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Ana Baer, Associate Professor
Department of Theatre and Dance, College of Fine Arts and Communication
Areas of Interest:  Ballet Technique, Dance Video, Choreography
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Caroline Beatty, Associate Professor and Director of Bands
School of Music, College of Fine Arts and Communication
Areas of Interest:  Band, Music Education, Ensemble Performance, Conducting Pedagogy, Ensemble Rehearsal Techniques
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Tricia Burke, Associate Professor
Department of Communication Studies, College of Fine Arts and Communication
Areas of Interest: Social Support, Social Influence, Health Behaviors, Stress, Loneliness, Romantic Relationships, Family Relationships
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Stephanie Dailey, Associate Professor
Department of Communication Studies, College of Fine Arts and Communication
Areas of Interest: Organization Identity and Identification; Organizational Socialization; Information Seeking; Technology Use in Organizations; Narratives; Quantitative and Qualitative Methods
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Erina Duganne, Professor
School of Art and Design, College of Fine Arts and Communication
Areas of Interest:  History of Photography, Modern and Contemporary Art and Visual Culture, Race and Representation, Art and Activism
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Teri Evans-Palmer, Associate Professor
School of Art and Design, College of Fine Arts and Communication
Areas of Interest:  Art Theory and Practice, K-12 Art Education, Engagement, Teacher Self-efficacy, Humor, Pre service Teacher Dispositions, Museum Education, Immediacy, Emotional Intelligence
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Rebekah Fox, Professor
Department of Communication Studies, College of Fine Arts and Communication
Areas of Interest: Power and Control in Organizations, U.S. Nursing shortage, Nursing Work, Freedom of Expression, Environmental Praxis, Rhetoric of Food Waste, Political Communication
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Hank Hehmsoth, Associate Professor of Practice
School of Music, College of Fine Arts and Communication
Areas of Interest:   Music Technology, Jazz, Composition, Piano, Arranging, Grammy, Jazz Fulbright, MacDowell
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Vanessa Higgins Joyce, Professor
School of Journalism and Mass Communication, College of Fine Arts and Communication
Areas of Interest: Media Effects, Political Communication, International Communication, Transnational Media, Latin American media, Latino media, Agenda-setting and Public Opinion, Journalists' roles, Digital Media, Research Methods
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Kaitlin Hopkins, Head of Musical Theatre
Department of Theatre and Dance, College of Fine Arts and Communication
Areas of Interest: Mental Health of Visual and Performing artists, Life Skills and Stress Management for University Students, Vocal Health, Musical Theatre
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Marian Houser, Professor
Department of Communication Studies, College of Fine Arts and Communication
Areas of Interest: Communication Assessment, Communication Theory & Research Methods, Nonverbal Communication, Relational Conflict, Gender & Communication
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Adah Jones, Professor of Flute
School of Music, College of Fine Arts and Communication
Areas of Interest:  Flute Performance and Pedagogy, Flute Choir
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Gordon Jones, Senior Lecturer
School of Music, College of Fine Arts and Communication
Areas of Interest:  Balinese Gamelan, Composition, Music Education, World Music, Music and Dance, Music and Theatre
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Sean Justice, Associate Professor
School of Art and Design, College of Fine Arts and Communication
Areas of Interest:  Visual Arts & Computer Science, Computer Science Education for Teachers, Programming as Literacy, New Materialisms
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Kelly Kaufold, Associate Professor 
School of Journalism and Mass Communication, College of Fine Arts and Communication
Areas of Interest:  Scholarly research, IRB submissions; survey research; focus groups, panels; experimental design; content analysis; media economics; media audiences; persuasion; theories of mass communication & persuasion; pedagogical research
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Lynn Ledbetter, Professor 
School of Music, College of Fine Arts and Communication
Areas of Interest:  Violin, Chamber Music, Violin Literature, Chamber Music Literature, String Pedagogy, Music Performance
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Jessica Mallios, Associate Professor
School of Art & Design, College of Fine Arts and Communication
