College of Visual and Performing Arts Faculty

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James S. Abbott, Professor of Practice; Sound Recording Technology Program
B.M., University of Miami School of Music, 1992
Sound Recording Engineering

Yasser Aggour, Associate Professor
M.F.A., Yale University, 1999
Art Photography

Edward Aiken, Associate Professor
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1981
Art History, Museum Studies

Richard Balestra, Part-time Instructor
M.M., Ithaca College, 1992
Jazz Guitar

Kyle Bass, Part-time Instructor
M.F.A., Goddard College, 2006
Playwriting, Theater History

Cooper Battersby, Assistant Professor
M.F.A., University of Illinois at Chicago, 2003
Art Video TRM core/selected topics

Kathleen Baum, Part-time Instructor
M.F.A., Syracuse University, 2000
Movement-based Theater, Meyerhold’s Theatrical Biomechanics

Peter Beasecker, Professor
M.F.A., Alfred University, 1987
Ceramics

Sharif Bey, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Art Education

Martha Blake, Assistant Professor
M.F.A, Syracuse University
Illustration

Muriel Bodley, Part-time Instructor
M.M., SUNY Potsdam Crane School of Music
Music Education

David Bowman, Part-time Instructor
B.F.A., Syracuse University, 1993
Lighting Design, Theater Technology

Cornelia Brewster, Part-time Instructor
M.M., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1965
Flute

Janet Brown, Professor of Practice
M.M., Syracuse University, 1993
Voice, Baroque Ensemble

Yvonne Buchanan, Assistant Professor
B.F.A., Parsons School of Design, 1977
Illustration

Michael Bull, Part-time Instructor
M.M., Syracuse University, 1977
Percussion, Percussion Ensemble

Robert Bundy, Assistant Professor
MFA, University of California, San Diego
Acting, Directing

Deette Bunn, Part-time Instructor
M.M., University of Washington, 1982
Harp

Don Buschmann, Part-time Instructor
M.A., Southwest Missouri State University, 1977
Advanced Practicum in Stage Management

Richard W. Buttny, Professor
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, 1983
Intercultural Communication, Language, and Social Interaction

José Peppie Calvar, Assistant Professor; Assistant Director, Choral Activities
D.M.A., University of South Carolina, 2012
Hendricks Chapel Choir

Elizabeth Carioti, Part-time Instructor
B.S., Syracuse University, 2011
Music and Entertainment Industries

Donald Carr, Professor
M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art, 1992
Industrial and Interaction design

Edward Castilano, Part-time Instructor
M.M., Syracuse University, 2003
Double Bass

Bonnie Choi, Part-time Instructor
D.M.A., University of Michigan, 1993
Harpsichord, Piano, Piano Class

Brian Cimmet, Assistant Professor
B.A., Wesleyan University
Musical Theater

Gerardine Clark, Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor
Ph.D., Indiana University, 1977
Acting, Directing, Dramatic Literature, Play Analysis

James Clark, Associate Dean/Professor
M.A., Indiana University, 1971
Theater Management, Theater as a Profession

Ann Clarke, Associate Professor
M.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design, 1994
Fiber Arts

Dana Cloud, Professor
Ph.D., The University of Iowa, 1992
Communication and Rhetorical Studies

Felix Cochren, Associate Professor
Carnegie-Mellon Univeristy
Design/Technical Theater

Jill Coggiola, Part-time Instructor; Assistant Director for Academic Affairs
D.M., Florida State University, 1994
Clarinet, Music Education

John Coggiola, Associate Professor; Director, Jazz Studies
Ph.D. Florida State University, 1997
Jazz Studies, Jazz Ensemble, Music Education, Music Cognition, Music Technology

Michael Coldren, Part-time Instructor
M.M., Arizona State University, 1988
Tuba, Euphonium

Diana Coles, Part-time Instructor
M.A., University of Missouri, Kansas City, 1967
Theater Management

Jan Cohen-Cruz, Professor
Ph.D., New York University, 1994
Drama

Todd Conover, Associate Professor
B.S., Syracuse University, 1995
Fashion Design

Robert Cooney, Associate Professor
B.F.A., Syracuse University, 1972
Communications Design

