The University of Arizona College of Fine Arts

Graduation Convocation

Fall 2021

Without the unending support of our Arizona Arts Administration and our College of Fine Arts faculty & staff, this milestone for our graduates would not be possible. Thank you, staff and faculty, for your ongoing dedication and commitment to arts education.

College of Fine Arts Faculty and Staff, listed alphabetically

Fine Arts Administration

Norma Ayón, Assistant Director – Academic Advising
Bryant Baker, Information Technology Support Analyst
Cynthia Barlow, Information Technology Manager, Principal
Mark Kenneth Channell, Director of Development
Catherine Elise DuBois, Accountant
Deanna Fitzgerald, Professor, Associate Dean, Fine Arts
Brian James Harris, Coordinator, UpBeat
Dal Hodges, Systems Administrator, Senior
Max M. Jackson, Coordinator, Recruiting – Admissions and Enrollment
Josephine Kelly, Human Resources Generalist III
Rebecca A Lona, Business Manager, Senior
Melanie Joy Marsh, Program Assistant
Bianca Metz, Graphic Designer
Kimberly Moore, Financial Aid Professional II
Karin Nolan, Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor of Practice
Lee O’Rourke, Deputy Senior Director of Development, Arizona Arts
Ana M Pumarejo Losada, Assistant Director, Special Events
Brad Richter, Directors Outreach – College of Fine Arts
Andrew Schulz, Dean, Fine Arts, Professor, Vice President for the Arts
Lindsay Marie Shekleton, Coordinator, Student and Alumni Engagement
Martina M. Shenal, Professor, School of Art
Stephanie Silva, Accountant
Charlie Snyder, Director, PR – Marketing and Communications
Dane Velasquez, Systems Administrator, Senior
Tracy Wynn, Executive Assistant
Sharon K Young, Chief of Staff, Assistant Dean, Business-Finance

School of Art

Sama Raena Alshaibi, Professor
Nicole Antebi, Assistant Professor
Sandra M Barr, Lecturer
Megan G Bartel, Program Coordinator
Colin Greene Blakely, Director, School of Art, Professor, Associate Vice President, Strategic Initiatives
Carlton Bradford, Associate Professor
Larry D Busbea, Ph.D., Professor
Aurore Chabot, Professor
Aaron Stewart Coleman, Associate Professor
James A. Cook, Professor
Pia F Cuneo, Ph.D., Professor
Lee Ann Custer, Visiting Assistant Professor
Carissa Maria DiCindio, Assistant Professor, Applied Intercultural Arts Research – GIDP, Assistant Professor
Joseph A Farbrook, Associate Professor
Lawrence Gipe, Associate Professor
Ginette Kristine Gonzalez, Administrative Associate
James Graham, Academic Advisor I
Laura Tanner Graham, Assistant Professor
Simon Mark Hinchliffe, Assistant Professor of Practice
David Alan Huber, Technician, Digital Studio
Paul Eli Ivey, Ph.D., Professor
Jeehey Kim, Assistant Professor
Amelia McCauley Kraehe, Associate Professor, Associate Vice President, Equity in the Arts
Kelly A Leslie, Associate Professor
Alejandro Macias, Assistant Professor
Kimberly Mast, Director, Visual Resource Center
Ellen McMahon, Professor, Associate Dean
Sarah J. Moore, Ph.D., Professor, Applied Intercultural Arts Research – GIDP, Professor
John Wiley Nofs, Coordinator, Photography Facillities
Eric A Norman, Technician, Studio-3D
Wilma Pinedo, Program Coordinator
Irene B Romano, Ph.D., Curator, Mediterranean Archaeology, Professor, Anthropology, Professor
Ashley S Rubin, Senior Academic Advisor I
Maria Del Rocio Sanchez, Assistant to the Director, Administration
Jennifer Saracino, Assistant Professor
Carrie M Scharf, Program Coordinator
Marcos Joao Serafim neto, Assistant Professor
Gary Setzer, Professor
Martina M. Shenal, Professor, School of Art
Ryan Shin, Ph.D., Professor
Michelle Stone-Eklund, Business Manager, Senior
David J Taylor, Professor
Cerese Vaden, Interim Program Chair, Professor
Lisa Angeles Watanabe, Assistant Professor of Practice
Stacie G. Widdifield, Ph.D., Professor, Applied Intercultural Arts Research – GIDP, Professor
Gloria J Wilson, Assistant Professor
Angela Zielinski, Associate Professor
Karen Zimmermann, Assistant Director, Professor

