Meet the Faculty
Interim Dean
John E. Simons, DMA
Interim Dean, School of the Arts; Professor, Department of Music
Associate Dean
Lyrica Taylor, PhD
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies, School of the Arts; Professor, Department of Art
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5989
Fax: (626) 387-5727
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 235
Professor
William Catling, MFA
Professor, Chair, Department of Art, Interim Chair, Department of Design
Stephen Childs, MFA
Professor, Department of Art; Exhibitions Director
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5835
Fax: (626) 387-5727
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: John and Marilyn Duke Academic Complex, Room 505
Terry Dobson, MFA
Professor, Department of Design
Claire Fedoruk, DMA
Professor of Musicology
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3573
Fax: (626) 969-7419
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 219
Chuck Grieb, MFA
Director, BA in Animation and Visual Effects, and Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts
Phone: (626) 815-3856
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Hugh and Hazel Darling Library, Room 167
Michael Lee, MM
Professor; Director of Music Technology; Director of Commercial Music
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3860
Fax: (626) 969-7419
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 231
Tim Samoff, MFA
Program Director, BA in Games and Interactive Media, and Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts
Phone: (626) 815-6007
Email: [email protected]
John Sutton, DMA
Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3581
Fax: (626) 969-7419
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 201
Associate Professor
Jill Brennan-Lincoln, MA
Chair, Department of Theater Arts; Associate Professor, Theater Arts
Angela S. George, PhD
Program Director, MA in Modern and Contemporary Art History; Associate Professor of Art History, Department of Art
Thomas Hynes, MA
Director of Theory and Composition, Guitar Studies and Jazz Combos; Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3209
Fax: (626) 969-7419
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 209
Christopher Keene, MFA
Associate Professor of Technical Theater, Department of Theater Arts
Nery Lemus, MFA
Program Director, MFA in Visual Art; Associate Professor, Department of Art
Kirsten Lundin Humer, MFA
Program Director, BFA in Acting for the Stage and Screen; Associate Professor, Department of Theater Arts
Phone: (626) 815-5865
Fax: (626) 387-5747
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Department of Theater Arts, West Campus, Darling - Building Three, THTR Office Suite, Room 164
Christopher Russell, MM
Chair and Associate Professor Department of Music; Conductor, Symphony Orchestra; Instrumental Conducting
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2003
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 233
Marek Szpakiewicz, DMA
Associate Professor; Cello Studies; Director of String Studies and Chamber Music
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3206
Fax: (626) 969-7419
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 227
Assistant Professor
Henry Alonzo, MBA
Assistant Professor, Department of Music
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3575
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Ronald Building, Room 105
John Burdett, EdD
Assistant Professor; Director of Music Education, Wind Ensemble Conductor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2029
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 211
Patricia Edwards, DMA
Assistant Professor, Vocal Studies
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3588
Alternative Phone: (626) 358-3339
Fax: (626) 969-7419
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 225
Michelle Jensen, MM
Assistant Professor; Director of Choral Activities, Conductor of Chamber Singers; Choral Conducting
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3202
Fax: (626) 969-7419
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 118
Laurie Leinonen, MA
Assistant Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts
Phone: (626) 387-5875
Email: [email protected]
Greg Michael, MFA
Assistant Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts
Phone: (626) 815-6014
Email: [email protected]
Jesse Negron, MFA
Assistant Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5114
Email: [email protected]
Andrew Park, DMA
Assistant Professor, Piano Studies
Phone: (323) 810-3777
Alternative Phone: (626) 815-3205
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 215
Jonathan Vermeer, MPW
Assistant Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts
Phone: (310) 951-3921
Email: [email protected]
Instructor
Coaching Faculty
Kyungmi Kim, MMA
Staff Accompanist, Department of Music Performance
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 4600
Email: [email protected]
Applied Instructor
Brian Barany, DMA
Applied Instructor, Classical Guitar Studies
Phone: (805) 218-3589
Email: [email protected]
Mark Converse, BM
Applied Instructor, Drumset
Paul Curtis, MM
Applied Instructor, Bassoon and Contrabassoon
Phone: (626) 815-3834
Email: [email protected]
David B. “Rusty” Higgins
Applied Instructor, Saxophone Studies
Phone: (562) 547-7717
Email: [email protected]
Stephanie J. Thomas, BM
Applied Instructor: French Horn
Phone: (626) 664-3330
Email: [email protected]
Adjunct Professor
Alisa Barsegyan, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art and Design
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5726
Fax: (626) 387-5727
