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Contact Information
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (626) 815-4600
Fax: (626) 815-3809
Hours
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Location
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

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


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
Fax: (626) 969-7419
Email: [email protected]
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

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]







Jessica Sandidge
Independent Contractor, Applied Voice
Phone: (917) 488-8374
Email: [email protected]




Stephanie J. Thomas, BM
Applied Instructor: French Horn
Phone: (626) 664-3330
Email: [email protected]



Adjunct Professor







Andi Chapman, MFA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater Arts
Phone: (626) 815-5035
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

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



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]

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

Daniel A. Siedell, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Department of Art


Marcelo Soares
Adjunct Professor
Phone: (626) 815-5374
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: East Campus, Warren Music Center, Room 203

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


Professor Emerita


Professor Emeritus

David Beatty, MM, MBA
Professor Emeritus, Department of Music
Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 229








