Faculty and Staff Directory
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MK Abadoo
"MK Bowden"
Assistant Professor Dance + Choreography
Core Member, iCubed, the Institute for Inclusion, Inquiry & Innovation
Magdalena Adamek
Assistant Professor of Piano and Collaborative Piano
Coordinator of Keyboard Studies
Dylan Ahern
Adjunct Instructor
Eman AlSulaimani
Adjunct Professor
Stephen Alcorn
Professor
Kelly Alder
Adjunct Instructor
Justin Alexander
Associate Professor of Music
Director of Percussion Studies
Holly Alford
Director of Inclusion and Equity
Margaret Allen
Instructor/Adjunct Faculty
John Altonen
Information Technology Support Analyst
Aaron D. Anderson, Ph.D.
Professor - Stage Combat
Theatre Graduate Program Director
Affiliate Faculty at the VCU Schools of Medicine and Business
Department of Theatre
Michelle Anderson
Administrative Coordinator
Department of Theatre
Mallory Anderson
Adjunct Professor
Herdimas Anggara
Assistant Professor
Rachael Arauz
Adjunct Instructor
Elissa Armstrong
Associate Professor
Deidra Arrington
Department Chair
Associate Professor
Lindsey Arturo
Adjunct Professor
Steve Ashby
Adjunct Professor
Katy Ashford
Adjunct Professor
Hala Auji
Hamad bin Khalifa Endowed Chair for Islamic Art
Associate Professor
Terry Austin
Emeritus Instrumental Music Education Professor
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Peter Baldes
Chair, Painting + Printmaking
Associate Professor
Dennis Balk
Adjunct Instructor
Nia Safarr Banks
Instructor - Fundamentals of Design
Department of Theatre
Morgan Barnett
Administrative Affairs Coordinator
Taylor Barnett
Assistant Professor
Director of Jazz Studies
Brian Barr
Adjunct Professor
Laura Battaglia
Assistant Professor
Cara Benedetto
Associate Professor
Jason Bennett
Associate Professor
Melanie Bernier
Adjunct Instructor
Virginia Bertholet
Adjunct Instructor
Independent Producer
Jenn Bianchi
Instructor - Improv
Department of Theatre
Brad Birchett
Senior Academic Advisor
Kelly Bisogno
Adjunct Instructor
Curt Blankenship
Concert Hall and Facilities Manager
Charles Bleick
Associate Professor Emeritus
Sara Bouchard
Adjunct Instructor
Yossera Bouchtia
Assistant Professor
Mark Boulos
Associate Professor
Phillip Bowles
Adjunct Professor
Bonnie Brady
Assistant Professor
Head of Stage Management
Production Supervisor
Department of Theatre
Matt Brett
Adjunct Professor
Rellie Brewer
Program Coordinator
Sarah Briland
Academic Advisor
Shawn Brixey
Professor
Affiliate Professor | Department of Computer Science | College of Engineering
Cinema Program
Department of Kinetic Imagining
Jacob Broussard
Assistant Professor
Kristin Brown
Human Resources Coordinator for School of the Arts
Terry Brown
Adjunct Instructor
Anthony Brozna
Adjunct Professor
Melanie Buffington
In Memoriam
Associate Professor
Liz Bunce
Assistant Office & Production Coordinator
Angelica Burgos
Instructor/Adjunct Faculty
Ashley Burks
Digital Storyteller/Social Media Manager
Jesse Burrowes
Adjunct Instructor
Kendall Buster
Professor
Graduate Director
Elizabeth Byland
Assistant Professor
Head of Improv
Department of Theatre
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Danny Caporaletti
Adjunct Instructor
Kristin Carleton
Assistant Professor
Graduate Program Director of Interior Design
Andrew Carnwath
Adjunct Professor
Julia Carr
Senior Director of Development
Rob Carter
Adjunct Professor
Miguel Carter-Fisher
Assistant Professor
Kent E. Case
Academic Advisor
Jessica Casey
Administrative Affairs Coordinator
Kristin Caskey
Senior Director, Fine Arts
Chair, Sculpture + Extended Media
Associate Professor
Kathleen Chapman
Associate Professor
Anne Chapman
CSA, Industry Professional, Casting Director