Kelly Covert, Part-time Instructor
M.M., Ithaca College
Flute

Leo Crandall,Part-time Instructor
B.A., University of Illinois at Chicago
Museum Studies

Stephen Cross, Associate Professor
M.F.A., Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre
Movement for Actors

Deborah Cunningham, Part-time Instructor
M. Mus. Ed.; M.M., Syracuse University, 2004; 1994
Music Education

Susan D’Amato, Associate Professor
M.F.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2000
Drawing

Robert Dacey, Professor
B.F.A., Art Center College, Los Angeles, 1975
Drawing, Illustration

Michele Damato, Assistant Professor
M.S., Pratt Institute
Communications Design

Gretchen Darrow-Crotty, Part-time Instructor
University of Connecticut, 1995
Costume and Design Technology

Timothy Davis-Reed, Assistant Professor
B.F.A., Syracuse University, 1985
Acting

Elisa Dekaney, Associate Professor; Chair, Department of Music Education
Ph.D. Florida State University, 2001
Music Education, Concert Choir, Brazilian Ensemble

Joshua Dekaney, Part-time Instructor; Director, Career Development Center
M.M., University of Missour-Kansas City, 1998
Drumset, Jazz Drumset, Jazz Combos, Jazz Improvisation, Brazilian Ensemble, Music Education

William DiCosimo, Associate Professor
M.M., University of Southern California, 1976
Music Industry, Jazz Studies, Music Industry

Dana DiGennaro, Part-time Instructor
M.M., Mannes School of Music, 1992
Flute

Gabriel DiMartino, Part-time Instructor
M.M., Wichita State University, 2008
Trumpet

Emily Dittman, Part-time Instructor
M.A, M.S., Syracuse University
Museum Studies

Deborah Dohne, Associate Professor
M.F.A., Ohio State University, 1990
Dimensional Arts, Sculpture

Marion Dorfer, Associate Professor
M.F.A, Syracuse University, 1992
Surface Pattern Design

Joseph Downing, Associate Professor
D.M., Northwestern University, 1985
Composition, Music Theory

Boryana Dragoeva, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Bio-Art, Experimental Film and Video Art, Performance Art

Michael Dubaniewicz, Part-time Instructor
D.M.A., Eastman School of Music, 2009
Jazz Saxophone

Doug DuBois, Associate Professor
M.F.A., San Francisco Art Institute, 1988
Photography

Craig Dudczak, Associate Professor
PhD.D., University of Kansas, 1984
Communication and Rhetorical Studies

Zorana Dunham, Assistant Professor
BFA Interior Design Syracuse University
Interior Design

Dennis Earle, Assistant Professor
Masters Architecture U of PA - Pitt
Interior Design

Jonathan English, Part-time Assistant Professor
M.M., Eastman School of Music, 1984
Voice

Bradley P. Ethington, Professor; Director, University Bands
D.M.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1995
Conducting, Wind Ensemble

James Fathers, Professor; Iris Magidson Endowed Chair of Design Leadership Chair
PhD.D., University of Wales, 2012
Design

Kathleen Feyh, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2012
Communication and Rhetorical Studies

Steven Frank, Part-time Instructor
M.M., Youngstown State University, 1978
Music Education

Melissa Gardiner, Part-time Instructor
M.M., The Julliard School, 2010
Jazz Trombone

Jon Garland, Part-time Instructor
B.M., The Julliard School, 1995
Horn

Jeff Glendenning, Assistant Professor
B.F.A., Syracuse University
Communications Design

Sharon Gold, Associate Professor
B.F.A., Pratt Institute of Technology, 1976
Drawing, Painting, Art Theory

Jeffrey Good, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 2009
Conversation Analysis, Discourse Analysis

Eileen Gosson, Assistant Professor
B.F.A., Syracuse University, 1984
Surface Pattern Design

Holly Greenberg, Associate Professor
M.F.A., The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1994
Printmaking

