrative Assistant to the Dean, School of the Arts

Janae O'Shields

Director of The Lawson Academy of the Arts and Director of the Fine Arts Day Camp

Melissa Owens Kaley

Associate Professor of Theatre, Chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance

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