Casting
Sheree Chen
Assistant Professor
Caitlin Cherry
Assistant Professor
Laura Chessin
Associate Professor
Melanie Christian
Executive Assistant to the Dean
Naomi Chung
Adjunct Professor
A. Blair Clemo
Graduate Coordinator
Associate Professor - Clay
Taylor Colimore
Social Media and Communications Coordinator
Sean Collins-Smith
Adjunct Instructor
William Connally
Assistant Professor
Resource Lab Coordinator
Jennie Cook
Assistant Professor
Chris Costello
Administrative Coordinator
Philip Duane Coston
Associate Director of Bands
Nicole Cowans
Assistant Professor - Voice and Speech
Department of Theatre
Lily Cox-Richard
Associate Professor
Jared Crane
Adjunct Professor
Donald Crow
Adjunct Professor
Jennifer Curtis
Administrative Coordinator
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Desirée Dabney
Head of Musical Theatre
Assistant Professor
Julia Dann
Adjunct Professor
Jeff Darland
History of Comedy
Department of Theatre
Andrew Davies
Adjunct Instructor
Beth Davis
Vocal Lessons
Department of Theatre
Tammy Davis
Adjunct Professor
Terry Davis
Adjunct Professor
Melanie Kohn Day
Associate Professor
Christine DeSantis Hoffman
Academic Advisor
Adjunct Professor
Christopher “Dinkus” Deane
Director of Operations
Ruth Deibler
Adjunct Professor
Jeannine Diego
Assistant Professor
Michael Dixon
Adjunct Professor of Music History (Popular Music)
Miah Domel
Assistant Office & Production Coordinator
Sean Donlon
Adjunct Instructor
Cynthia Donnell
Associate Professor of Voice and Lyric Diction
Tabatha Dunlap
Grants and Financial Analyst
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Tabatha Easley
Associate Professor of Flute
Area Coordinator of Woodwinds, Brass, and Percussion
Caroline Eddy
Adjunct Professor
Kristina Edwards
Instructor/Adjunct Faculty
TyRuben Ellingson
Associate Professor, Communication Arts
Program Director/Professor, Cinema
Ryan Ellington
Director of Human Resources
Sinclair Ogaga Emoghene
Assistant Professor
Tirazheh Eslami
Adjunct Instructor
Michael Etto
Administrative Director
Rice Evans
Ceramics Studio Coordinator
Adjunct Instructor
Rosen Eveleigh
Assistant Professor
Annie Evelyn
Assistant Professor - Wood
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Travis Fairman
Editor
Technical and Gear Assistant
Regan Falin
Adjunct Instructor
Hillary Waters Fayle
Assistant Professor - Fiber
Marcus Fischer
Affiliate Faculty
Instructor
Caleb Flood
Adjunct Professor
Jeff Foster
Interim Associate Director of the Center for the Creative Economy and the Advanced Media Production Technology Program (AMPT)
Starrene Foster
Instructor/Adjunct Faculty
Koshie France
Financial Specialist
Lisa Freiman
Professor
John D. Freyer
Associate Professor
Cross Disciplinary Media
Pronouns: he, him, his
Lisa Fusco
Conductor of Vox Concordia
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Jenna Gabriel
Adjunct Instructor
Michelle Gagliano
Adjunct Instructor
Jessica Gaines
Administrative Coordinator
Susie Ganch
Associate Professor - Metals
Eric Garberson
Associate Professor
Affiliated Faculty
Emmy Garcia
Administrative Affairs Coordinator
Antonio García
Emeritus Professor of Trombone, Small Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Theory, and Music Industry
Traci Garland
Adjunct Instructor
Rebecca Gates
Affiliate Faculty
Instructor
Patrick Gegen
Adjunct Professor
Noren Gelberg-Hagmaier
Equipment and Facilities Coordinator
Jessie Gemmer
Adjunct Professor
Josh George
Adjunct Instructor
Trish J Gibson
Adjunct Professor
Hope Ginsburg
Professor
Julian K Glover
Assistant Professor, Institute for Inclusion, Inquiry and Innovation
Core Member, LGBTQIA
iCubed Visiting Scholar
Filipa Arinto de Carvalho Godinho