Lynn Greenky, Assistant Professor
J.D., Emory University School of Law, 1982
Argumentation and Advocacy, Legal Communication

Diane Grimes, Associate Professor
Ph.D., Purdue University, 1996
Organizational Communication

Eric A Gustafson, Part-time Instructor
Viola

Kathleen Haddock, Part-time Instructor
M.M., Boston University, 1981
Piano, Vocal Coaching, Opera Workshop

Rachel Hall, Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2004
Communication and Rhetorical Studies

Bob Halligan Jr., Part-time Instructor
B.A., Hamilton College, 1975
Songwriting

Michael Hanley, Part-time Instructor
M.M., The Pennsylvania State University, 2013
Voice

Heath Hanlin, Associate Professor
M.F.A., Ohio State University, 1998
Computer Art

William Harris, Part-time Instructor
M.M., Syracuse University, 1979
Trombone, Euphonium, Tuba

Andrew Havenhand, Assistant Professor
M.F.A., Virginia Commonwealth University, 1984
Painting

Lucinda Havenhand, Associate Professor
Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University, 2007
Interior Design, Design History

Denise Heckman, Assistant Professor
M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art, 1995
Industrial Design

Dusty Herbig, Associate Professor
M.F.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2002
Printmaking

Kara Herold, Assistant Professor
M.F.A., San Francisco State University
Film

Jonathan Herter, Part-time Instructor
B.A., SUNY Geneseo
Sound Design

Amy Heyman, Part-time Instructor
M.M., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1986
Piano, Piano Class

Laura Heyman, Associate Professor
M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art, 1998
Photography

Steven Heyman, Associate Professor; Chair, Department of Applied Music and Performance
M.M., Julliard School of Music, 1982
Piano

David Hicock, Part-time Instructor
B.F.A., Syracuse University, 1972
Film

Gail Hoffman, Part-time Assistant Professor
M.F.A., Indiana University, 1980
2-D Creative Processes

Rodney S. Hudson, Assistant Professor
M.A., University of South Dakota, 1973
Musical Theater Performance, Scene Study

Margie Hughto, Professor
M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art, 1971
Ceramics

Felix Ivanoff, Professor
Diploma, Central School of Speech and Drama, London, 1963
Voice/Verse, Scene Study

Christopher Jabot, Part-time Instructor
M.M., Syracuse University, 2013
Saxophone

Stephanie James, Professor
M.F.A., Newcastle University 1982
Art

Arthur D. Jensen, Professor
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, 1982
Organizational Communication, Small Group Communication

Eric Johnson, Associate Professor
M.M., Indiana University School of Music, 1983
Voice, Opera Workshop

Kenneth M. Johnson, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, 1980
Interpersonal Communication, Research Methods

Patricia Johnson, Assistant Professor
M.A., Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, 2006
Design

Patrick M Jones, Professor
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 2002
Music Education

Juan Juarez, Associate Professor
M.F.A., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
2-D Creative Process

Fred Karpoff, Professor
D.M.A., Peabody Conservatory of Music, 1992
Piano, Chamber Music, Vocal Coaching

Rebecca Karpoff, Assistant Professor
D.M.A., Eastman School of Music
Voice

Marie Kemp, Assistant Professor
M.F.A., M.Mus, Syracuse University, 1989
Musical Theater Performance, Scene Study

Amos Kiewe, Professor
Ph.D., Ohio University, 1984
Criticism, Public Address, Rhetoric

Alex Koziara, Associate Professor
M.F.A., SUNY at Purchase, 1998
Lighting and Set Design, CAD lab

Meggan C. Kulczynski, Part-time Instructor
M.F.A., North Carolina School of the Arts, 2000
Design and costume technology

Holly LaGrow, Part-time Instructor
B.S., Ball State University; Scenic Art Internship, Juilliard School
Scene painting

Kevin Larmon, Assistant Professor
B.F.A., State University of New York at Binghamton, 1978
Painting

Anne Laver, Assistant Professor; University Organist
D.M.A., Eastman School of Music, 2011
Organ