Areas of Interest:  Visual Art, Philosophy, Physics, Materials Science
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Joey Martin, Professor, Associate Dean and Director of Choral Activities
School of Music, College of Fine Arts and Communication
Areas of Interest:  Peter Louis van Dijk, Choral Music
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Ana Martínez, Assistant Professor
Department of Theatre and Dance, College of Fine Arts and Communication
Areas of Interest:  Mexican, Latinx, and Latin American Theatre and Performance; Site-specific Performance; Scenography and Performance Design
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Kevin Mooney, Senior Lecturer
School of Music, College of Fine Arts and Communication
Areas of Interest:  Musicology, Music history, American music, Texas music, Women in Music, Jazz; 19^th Century Art Song, Music and Identity, Oral history
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Dave Nolan, Regents' Teacher
School of Journalism and Mass Communication, College of Fine Arts and Communication
Areas of Interest: Photojournalism, Film, Digital Media, Visual Communication, Learning
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Judy Oskam, Professor and Director
School of Journalism and Mass Communication, College of Fine Arts and Communication
Areas of Interest:  Communication Campaigns, Professional Development, Documentary/Video Development, Online Education
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Todd Oxford, Associate Professor of Saxophone
School of Music, College of Fine Arts and Communication
Areas of Interest:  Applied Saxophone Performance and Chamber Music, Saxophone Soloist, Classical World Chamber Music Recording
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Sandhya Rao, Professor and Assistant Dean for the Graduate College
School of Journalism and Mass Communication, College of Fine Arts and Communication
Areas of Interest: Diffusion and growth of new media technologies in Asia with particular emphasis on India
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Liz Rodda, Associate Professor
School of Art and Design, College of Fine Arts and Communication
Areas of Interest:  Contemporary Art, Time-based media, Video, Sound, Intervention, Appropriation, Digital Culture
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Raul Rodriguez, Associate Professor
School of Music, College of Fine Arts and Communication
Areas of Interest:  Brass Pedagogy, Tuba, Euphonium, Chamber Music, Music Performance, Education 
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Nico Schüler, University Distinguished Professor of Music
School of Art and Design, College of Fine Arts and Communication
Areas of Interest:  Music Analysis, Interdisciplinary Aspects of Modern Music, Methods and Methodology of Music Research, Computer-Applications In Music, Pedagogy of Music Theory And History, Creativity, And Music Historiography
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Sara Shields, Lecturer
School of Journalism and Mass Communication, College of Fine Arts and Communication
Areas of Interest:  Video editing, video production, photography, web design, graphic design, social media
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Vlasta Silhavy, Senior Lecturer & Head of BFA Theatre Certification
Department of Theatre and Dance, College of Fine Arts and Communication
Areas of Interest:  Secondary Education, Theatre in Education, Creative Drama, Youth Summer Camps, Career & College Readiness and Mentorship programs
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Amanda Soto, Associate Professor of Music Education
School of Music, College of Fine Arts and Communication
Areas of Interest:  World Music Pedagogy, Cultural Diversity & Social Justice in Music Education, Bimusical Sensibilities of Children, Technology in Music Education, Mexican & Mexican American Music, Children's Musical Culture
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Melinda Villagran, Professor and Director of Translational Health Research Initiative
Department of Communication Studies, College of Fine Arts and Communication
Areas of Interest: Health Communication, Patient-Provider Interaction, Organizational Communication, Medication Adherence, Community-based Health Interventions, Veterans, LGBTQIA
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Susan Weil, Associate Professor
School of Journalism and Mass Communication, College of Fine Arts and Communication
Areas of Interest: Civil rights, race and mass media
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Keith Winking, Professor
School of Music, College of Fine Arts and Communication
Areas of Interest:  Trumpet and Jazz Education
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Jon Zmikly, Senior Lecturer
School of Journalism and Mass Communication, College of Fine Arts and Communication
Areas of Interest:  Web Design, HTML/CSS, Social Media Consulting, Video Editing, Digital/Online Strategy
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