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Janae O'Shields

Director of the Lawson Academy of the Arts

Melissa Owens

Associate Professor of Theatre

Margaret Park

Associate Professor of Education, Director of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program

Erica Pauly

Adjunct Instructor of Piano Pedagogy

Scott Robbins

Professor of Musicology and Composition

Mildred Roche

Instructor of Accompanying

Allison Roux

Visiting Instructor of Musical Theatre

Emalie Savoy

Instructor of Practice in Voice

Eric Scheider

Interim Director of the Converse Symphony Orchestra

Deneisha Scott-Poe

Assistant Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy; Clinical Director

Shirley Sealy

Chair of Education, Assistant Professor of Education, Director of Administration and Supervision

Carol Shultis

Associate Professor of Music Therapy

Julie Smith

Staff Accompanist

Jessica Sorrells

Associate Professor of Mathematics, Chair of the Mathematics Department

Cathy Sparks

Adjunct Instructor of Education

Edna Steele

Professor of Biology

Ann Stoddard

Adjunct Instructor of Studio Art

Tammy Stokes

Assistant Dean of Academic Advising and Converse II

Sheri Strickland

Associate Chair for the Department of Biology, Chemistry, & Physics and Professor of Chemistry

Morgan Strickland

Assistant Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy, Associate Program Director for the Marriage and Family Therapy program

Brennan Szafron

Adjunct Instructor of Organ

Susan Tekulve

Associate Professor of English

Erin E. Templeton

Dean of the School of Humanities, Sciences & Business, Professor of English

John M. Theilmann

Andrew Helmus Distinguished Professor of History and Politics

Jena Thomas

Associate Professor of Art

M. Evan Thomas

Assistant Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy, Chair and Program Director of the Marriage and Family Program

Sara Torres

Assistant Professor of English

Ericka Tyner Grodrian

School of the Arts Philanthropy Officer, Adjunct Instructor of Horn

Kelly McElrath Vaneman

Mary Babcock Reynolds Professor of Oboe and Music History

Christopher Vaneman

Dean of the School of the Arts; Associate Professor of Flute

Chris Varnon

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Allison Vick

Assistant Professor of Political Science

Adelaide Watson

Assistant Professor of Education

Frank Watson

Adjunct Instructor of Bassoon

Vern Weygandt

Adjunct Instructor of Music Education

John Wickey

Adjunct Instructor of Harp

Edward C. Woodfin

George Dean Johnson, Jr., Chair of History

Aaron Yackley

Adjunct Instructor of Double Bass

Madelyn V. Young

Associate Professor of Economics, Anne Morrison Chapman Distinguished Professor of International Study

Laura Zeisler

Assistant Professor of Art Therapy

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