Mar 28, 2024  
2016-2017 Graduate Catalog 
    
2016-2017 Graduate Catalog [Not Current Academic Year. Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]

Graduate Faculty


College of the Arts  > Graduate Faculty

SCHOOL OF ART

Cheryl Beckett. Associate Professor of Art-Graphics. B.F.A., M.A., M.F.A, Western Michigan University.

Suzanne Bloom. Professor of Art, Photography/Digital Media. B.F.A., M.F.A., University of Pennsylvania.

Jillian Conrad. Assistant Professor of Art-Sculpture. B.A., Saint John’s College (Santa Fe); M.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design

Sarah K. Costello. Instructional Assistant Professor of Art History. B.A., Georgetown University; M.A., Bryn Mawr College; Ph.D., Binghamton University, State University of New York.

M. Beckham Dossett. Associate Professor of Art-Graphics. B.F.A., University of Texas at Austin; M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art.

Sibylle Hagmann. Associate Professor of Art-Graphics. B.F.A., Basel School of Design; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts.

John Hanna. Associate Professor of Art. Interior Design. B.F.A., Art Center School; M.F. A., University of Illinois.

Rachel Hecker. Associate Professor of Art-Painting. B.F.A., Moore College; M.F.A, Rhode Island School of Design.

Edward Hill. Professor Emeritus of Art-Photography/Digital Media. B.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design; M.F.A., Yale University.

Stephan Hillerbrand. Assistant Professor of Art-Photography/Digital Media. B.F.A., Southern Methodist University; M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art.

Cathy S. Hunt. Instructional Assistant Professor of Printmaking. B.S., University of Illinois; M.F.A., University of Houston

David L. Jacobs. Professor of Art-Photo History/Criticism. B.A., University of Cincinnati; M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin.

Paul Kittelson. Associate Professor of Art-Sculpture. B.A. University of California, Santa Barbara; M. F. A., University of Houston.

Rex Koontz. Director and Associate Professor of Art History. B.A., American College in Paris, France; M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin.

Abinadi Meza. Assistant Professor of Art-IPEF. B.F.A. University of Minnesota; M.F.A. Southern California Institute of Architecture.

Fiona McGettigan. Associate Professor of Art-Graphics. B.A., Mercyhurst College; M.F. A., Cranbrook Academy of Art.

Delilah Montoya. Associate Professor of Art-Photography/Digital Media. B.A., M.A., M.F. A., University of New Mexico.

Katrina Moorhead. Assistant Professor of Art-Sculpture. B.A. and M.A., Edinburgh College of Art.H. Rodney Nevitt, Jr. Associate Professor of Art History. B.A., Rice University; M.A., William College; Ph.D., Harvard University.

Dana Padgett. Instructional Assistant Professor of Art History. B.S., Vanderbilt University; M.F.A., University of Houston.

Aaron Parazette. Professor of Art-Painting. B.A., University of South Florida; M.F.A., Claremont Graduate School.

John Reed. Professor of Art-IPEF. BFA., Temple University; MFA., University of California San Diego.

Raphael Rubinstein. Professor of Art. B.A., Bennington College. Jenni Sorkin. Assistant Professor of Art History-Critical Studies. B.A. Art Institute of Chicago; M.A. and Ph.D. Yale University.

Alfred Souza. Professor of Art-Painting. B.S., M.F.A., University of Massachusetts.

Gael Stack. John and Rebecca Moores’ Professor of Art-Painting. B.F.A., University of Illinois; M.F.A., Southern Illinois University.

Judith Steinhoff. Associate Professor of Art History. B.A., Sarah Lawrence College; M.F. A., Ph. D., Princeton University.

Sandra Zalman. Assistant Professor of Art History. B.A. University of California, Berkeley; M.A. and Ph.D. University of Southern California.

Moores School of Music

Robert Bates. Professor of Music. B.A. Wayne State University; M.M. Southern Methodist University; Advanced Diploma, Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Rueil-Malmaison; Ph.D., Stanford University.

Paul Bertagnolli. Associate Professor of Music. B.M., University of Wyoming; M.A., McMaster University; M.M., Yale University School of Music; Ph.D., Washington University.

David Bertman. Associate Director, Moores School of Music; Associate Professor of Music. B.M.E., University of Oklahoma; M.M., University of Houston.

Cynthia Clayton. Associate Professor of Music. B.A. University of California, Los Angeles; M.M., University of Southern California. 

Andrew Davis. Director, Moores School of Music; Margaret M. Alkek and Margaret Alkek Williams Endowed Chair; Associate Professor of Music. B.A., The Pennsylvania State University; M.M., University of Massachusetts at Amherst; Ph.D., Indiana University.

Matthew Dirst. Professor of Music. Prix de Virtuosite (Organ) Prix d’Excellence (Harpsichord), Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Rueil-Malmaison. B.M., University of Illinois; M.M., M.S.M., Southern Methodist University; Ph.D., Stanford University.

Aaminah Durrani. Clinical Assistant Professor of Music. B.A.; University of Miami, M.A., Harvard University; M.A., American University in Cairo; B.M., M.M., University of Houston; Ph.D., Louisiana State University.

Joseph Evans. Professor of Music. B.A., M.M., University of North Texas.