Adjunct Professor
Sandy Goldie
Director of Music Education, String Music Education Viola
Associate Professor
Marcus Grant
Adjunct Professor
Ashley Grantham
Speech
Department of Theatre
Julie Grosche
Adjunct Professor
Sonali Gulati
Professor
Michelle Harman Gulick
Adjunct Professor of Voice
Shannon Gunn
Adjunct/Instructor
Kimberly Guthrie
Associate Professor
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SHAWNÉ MICHAELAIN HOLLOWAY
Assistant Professor
Jason Hackett
Assistant Professor
Studio Manager
Min Haeng Kang
Adjunct Professor
Thomi Hairston
Adjunct Professor of Music History
Dann Hall
Adjunct Instructor
Bruce Hammel
Associate Professor of Music Theory and Bassoon
Timothy Hamnett
Assistant Professor
Wells Hanley
Adjunct Professor of Jazz Piano, Small Jazz Ensemble
Christopher Hansen
Assistant Professor of Choral Music Education
Director of Choral Activities
Stephanie “Tippi” Hart
Assistant Professor - Movement
Department of Theatre
Grey Hash
Assistant Professor
Clinton Helms
Adjunct Professor
John Hendershot
Director of Academic Advising
Morgan Herrin
Assistant Professor
Woodshop Coordinator
Wes Hester
Executive Director of Communications
Corin Hewitt
Professor
HH Hiaasen
Assistant Professor
Veronica Hicks
Assistant Professor
Licensure Coordinator
Noah Hook
Admissions Data Processor
Ian Horwitz
Adjunct Instructor
Steven Hoskins
Associate Professor
Grace Mae Huddleston
Assistant Professor
Jeff Hudson
Adjunct Professor of Tuba
Sterling Hundley
Professor
Dean Hurley
Industry Professional, Sound Designer
Adjunct Instructor
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Brooke Inman
Instructor
Print Technician
Sarah Irvin
Adjunct Instructor
Christopher Irving
Assistant Professor
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Talita Jackson
Adjunct Instructor
Vanessa Jackson
Speech
Department of Theatre
Roberto Jamora
Assistant Professor
Ryan Jarrard
Database & Server Administrator
Jarvis Jefferson
Assistant Professor
Anastasia Jellison
Adjunct Instructor of Harp
Ron Johnson
Assistant Professor of Arts
Quiana Johnson
Assistant Director of Admissions Operations
Linda Johnston
Administrative Director
Michael Jones
Adjunct Instructor
Dorian Jones
Adjunct Instructor
Kayla Jones
Adjunct Instructor
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Prashanth Kamalakanthan
Assistant Professor
Bob Kaputof
Professor Emeritus
Ayça Kartari
Instructor/Adjunct Faculty of Double Bass
GM Keaton
Adjunct Professor
GM Keaton
Adjunct Instructor
Kathleen Kennedy
Metals Area Coordinator
Adjunct Faculty - Metals
Kelly Kerr
Director of Events
Sushma Khadepaun
Adjunct Professor
Kyra Kilfeather
Industry Professional, Adjunct Professor
Nicole Killian
Associate Professor
Angelica Kim
Admissions Counselor
David Jonghak Kim
Adjunct/Instructor
Monica Kinsey
Administrative Coordinator
Robbie Kinter
Music Director
Keith Byron Kirk, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor - Graduate Studies
Department of Theatre
Susanna Klein
Area Coordinator of Strings
Associate Professor of Music
Karen Kopryanski
Associate Professor
Head of Voice and Speech
Department of Theatre
J.C. Kuhl
Adjunct Professor of Jazz Saxophone
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Christiana Lafazani
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Research
Renee Lamb
Assistant Professor
Xiaolin Lan
Theatrical Makeup and Figure Drawing
Department of Theatre
Cate Latham
Assistant Professor
Ryan Lauterio
Assistant Professor
Babatunde Lawal
Professor
Chelsea Lee
Assistant Professor
Seung-Ho Lee
Assistant Professor
Tracy Leipold
Arts Research Coordinator
Filipe Leitão
Assistant Professor
Massa Lemu
Associate Professor