John Laverty, Professor
Ph.D., Florida State University, 1995
Music Theory, Music Industry

Victor Lazarow, Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Georgia, 1978
Acting, Theater History, Play Analysis

Andrea Leigh-Smith, Assistant Professor
Dance

Matthew “Zeke” Leonard, Assistant Professor
M.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design, 2008
Design

Jude Lewis, Associate Professor
M.F.A., State University of New York at Albany, 1989
Sculpture, Dimensional Arts

David Lowenstein, Assistant Professor
B.F.A., Syracuse University, 1984
Musical theater

Patrick MacDougall, Part-time Instructor
Recording Engineering Program Degree - Dick Grove School of Music, 1987
Sound Recording

Celia Madeoy, Assistant Professor
M.F.A., DePaul University, 1991
Drama

Gregory Marinic, Assistant Professor
M.Arch, University of Maryland
Interior Design

Maria Marrero, Professor
M.F.A., Rutgers University, 1977
Costume and Set Design, Stage Makeup

Roderick Martinez, Associate Professor
M.F.A., Rochester Institute of Technology, 1993
Communications Design

Daniel Mastronardi, Part-time Instructor
Music Industry

Jeffrey Mayer, Associate Professor
M.A., University of Connecticut, 1989
Fashion Design

Sarah McCoubrey, Professor
M.F.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1981
Drawing, Painting

Katherine McGerr, Assistant Professor
M.F.A., Yale School of Drama
Drama

Julia McKinstry, Part-time Instructor
M.F.A., Carnegie Mellon University, 1981
Voice

Judith Meighan, Associate Professor
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1997
Art History

Alexis Mendez, Assistant Professor
Film

Justin J. Mertz, Part-time Instructor; Assistant Director, University Bands; Director, Athletic Bands
M.M., Syracuse University, 2003
Marching Band, Symphonic Band, Music Education

Kenneth Meyer, Part-time Instructor
D.M.A., Eastman School of Music, 2000
Guitar, Guitar Ensemble

Kathryn Miranda, Part-time Instructor
M.AmSAT, American Center for the Alexander Technique, 1990
Alexander Technique

Richard Montalbano, Part-time Instructor
Jazz Piano

Charles Morris III, Professor
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1998
Communication and Rhetorical Studies

Edward Morris, Professor of Practice
Transmedia

Carmel Nicoletti, Adjunct
M.F.A., Syracuse University, 1986
Drawing, 2-D Creative Processes

Ulf Oesterle, Assistant Professor; Chair, Depart of Music and Entertainment Industries
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 2007
Music and Entertainment Industries

William Padgett, Associate Professor
B.F.A., Washington University, 1970
Communications Pesign

Vasilios Papaioannu, Assistant Professor
M.F.A.
Film

Kendall Phillips, Professor
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1995
Rhetoric, American film, Public Sphere

Alina Plourde, Part-time Instructor
D.M.A. University of Illinois, 2000
Oboe

Darryl Pugh, Part-time Instructor
M.M, Eastman School of Music, 2000
Jazz Double Bass

Gregory Quick, Part-time Instructor
B.M., University of Michigan, 1976
Bassoon

Erin Rand, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Iowa, 2006
Rhetoric, Social Movements, Gender and Queer Theory

James Ransome, Associate Professor
B.F.A., Pratt Institute, 1987
Illustration

John Raschella, Part-time Instructor
Artist Diploma, Curtis Institute of Music
Trumpet

Sarah Gillen Redmore, Assistant Professor
B.F.A., Syracuse University, 1990
Interior Design

David M. Rezak, Professor of Practice; Director, Bandier Program
Music industry

Amardo Rodriguez, Laura J. and L. Douglass Meredith Professor
Ph.D., Howard University, 1995
Organizational Communication, Communication Theory, Postcolonial Theory

Kathleen Roland-Silverstein, Assistant Professor
D.M.A., University of Southern California, 1997
Voice

James Rolling, Jr, Professor
Ed.D., Ed.M., Columbia University, Teachers College
Art Education

Annina Ruest, Associate Professor
M.F.A., University of California, San Diego
Computer Art and Animation

