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Anne Graves
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Bruce Hammel
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Wells Hanley
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Richard Clayton Harper
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Jonghak Kim
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Susanna Klein
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Kyle Kogut
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Brinson Leigh Kresge
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Christiana Lafazani
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Xiaolin Lan
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Simon Lapointe
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Caitlin Latham
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Tracy Leipold
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Massa Lemu
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William Lenard
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Marcey W. Leonard
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Yutong Liu
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Jamie Mahoney
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Kevin Maloney
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Eka Maraneli
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Colleen Marino
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Amy Marshman
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Amber Martinez
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Tony Martucci
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Laura Matzke
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Orla Mc Hardy
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Dana McComb
Adjunct Professor of Cello
Bonnie McCoy
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Shaun McCracken
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Molly McFadden
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Kevin McGranahan
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Michael Jones McKean
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Alyssa McKeithen
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Roy McKelvey
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Stephanie Metz
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Evie Metz
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Mary Metzger
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Sarah Midkiff
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Scott Milstead
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Jonathan Molina-Garcia
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Sarah Moore
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Holly Morrison
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Kori Mosley
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Nikita Moyer
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Anthony Nguyen
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Eric Rivera
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Michael Royce
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Richard Rumble
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Scholarship Coordinator
Wes Seals
Assistant Professor, Acting
Department of Theatre
Michael Shaffer
Adjunct Instructor
Earl Shaffer
Associate Conductor - GRYWE Band
Molly Sharp
Adjunct Professor of Viola
Stacey Sharpe
Music Student Assistant
Ying-Fang Shen
Associate Professor
Jon-Phillip Sheridan
Assistant Chair
E. Gaynell Sherrod
Associate Professor
David Shields
Department Chair
Associate Professor
Rebecca Shields
Adjunct Instructor
Ryan Shriver
Adjunct Instructor
Kate Sicchio
Assistant Professor of Dance and Media Technologies
Suzanne A. Silitch
Executive Director for Strategic Communications
Noah Simblist
Department Chair
Associate Professor
Patrick Smith
Interim Assistant Chair
Coordinator of Music History
Associate Professor of French Horn and Music History
Anthony Smith
Hrly. Pos. VCUarts
Emily Smith
Assistant Professor
James Smith-Parham
Adjunct Professor of Voice
Preston Spence
Technical Director
Department of Theatre
Assistant Professor
Bonnie Staley
Adjunct Professor
Judith Steel
Associate Professor
Lauren Stone
VCUarts Model
Tracy Stonestreet
Adjunct Instructor
Hawa Stwodah
Assistant Professor
Jody Symula
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
Art Foundation Program Lead
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Javier Tapia
Associate Professor
Emily Tappan
Adjunct Instructor - Figure Drawing and Costume Design
Rob Tarbell
Professor
Wesley Taylor
Assistant Professor
Professor
Nathan Tersteeg
Academic Advisor
Adjunct Instructor
Willis Thompson
Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions
Tasia Thompson
Human Resources Administrator
Colleen Potter Thorburn
Adjunct Professor, Music Theory and Harp
Lauren Thorson
Assistant Professor
Stephanie R Thulin
Assistant Chair
Associate Professor
Paul Thulin-Jimenez
Assistant Professor
David Emerson Toney
Assistant Professor - Acting, Directing, and Playwriting
Department of Theatre
David Toussaint
Adjunct Professor of Guitar
Rob Tregenza
Professor
Pamela Turner
Associate Professor
Kimberly Turner
Adjunct Instructor
J.M. Tyree
Associate Program Director
M.Phil Distinguished Visiting Professor
Can Türedi
Industry Professional, Adjunct Professor
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Tiffany Valvo
Assistant Professor of Clarinet
Clare Van Loenen
Adjunct Instructor
Thomas Vecchione
Sound Design
Department of Theatre
Camelia Velázquez
Finance Assistant
Roberto Ventura
Interim Department Chair
Associate Professor
Karen Videtic
Professor Emeritus
Stephen Vitiello
Department Chair
Professor
Sonia Vlahcevic
Professor of Piano and Music Analysis
Robert Voorhis
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Autumn Proctor Waddell
Assistant Professor
Bryan Wade
Adjunct Instructor - Musical Theatre Voice
Bryan Wade
Adjunct Professor of Voice, Musical Theatre
Matthew Wagner
Adjunct Instructor of Interior Design
Matt Wallin
Professor
Eileen Walsh
Adjunct Instructor
Andrew Walsh-Lister
Visiting Designer / Designer-in-Residence
Sarah Kate Walston
Adjunct Professor of Voice
Ross Walter
Associate Professor of Trombone, Euphonium and Tuba
Sasha Waters Freyer
Professor of Photography + Film
Tamara Watkins
Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions
Jack Wax
Professor - Glass and Director of Graduate Studies
Kia Weatherspoon
Adjunct Instructor of Interior Design
Yiwen Wei
Assistant Professor
Charles Westfall
Curator of Student Exhibitions and Programs
Sandy Wheeler
Associate Professor
Eric Wheeler
Adjunct Professor of Jazz Bass
Toby Whitaker
Conductor of Jazz Orchestra II, Small Jazz Ensemble
Christopher White
Adjunct Instructor
Russell White
Adjunct Professor
Emily White
Instructor
Camden Whitehead
Associate Professor
Hilary Wilder
Associate Professor
BJ Wilkinson
Adjunct Faculty
Head of Lighting Design
Department of Theatre
Tim Williams
VCUarts Model
Virginia Willis
Music Student Assistant
Dominic Willsdon
Associate Professor of Art Education and Executive Director of the Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU
Kat Wilson
Administrative Coordinator
Sara Wilson McKay
Associate Professor
Emily Winthrop
Adjunct Instructor
Kathryn Wirtz
Communications Coordinator
James Wiznerowicz
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Tobias Wofford
Assistant Professor
Courtnie Wolfgang
Assistant Professor
Graduate Program Director
Kenneth Wood
Coordinator of Voice
Co-Directory of VCU Opera
Assistant Professor of Voice and Voice pedagogy
Stephanie Woods
Adjunct Instructor
Margaret Woods
Adjunct Professor of Voice
Charles Woodson
Dance Musician
Matt Woolman
Executive Director, Center for the Creative Economy
Professor, Department of Graphic Design
Jason Wright
Adjunct Instructor
Emily Wyman
Adjunct Professor
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Robin Moore Yohe
Adjunct Professor of Music Education
Bohyun Yoon
Associate Professor - Glass
William Young
Adjunct Instructor
Miranda Young
Adjunct Instructor
Bunt Young
Industry Professional, Director of Photography
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Vincent Zawada
Adjunct Professor
Boris Zharekhin
Web Developer
Yin Zheng
Director of Keyboard Studies
Associate Professor of Piano
Claire E Zitzow
Adjunct Professor
Instructor