School of Dance

Roberto Castro, Theater Technical Assistant
Patricia A Choate, Business Manager, Senior
Christopher Bryan Compton, Assistant Professor
John Dahlstrand, Technical Director, Senior
Tamara Dyke-Compton, Interim Artistic Director, School of Dance, Interim Associate Director, School of Dance, Associate Professor
Michelle Elena Francisco, Administrative Assistant
Elizabeth George, Associate Professor
Jory Hancock, Director, School of Dance, Professor
Marquez E Johnson, Instructor, School of Dance
Erika Julian, Lecturer
Suzanne Knosp, D.M.A., Professor
Robert Legendre, Accompanist
Woan Ching Lim, Accompanist
Melissa Lowe, Director, Student Services and Advising, Professor
Lorin Shane Mathis, Adjunct Instructor
Hayley E Meier, Assistant Professor of Practice
Kristin B Miller, Athletic Trainer
Ryan M Moore, Technical Director, Senior
Douglas R Nielsen, Adjunct Instructor
Kyria R Sabin, Adjunct Instructor
Mark Schafer, Accompanist, Senior
Joseph H Venegoni, Accompanist, Senior
Sam Watson, Associate Professor of Practice
Kristen A Wheeler, Director, Costume Shop
Barbea Williams, Adjunct Instructor
Michael Williams, Professor

Fred Fox School of Music

Mindi Rey Acosta, Information Specialist, Assistant
Philip Henry Alejo, Associate Professor
Christopher Allen, Costume Shop Manager
Daniel Asia, Professor
Michael D Becker, Adjunct Instructor
David John Boulton, Assistant Director, Undergraduate Student Academic Services
Shelly Braun, Program Coordinator, Senior
John T. Brobeck, Ph.D., Director, Graduate Studies-Music, Professor
Theodore Oscar Buchholz, Associate Professor
Jason R Carder, Assistant Professor
Thomas Cockrell, D.M.A., Director, Orchestral Activities, Endowed Chair, Nelson Riddle-Music, Professor
Dawn T Corso, Assistant Professor, Applied Intercultural Arts Research – GIDP, Assistant Professor
Alyssa J Cossey, Assistant Professor
Kristin Dauphinais, D.M.A., Associate Professor
Michael Dauphinais, Instructor
Sally R Day, Theater Scenery Specialist
Pamela Decker, D.M.A., Professor
Sara E Fraker, Associate Professor
Alyssa Gaines, Program Coordinator
Marissa Garaygordobil, Executive Assistant
Molly A Gebrian, Assistant Professor
Jackie Surber Glazier, Assistant Professor
Edward John Goodman, Assistant Professor
Michelle Gott, Assistant Professor
Jennie M Gubner, Chair, Applied Intercultural Arts Research – GIDP, Assistant Professor
Sara Gulgas, Assistant Professor of Practice
Yuanyuan He, Assistant Professor
Kiara Alexandria Johnson, Technical Director, Assistant
Timothy Andreas Kantor, Assistant Professor
Larry Xiaoming Lang, Professor of Practice
Yunah Lee, Assistant Professor
Fanya Lin, Assistant Professor of Practice
Daniel Robert Linder, Assistant Professor of Practice
Brian Luce, D.M.A., Professor
Johanna Lundy, Assistant Professor
John Milbauer, Professor, Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs
Brian Moon, Associate Professor of Practice
Matthew S Mugmon, Associate Professor, Applied Intercultural Arts Research – GIDP, Associate Professor
John Muniz, Associate Professor
Chad R Nicholson, Associate Professor
Karin Nolan, Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor of Practice
Marissa Olegario, Assistant Professor
Morris Samuel Palter, Associate Professor
R. Thomas Patterson, Endowed Chair, Sanford & Phyllis Bolton for Classical Guitar, Professor
Boyd Pomeroy, Ph.D., Professor
Jennifer C Post, Senior Lecturer
Jose Luis Puerta, Assistant Professor of Practice
Alberto R Ranjel, Adjunct Instructor
Edward Reid, Professor
Jay Rosenblatt, Ph.D., Professor
Wiley Ross, Recording Studio Coordinator
Lauren Roth, Assistant Professor of Practice
Elizabeth Schauer, D.M.A., Director, Choral Activities, Professor
Carson G Scott, Technical Director, Senior
Chad Ellis Shoopman, Assistant Professor
Cynthia S Stokes, Assistant Professor
William A Stuckey, Associate Professor
Donald G. Traut, Ph.D., Professor
Matthew Joseph Tropman, Associate Professor
Yudai Ueda, Graduate Assistant, Teaching
Cassie J Van Gelder, Piano Technician
Jeff Vanderlee, Assistant Professor of Practice
Angelo David Versace, Associate Professor
Arthur Vint, Adjunct Instructor
Alana Dallas Wiesing, Adjunct Instructor
Lori Jean Wiest, Endowed Chair, Alan C Fox, Professor, Director, School of Music
Matthew L Williams, Assistant Professor
Brice Winston, Adjunct Instructor
Richard Paul Woodruff, Piano Technician
Lisa Zdechlik, D.M.A., Endowed Chair, Daveen Fox-Music Studies, Professor