Joe Letchford
Adjunct Professor
Brian Letscher
Instructor - Desktop A/V
Department of Theatre
Leland Lew
Technical Director
Julinda Lewis
Instructor/Adjunct Faculty
Lillian Lewis
Assistant Professor
Peter Lewis
Adjunct Professor
Darby Libka
Academic Advisor
Margaret Lindauer
Associate Professor Emeritus
Rudy Lopez
Assistant Professor
Whitney Ludvik
Adjunct Professor
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Jamie Mahoney
Assistant Professor
Chris Mahonski
Instructor
Digital Fabrication Technician
Catherine Malone
Adjunct Instructor
Eka Maraneli
Adjunct Professor
Colleen Marino
Senior Assistant Director of Recruitment and Admissions
Lentz Marseille
Adjunct Instructor
Lea Marshall
Director of Research, VCUarts
Amy Marshman
Adjunct Instructor
Ryan Martin
Admissions Counselor
Amber M. Martinez
Speech
Department of Theatre
Tony Martucci
Adjunct Professor of Jazz Drum Set, Small Jazz Ensemble
Jordan Marty
Assistant Professor
Emily J. Mattison
Assistant Professor - Acting
Head of Undergraduate Performance
India Mayes
Admissions Counselor
Orla Mc Hardy
Affiliate faculty
Dana McComb
Adjunct Professor of Cello
Bonnie McCoy
Chair
Assistant Professor
Department of Theatre
Shaun McCracken
Academic Affairs Coordinator
Molly McFadden
Professor
Kevin McGranahan
Scene Shop Foreman and Facilities Manager
Department of Theatre
Michael Jones McKean
Associate Professor
Alyssa McKeithen
Adjunct Professor, Music History and Oboe
Roy McKelvey
Chair
Associate Professor
Anthony Meloro
Academic Advisor
Elyssa Mersdorf
Voice and Speech
Department of Theatre
Mark Mervis
Adjunct Professor
Evie Metz
Adjunct Professor
Mary Metzger
Academic Affairs Coordinator
Sarah Midkiff
Coordinator of Facilities, Equipment and Technology
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Janel Miley
Academic Advisor
Voice and Speech
Department of Theatre
Caroline Minchew
Adjunct Instructor
Somer Mojica
Facilities & Equipment Coordinator
J Molina-Garcia
Assistant Professor of Photography and Digital Futures
Jaydan Moore
Adjunct Instructor
Sarah Moore
Marketing and Public Relations Coordinator
Department of Theatre
Madeleine Mae Morris
Adjunct Professor
Holly Morrison
Graduate Program Director
Associate Professor
Dean Moss
Distinguished Visiting Faculty
Jackie Mullins
Assistant Professor
Supervisor of the Fashion Department's Study Collection of Historic Garments
Chad Mundie
Adjunct Professor
Katerina Muromtseva
Adjunct Instructor
Cynthia Myron
Department Chair
Director of Graduate Studies
Assistant Professor
Daniel Myssyk
Director of Orchestral Activities
Professor of Music
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Eri Nakamura
Assistant Professor
Dae Newman
Academic Affairs Coordinator
Harrison Nicholas
Adjunct Instructor
Jesse Njus, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor - Theatre History
Department of Theatre
A. Christopher Norris
Interim Associate Program Lead
Student Coordinator
Assistant Professor
Andrew Norris
Adjunct Professor
Conlan Northcutt
Adjunct Professor
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Dana Ollestad
Instructor
Sharon Ott
Associate Professor
Artistic Director
Department of Theatre
Sheri Oyan
Adjunct Professor of Saxophone
Barry O’Keefe
Adjunct Instructor
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Michael Panbehchi
Adjunct Instructor
Bob Paris
Associate Professor
Sarah Parker
Adjunct Faculty - Metals & Jewelry
Jill Parzych
Costume Shop Manager
Assistant Professor
Department of Theatre
Linda Pasquarell
Music Education Program Assistant
Ryan Patton
Associate Professor
Chair, Department of Art Education
John Patykula
Associate Professor
Tawnya Pettiford-Wates, Ph.D.