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 203
Rachell Campbell
Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5035
Email: [email protected]
Sharon Cathey, MAEd
Adjunct Professor, Music Education
Phone: (626) 222-5829
Email: [email protected]
Andi Chapman, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts
Phone: (626) 815-5035
Email: [email protected]
Andrew Cole, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts
Phone: (626) 815-2064
Email: [email protected]
Jesse Corti
Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts
Phone: (626) 815-5035
Email: [email protected]
Kristen Cruz, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5035
Email: [email protected]
Gabriel Dávila-Luciano, MBA
Adjunct Professor, Commercial Music
Phone: (626) 815-4600
Email: [email protected]
Marcus Doyle, MA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
Karen M. Dunaetz
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art and Department of Modern Languages
Amy Fox, MFA, MBA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
Gloria Garayua, BFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts
Phone: (626) 815-5035
Email: [email protected]
Erin Gaw, MA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5460
Email: [email protected]
Michael Thomas Geiger, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Voice, and Introductory and Advanced Vocal Pedagogy
Phone: (714) 658-6888
Email: [email protected]
Tonja Graves Schmitt, MFA, MPS
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
Jeffrey Grubbs, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
Nathan Huff, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
Susan Isaacs
Adjunct Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5297
Email: [email protected]
Ryan Izay
Adjunct Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5297
Email: [email protected]
James W. Lincoln, MA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts
Phone: (818) 599-0467
Email: [email protected]
Phil Lollar, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Organizational Leadership and Communication, School of Business and Management; and Department of Cinematic Arts
Phone: (626) 641-3526
Email: [email protected]
Chris Masi
Adjunct Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts
Phone: (626) 390-6317
Email: [email protected]
Michael Milligan, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts
Phone: (626) 815-5035
Email: [email protected]
Mark Nelson, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
Becky Ogden, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts
Phone: (626) 815-5035
Email: [email protected]
Leigh Rens
Adjunct Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts
Phone: (310) 497-7187
Email: [email protected]
Juan Rivera, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts
Phone: (626) 815-5035
Email: [email protected]
Carolyn Robertson, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
Stephanie Sabo, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art and Department of Design
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5726
Fax: (626) 387-5727
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Building One, WCAM 228
Vance Sanders
Adjunct Professor, Department of Design
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5726
Fax: (626) 387-5727
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Building One, WCAM 228
William Schlitt, BA
Adjunct Professor, Percussion
Phone: (626) 533-0565
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Warren Music Center, Percussion Studio, Room 119
Matt Schoepf
Adjunct Professor, Department of Cinematic Arts
Phone: (818) 292-9394
Email: [email protected]
Douglas Shabe, DMA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Music Studies
Phone: (562) 212-8062
Email: [email protected]
Daniel A. Siedell, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
Gregory Sims, BFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts
Phone: (626) 815-5035
Email: [email protected]
Kevin Slay, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts
Phone: (626) 815-5035
Email: [email protected]
Marcelo Soares
Adjunct Professor
Phone: (626) 815-5374
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: East Campus, Warren Music Center, Room 203
Jamie Sweetman, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
Jill Thayer, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
Phone: (626) 414-3550
Email: [email protected]
Jeff Tirrell, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Department of Theology
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3710
Email: [email protected]
Tamara Valdry, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art
Kristof Van Grysperre, DMA
Adjunct Professor, Area Director of Opera and Vocal Studies
Jose Hernandez Vicente, MM
Adjunct Professor, Guitar Studies
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3209
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 209
Brenda Whitehill Schlenker, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Design
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5726
Fax: (626) 387-5727
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Building One, WCAM 228B
Alexandra Wright, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts
Phone: (626) 815-5035
Email: [email protected]
Professor Emerita
Professor Emeritus
David Beatty, MM, MBA
Professor Emeritus, Department of Music
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3580
Alternative Phone: (626) 812-3020
Fax: (626) 969-7419
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 229
Phil Shackleton, DMA
Professor Emeritus, Department of Music