Julianna Sabol, Associate Professor
D.M.A., University of Cincinnati, 1992
Voice

Anthony Salatino, Associate Professor
B.F.A., Juilliard School, 1969
Ballet, tap, performance styles, movement

Andrew Saluti, Part-time Instructor
M.F.A., Louisiana State University, 2002
Drawing

Sarah Saulson, Part-time Instructor
B.A., Wellesley College, 1976
Fibers

Susannah Sayler, Assistant Professor
M.F.A., The School of Visual Arts
Art Photography

Nicolas Scherzinger, Associate Professor; Chair, Department of Music Composition, Theory, and History
D.M.A., Eastman School of Music, 2001
Composition, Music Theory, Electronic Music

Ralf Schneider, Assistant Professor
M.Des., University of Cincinnati, 2005
Industrial and Interaction Design

Abel Searor, Part-time Instructor
M.M., Syracuse University, 2010
Piano Class

Owen Shapiro, Professor
M.F.A., Brooklyn College, 1966
Film, Media Theory

Tom Sherman, Professor
B.F.A, Eastern Michigan University, 1970
Video, Media Theory

Joanna Spitzner, Associate Professor
M.F.A., Ohio State University, 2001
Time Arts

Randall Steffen, Part-time Instructor
M.F.A., Yale University
Technical Design and Production

Jeffrey Stockham, Part-time Instructor
M.M., Eastman School of Music, 1982
Jazz Trumpet, Horn

Emily Stokes-Rees, Assistant Professor
DPhil, University of Oxford
Museum Studies

Miso Suchy, Associate Professor
M.F.A., Academy of Performing Arts, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1990
Film

Barbara Tagg, Part-time Instructor
Ed.D., Syracuse University, 1997
Music Education, Women’s Choir

James Tapia, Associate Professor; Director, Orchestral Activities
D.M.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1997
Orchestra, Conducting

John Thompson, Professor
B.F.A., Miami University of Ohio, 1962
Illustration, Painting

Ida Tili-Trebicka, Assistant Professor
M.M., Syracuse University, 1996
Piano, Piano Class

Nguyen Long-Nam To, Assistant Professor
M.F.A.
Fashion Design

Samuel Van Aken, Associate Professor
M.F.A., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Sculpture

Karen Veverka, Part-time Instructor
M.M., Syracuse University, 1988
Violin

Emily Vey Duke, Associate Professor
M.F.A., University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Transmedia, Art Video, TRM core/selected topics

Andrew Waggoner, Professor
D.M.A., Cornell University, 1986
Composition, Music Theory

Barbara Walter, Professor
M.F.A., Northern Illinois University, 1977
Metalsmithing

John Warren, Associate Professor; Director, Choral Activities
D.M.A, University of Miami
University Singers, Hendricks Chapel Choir, Conducting, Choral Literature

Carolyn Weber, Part-time Instructor
M.Mus, Syracuse University, 1990
Voice

Jeffrey Welcher, Part-time Instructor,
M.M.E., West Chester University, 1982
Windjammer Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Voice, Music Education

Joseph Whelan, Part-time Instructor
B.A., Empire State College
Theater History

Christopher Wildrick, Associate Professor
M.F.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison
2-D Creative Process

David Wilber, Part-time Instructor
M.S., Syracuse University, 1986
Music Education

Errol Willett, Associate Professor
M.F.A., Pennsylvania State University, 1993
Ceramics

Jerome P. Witkin, Professor
M.F.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1970
Painting, Drawing

Gregory Wood, Part-time Instructor
B.M., Cincinnati College, Conservatory of Music, 1978
Cello, String Chamber Ensembles

Robert Wysocki, Assistant Professor
M.F.A., Yale University, 1995
Sculpture

Rebecca Xu, Assistant Professor
M.F.A., Syracuse University
Computer Art

Stephen Zaima, Professor
M.F.A., University of California, Davis, 1971
Painting, Art Theory

Ralph Zito, Professor, Chair
A.B., Harvard University
Dialect, Text, Voice