Professor - Graduate Pedagogy, Acting and Directing
Department of Theatre
Julia Pfaff
Adjunct Professor
Frank Pichel
Instructor
Pier Pierandrei
Adjunct Professor
Michael Birch Pierce
Assistant Professor
Trebien Pollard
Assistant Professor
Trey Pollard
Adjunct Professor of Jazz Guitar
Melyatta Powers
Senior Executive Director of Finance
Sarah Powers
Adjunct Instructor
Denise Purvis
Adjunct Instructor
Scott Putman
Department Chair
Associate Professor
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Aidan Quinlan
Adjunct Instructor
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Kendra Rai
Assistant Professor
Head of Design
Head of Costume Design
Department of Theatre
Chris Raintree
Assistant Professor
Head of Scene Design
Department of Theatre
Leah Raintree
Adjunct Professor
Sara Desvernine Reed
Assistant Professor
Mary Beth Reed
Graduate Director
Associate Professor
Justin James Reed
Professor Emeritus
Elaine Reeder
Adjunct Instructor
Heidi Reszies
Adjunct Instructor
Rex Richardson
Professor of Trumpet and Jazz Studies
Ian Rilliet
Facilities & Equipment Coordinator
Robin Rio
Adjunct Professor of Music Therapy, RVA Street Singers
Eric Rivera
Associate Professor
Catherine Roach
Associate Professor
Shelley Roden
Affiliate Faculty
Instructor
Ernesto Rodriguez
Assistant Professor
Taylor Roesch
Industry Professional, Adjunct Professor
Melissa Rose
Adjunct Professor
Michael Royce
Adjunct Professor
Yair Rubinstein
Adjunct Instructor
Paul Rucker
Curator for Creative Collaboration
Chris Rudasill
Adjunct Professor
Semi Ryu, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Kinetic Imaging, School of the Arts
Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine (Affiliate)
Affiliated Faculty, MATX (Media, Art and Text PhD program), College of Humanities and Sciences
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Hanaa Safwat
Adjunct Instructor
Cat Samples
Adjunct Instructor
b0b Sandkam
Information Technology Support Analyst
Ward Saunders
Adjunct Instructor
Morgan Sawyer
Adjunct Instructor
Stephen Schmidt
Adjunct Professor of Viola
Artistic Director, Mary Anne Rennolds Chamber Concerts Series
Ephraim Schum
Adjunct Instructor
Nancy Scott
Executive Associate Dean
Kimberly Seagraves
Senior Financial Specialist
Scholarship Coordinator
Wes Seals
Assistant Professor - Acting
Department of Theatre
Kevin Sellars
Assistant Professor
Michael Shaffer
Adjunct Instructor
Molly Sharp
Adjunct Professor of Viola
Saar Shemesh
Adjunct Professor
Ying-Fang Shen
Associate Professor
Jon-Phillip Sheridan
Department Chair
E. Gaynell Sherrod
Professor
Rebecca Shields
Adjunct Instructor
David Shields
Associate Professor
Anna Showers-Cruser
Adjunct Professor
Ryan Shriver
Adjunct Instructor
Kate Sicchio
Associate Professor of Dance and Media Technologies
Graduate Director
Noah Simblist
Associate Professor
Ruta Smedina-Starke
Instructor/Adjunct Faculty
Emily Smith
Assistant Professor
Patrick Smith
Coordinator of Music History
Associate Professor of French Horn and Music History
Preston Spence
Assistant Professor
Technical Director
Department of Theatre
Ryan Sprowl
Art Director
Emily Stark
Adjunct Instructor
Judith Steel
Associate Professor
George Stoffan
Assistant Professor of Clarinet
Hawa Stwodah
Assistant Professor
Fanxi Sun
Instructor
Brandon Sutliff
Adjunct Professor
Jody Symula
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
Art Foundation Program Lead
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Mariah Taghavie-Moghadam