School of Theatre, Film & Television

Andrew Wayne Belser, Professor, Director
Kevin A Black, Professor of Practice
Wolfe Bowart, Limited Term Adjunct Instructor
Jacob Paul Bricca, Associate Professor
Darious Jamal Britt, Media Specialist
Dan Brock, Media Specialist, Senior
Justine Collins, Assistant to the Director, Administration
Tioni Collins, Student Services Administration Professional III
Anna Reynolds Cooper, Assistant Professor, Social / Cultural / Critical Theory – GIDP, Assistant Professor
Angela Counts, Limited Term Adjunct Instructor
Eric Saul Dienstfrey, Limited Term Adjunct Instructor
Stacy J Dugan, Business Manager, Senior
Jordan A D Fuller, Limited Term Adjunct Instructor Film and Television
Brent Gibbs, Professor
Danny Gurwin, Co-Chair, Acting/Musical Theatre Division, Associate Professor
Patrick Holt, Associate Professor
Nika R Kaiser, Limited Term Adjunct Instructor Film and Television
Christine Kerr, Assistant Professor
Edward Kraus, Associate Professor
Jennifer Lang, General Manager, Associate Professor of Practice
Brian Michael Levant, Limited Term Adjunct Instructor Film and Television
Alex Leyton, Limited Term Adjunct Instructor Film and Television
Jordan Marie Lorsung, Marketing Specialist, Associate
Roweena Mackay, Adjunct Instructor Film and Television
Jessica Maerz, Associate Director, Associate Professor
Yuri Makino, Associate Director, Associate Professor
Matthew S Marcus, Assistant Professor of Practice
Michael Andrew Martinez, Limited Term Adjunct Instructor Film and Television
Nicole Martinez, Limited Term Adjunct Instructor Film and Television
David Donald Morden, Associate Professor
Michael Mulcahy, Associate Professor, Social / Cultural / Critical Theory – GIDP, Associate Professor
Keshia Allen Renee Neal, Senior Academic Advisor I
Kerryn Negus, Director, Advancement and External Relations
Barbara Sue Ottinger, Limited Term Adjunct Instructor
Greg Pierotti, Assistant Professor
Jamie Rae Reed, Assistant Professor of Practice
Shane Riches, Professor of Practice
Elaine D Romero, Associate Professor
Darnell T Roulhac, Assistant Professor of Practice
Clare Rowe, Associate Professor
Bradley Schauer, Associate Professor
Beverly Seckinger, Professor, Social / Cultural / Critical Theory – GIDP, Professor
Barbara Selznick, Associate Professor
Lisanne Skyler, Professor
Nicole Diane Staab, Academic Advisor I
Hank Stratton, Artistic Director, Assistant Professor
Daniela M Tascarella, Student Academic Specialist
Maryann P Trombino-Arthur, Costume Shop Manager
Richard Tuckett, Associate Professor
Rick Wamer, Adjunct Instructor Film and Television
David L Wing, Adjunct Instructor
David Yarnelle, Assistant Professor of Practice
Charles C Young, Instructor

A heartfelt thanks to Arizona Arts’ Principal Information Technology Manager, Cynthia “Cy” Barlow, for her immeasurable support both with the virtual and in person components of this celebration. Our appreciation for her innovation, creativity, and support cannot be overstated! Thank you Cy for making this celebration into a production that is worthy of the Arizona Arts distinction.

We would also like to express our thanks to the rest of the Fine Arts Technical Team: Dal Hodges, Dane Velasquez, and Bryant Baker! Dal, Dane, and Bryant, your support and dedication to this celebration throughout the years is beyond appreciated.

Program Design:

Bianca Metz, Graphic Designer

Website Design:

Cynthia “Cy” Barlow, IT Manager, Principal

Celebration Coordination:

Lindsay Shekleton-Clark, Coordinator, Student and Alumni Engagement

Ana Pumarejo Losada, Assistant Director, Special Events

Fine Arts Technical Services:

Bryant Baker, Information Technology Support Analyst

Dal Hodges, Systems Administrator, Senior

Dane Velasquez, Systems Administrator, Senior

The College of Fine Arts would like to express it’s immense gratitude to the Fred Fox School of Music Technical Team for going the extra mile to make this celebration a reality!