Dan Gelok. Instructional Assistant Professor in Music. B.M.E., Indiana University at Bloomington; M.M., University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Andrzej Grabiec. Professor of Music. B.M., Polish State Music School; M.M., Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music.

Erin Hansen. Assistant Professor of Music. B.A., Michigan State University; M.M., University of Michigan; Ph.D., University of Michigan.

Charles S. Hausmann. Professor of Music. B.M.E., Westminster Choir College; M.A., Trenton State College; D.M.A., University of Missouri at Kansas City.

Timothy Hester. Professor of Music. B.M., University of Houston; M.M., Juilliard School of Music.

Timothy Jones. Associate Professor of Music. B.M., Centenary College; M.M., D.M.A., University of Michigan.

Julie Kastner. Assistant Professor of Music. B.M.E., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; M.M., Ph.D., Michigan State University.

Timothy Koozin. Professor of Music. B.A., California State University; M.M., Ohio University; Ph.D., University of Cincinnati.

Franz Anton Krager. Professor of Music. B.M., M.M., University of Michigan.

Barbara Rose Lange. Associate Professor of Music. B.M., Montana State University; M.M., University of Wyoming; Ph.D., University of Washington.

Noe J. Marmolejo. Associate Professor of Music. B.M., Southern Methodist University; M.M., University of Houston.

Marcus Maroney. Associate Professor of Music. B.M., University of Texas; M.M., Yale University.

Tali Morgulis. Associate Professor of Music. B.M., M.M., Tel-Aviv Academy of Music; D.M.A., New England Conservatory.

Jeb Mueller. Assistant Professor of Music. B.M., Texas Tech University; M.M., University of Texas; D.M.A, University of Miami.

Howard J. Pollack. Rebecca & John J. Moores Professor of Music. B.M., University of Michigan; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University.

Arnold C. Ross III. Professor of Music. B.A., Bucknell University; M.F.A., University of Minnesota.

Vagram Saradjian. Professor of Music. M.M., D.M.A., Moscow Conservatory.

Abbey Simon. Cullen Professor of Music. Artists Diploma, Curtis Institute of Music.

Robert Smith. Professor of Music. B.M., State University of New York at Potsdam; M.M., D.M.A., University of Texas at Austin.

John Snyder. Professor of Music. B.M., M.M., Michigan State University; Ph.D., Indiana University.

Melanie Sonnenberg. Professor of Music. B.A., City College, City College of New York; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University.

Jeffrey Sposato. Director of Graduate Studies, Moores School of Music; Associate Professor of Music. B.A., Tufts University; B.M., M.M., New England Conservatory of Music; Ph.D., Brandeis University.

Betsy Cook Weber. Professor of Music. B.M., University of North Texas; M.M., Westminster Choir College; D.M.A., University of Houston.

Nancy E. Weems. Madison Endowed Professor of Music. B.M., Oberlin College; M.M., University of Texas at Austin.

Lawrence B. Wheeler. Associate Professor of Music. B.M., Juilliard School of Music.

David Ashley White. Professor of Music. B.M., M.M., University of Houston; D.M.A., University of Texas at Austin.

Blake M. Wilkins. Director of Undergraduate Studies, Moores School of Music; Professor of Music. B.M., University of Oklahoma; M.M., University of Southern California; D.M.A., University of Oklahoma.

Kirsten Yon. Associate Professor of Music. B.M., University of Michigan; M.M., Cleveland Institute of Music; D.M.A., Rice University.

School of Theatre and Dance

Edward Albee. Distinguished University Professor of Theatre.

Carolyn Houston Boone. Associate Professor of Theatre. B.A., Louisiana Polytechnical Institute; M.A., Sam Houston State University; M.F.A., University of Houston.

Brian Byrnes. Associate Professor of Theatre. B.A., University of Iowa; M.F.A., University of Pittsburgh.

Sara Becker. Assistant Professor of Theatre. B.A., Fordham; M.F.A., University of Wisconsin.

Teresa Chapman. Assistant Professor of Theatre. B.F.A., University of Southern California, Santa Barbara; M.F.A., California State University, Long Beach.

Jackie DeMontmollin. Clinical Assistant Professor. M.Ed., Concordia University.

Jim Johnson Assistant Professor of Theatre. B.A., Buena Vista College; M.F.A., University of Nebraska/Lincoln

Jonathan M. Middents. Associate Professor of Theatre. B.A., Rice University; M.F.A., Florida State University.

Stuart Ostrow. Distinguished University Professor of Theatre.

Kevin Ridgon. Professor of Theatre. Member of United Scenic Artists.

Robert Shimko. Assistant Professor of Theatre. B.A., Hartwick College; M.A. University of Minnesota; Ph.D., University of Minnesota.

Karen Stokes. Head of Dance Division-School of Theatre and Professor of Dance. B.F.A., Ohio State University; M.F.A., University of California, Los Angeles.

Claremarie Verheyen. Associate Professor of Theatre. B.A, St. Norbert College; B.F.A., University of Wisconsin; M.A., Illinois State University; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts.

Paige Willson. Clinical Assistant Professor. B.F.A., University of Louisiana Lafayette; M.F.A., University of Houston.

Jack Young. Head of Professional Actor Training Program. Associate Professor of Theatre. B.A., Virginia Tech; M.F.A., University of Washington.