Theatre Instructor
Kevin Tavin
Adjunct Instructor
Kelly Teeling
Executive Director of Recruitment & Admissions
Nathan Tersteeg
Academic Advisor
Tasia Thompson
Human Resources Administrator
Colleen Potter Thorburn
Adjunct Professor, Music Theory and Harp
Eleanor Thorp
Adjunct Professor
Lauren Thorson
Associate Professor
Stephanie R Thulin
Associate Professor
Paul Thulin-Jimenez
Associate Professor
David Emerson Toney
Assistant Professor - Acting, Directing, and Playwriting
Head of Undergraduate Performance
Department of Theatre
David Toussaint
Adjunct Professor of Guitar
Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste
Assistant Professor
Rob Tregenza
Professor
Pamela Turner
Associate Professor
J.M. Tyree
M.Phil Distinguished Visiting Professor
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Dimitrije Vasiljevic
Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies
Thomas Vecchione
Sound Design
Department of Theatre
Camelia Velázquez
Finance Assistant
Roberto Ventura
Department Chair
Associate Professor
Mikhail Veselov
Assistant Professor
Karen Videtic
Professor Emeritus
Jocelyn Vinson
Payroll Manager, VCU Qatar
Stephen Vitiello
Department Chair
Professor
Sally J. Vitsky
Adjunct Instructor
Sonia Vlahcevic
Professor of Piano and Music Analysis
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Autumn Proctor Waddell
Assistant Professor
Matt Wallin
Chair, Communication Arts
Professor, Communication Arts
Lee Rae Walsh
Adjunct Professor
Sarah Walston
Adjunct/Instructor of Voice
Ross Walter
Associate Professor of Trombone, Euphonium and Tuba
Sasha Waters
Professor of Photography + Film
Tamara Watkins
Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions
Jack Wax
Professor - Glass
Will Weaver
Web Developer
Scott Wegener
Adjunct Instructor
Yiwen Wei
Assistant Professor
Christopher White
Adjunct Instructor
Sheila Whitsett
Assistant Professor
Shop Technician
Hilary Wilder
Associate Professor
BJ Wilkinson
Assistant Professor
Head of Lighting Design
Department of Theatre
Anna Williams
Assistant Professor
Dominic Willsdon
Associate Professor of Art Education and Executive Director of the Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU
Kat Wilson
Graduate Studies Coordinator
Sara Wilson McKay
Associate Professor
Emily Winthrop
Adjunct Instructor
James Wiznerowicz
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Department Chair for Music
Tobias Wofford
Associate Professor
Kenneth Wood
Coordinator of Voice
Co-Director of VCU Opera
Assistant Professor of Voice and Voice pedagogy
Margaret Woods
Adjunct Professor of Voice Methods, Techniques, and Applied Voice
Matt Woolman
Executive Director, Center for the Creative Economy
Professor, Department of Graphic Design
Emily Wyman
Adjunct Professor
dana washington-queen
Visiting Artist Professor
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Leilei Xia
Graduate Student Instructor
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Michelle Yee
Assistant Professor
Bohyun Yoon
Associate Professor - Glass
Miranda Young
Adjunct Instructor
William Young
Adjunct Instructor
Bunt Young
Industry Professional, Director of Photography
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Vincent Zawada
Adjunct Professor
Agustine Zegers
Adjunct Professor
Lena Zharekhin
Web Developer
Yin Zheng
Associate Professor of Piano
Dalton Zheng
Adjunct Instructor
Claire E. Zitzow
Academic Advisor
Sandy Zohore
Assistant Professor