Westminster College of Media and Performing Arts Faculty

Stephen Allen
Professor, Department of Performing Arts
D.Phil. University of Oxford; B.A. Birmingham Conservatoire; LTCL Trinity College London; ABSM Birmingham Conservatoire

Christopher Arneson
Professor, Westminster Choir College
B.A., M.M. Binghamton University; D.M. Rutgers University

Susan Ashbaker
Professor, Westminster Choir College
B.M., M.M Southern Illinois University; M.M. University of Illinois

Robert Burger
Priority Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, Journalism and Media
B.F.A. Pratt Institute; M.F.A. Miami International University of Art & Design

Justin D. Burton
Professor, Department of Media Arts
M.A. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Ph.D. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Margaret Cusack
Professor, Westminster Choir College
B.M., M.M.T. Oberlin College Conservatory of Music

David R. Dewberry
Professor, Department of Communication, Journalism and Media
B.A. University of Arkansas; M.A. University of Arkansas; Ph.D. University of Denver

Matthew DiMatteo
Assistant Professor, Department of Media Arts
B.A. The College of New Jersey; M.S. Carnegie Mellon University

Ryanne Domingues
Assistant Professor, Department of Performing Arts
B.A. Bloomsburg University; M.F.A. University of California, Irvine

Jeffrey Edelstein
Priority Adjunct Instructor, Department of Communication, Journalism and Media
B.A. Rider University

Ivan Fuller
Professor, Department of Performing Arts
B.A. Butler University; M.A. Bowling Green State University; Ph.D. Bowling Green State University

Louis F. Goldberg
Priority Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Performing Arts
B.A. Colgate University; M.M. Syracuse University; M.F.A. Syracuse University

James Goldsworthy
Professor, Westminster Choir College
B.M., M.M. Southern Methodist University; D.M.A. Stanford University

Stephen Gonzalez
Assistant Professor, Department of Media Arts
B.A. Bloomfield College; M.F.A. New York University

Brandy Hatcher
Lecturer, Department of Performing Arts

Sheena C. Howard
Professor, Department of Communication, Journalism and Media
B.B.A. Iona College; M.A. New York Institute of Technology; Ph.D. Howard University

Nathan Hurwitz
Associate Professor, Department of Performing Arts
B.F.A. New York University; M.A. Northwestern University; Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh

Barry T. Janes
Professor, Department of Media Arts
B.A. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; M.A. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Ph.D. New York University

Howard H. Joffe
Priority Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Journalism and Media
B.A. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; J.D. Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University

Shawn P. Kildea
Professor, Department of Media Arts
B.A. Rider University; M.A. Rider University; Ph.D. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Wil Lindsay
Associate Professor, Department of Media Arts
B.F.A. The University of Arizona; M.F.A. Rensselaer

Linda Lorence-Critelli
Associate Professor, Department of Media Arts
A.A. Ferrum College; B.A. Berklee College of Music

Cynthia Lucia
Professor, Department of Media Arts
B.S. Indiana University of Pennsylvania; M.A. New York University; M.A. New York University; Ph.D. New York University

Katherine G. Magrino
Priority Adjunct Instructor, Department of Communication, Journalism and Media
B.A. The College of New Jersey; M.A. Thomas Edison State College

Robin Massie
Priority Adjunct Assistant Professor, Westminster Choir College
B.M. Westminster Choir College of Rider University; M.M. Yale University

Megan Mazarick
Assistant Professor, Department of Performing Arts
B.F.A. University of North Carolina; M.F.A. Temple University

Sean McCarther
Professor, Department of Performing Arts
B.M. Baylor University; M.M., D.M. Indiana University

Sharon Mirchandani
Professor, Westminster Choir College
B.M. Bowling Green State University; M.M. Temple University; Ph.D. Rutgers University

Aaron J. Moore
Professor, Department of Communication, Journalism and Media
B.A. La Salle University; M.A. Temple University; Ph.D. Temple University

Susan Onofrio
Priority Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Performing Arts
B.A. Muskingum University; M.A. Marshall University

Philip Orr
Priority Adjunct Professor, Department of Performing Arts
B.M. Rider University; M.M. Rider University

Carolann Page
Priority Adjunct Assistant Professor, Westminster Choir College
B.M. The Curtis Institute of Music; Artist Diploma in Voice The Curtis Institute of Music

Sarah Perry
Assistant Professor, Westminster Choir College
B.S. Elizabethtown College; M.A., M.E., Ed.D. Teachers College, Columbia University

Kathy Kessler Price
Professor, Westminster Choir College
B.A. University of Richmond; M.M. University of Maryland; Ph.D. The University of Kansas, Lawrence

Jonathan Price
Priority Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Performing Arts
B.M. The University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music; M.M., Professional Studies Certificate Boston Conservatory

T. Oliver Reid
Assistant Professor, Department of Performing Arts
B.M. University of North Carolina School of the Arts

Charles Schneider
Priority Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Performing Arts
B.M. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; M.M. The University of North Carolina-Greensboro; D.M.A. Rutgers, The Stats University of New Jersey

Robin Shane
Associate Professor, Department of Performing Arts
B.A. Wesleyan University; M.F.A. NYU, Tisch School of the Arts

Tom Shelton, Jr.
Professor, Westminster Choir College
B.M., M.M. The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Jay Stern
Associate Professor, Department of Media Arts
B.A. Columbia University; M.A. European Graduate School

Elizabeth Sutton
Priority Adjunct Assistant Professor, Westminster Choir College
Mus.Ed. Bowling Green State University; M.M. Cincinatti Conservatory of Music

Yoshi Tanokura
Assistant Professor, Department of Media Arts
B.F.A. The Indiana University of Pennsylvania; M.F.A. The University of Connecticut; M.A. Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design

Cynthia Vieth
Priority Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Journalism and Media
B.A. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; M.C.I.S. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Ed.D. Rowan University

Jason Vodicka
Associate Professor, Westminster Choir College
B.M., M.M.E. Westminster Choir College of Rider University; D.M.A The University of Georgia

Nancy A. Wiencek
Professor, Department of Communication, Journalism and Media
B.A. Douglass College, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; M.S. University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Ph.D. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Yun Xia
Professor, Department of Communication, Journalism and Media
B.A. Sichuan University, China; M.A. Sichuan University, China; Ph.D. Southern Illinois University

Frank Abrahams
Professor Emeritus, Westminster Choir College
B.M.E. Temple University; M.M. New England Conservatory; Ed.D. Temple University

Barton Bartle
Professor Emeritus, Westminster Choir College
B.M. University of Michigan; M.M. University of Michigan; Ph.D. University of Illinois

Pamela Brown
Professor Emerita, Department of Communication, Journalism and Media
B.A. Rider University; M.A. The Ohio State University; Ph.D. The University of Iowa

Inez Calcerano
Professor Emerita, Westminster Choir College
A.B. Kalamazoo College; M.A. Miami University of Ohio

Patrick Chmel
Professor Emeritus, Department of Performing Arts
B.S. Bemidji State University; M.A. University of Missouri at Columbia; Ph.D. University of Missouri at Columbia

Ingrid Clarfield
Professor Emerita, Westminster Choir College
B.M. Oberlin College; M.M. Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester

Bosah L. Ebo
Professor Emeritus, Department of Communication, Journalism and Media
B.S. University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point; B.S. University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point; M.A. University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point; Ph.D. The University of Iowa

Robert Evans
Professor Emeritus, Westminster Choir College
B.A. Standord University; B.D. Princeton Theological Seminary; D.Theol. University of Basel, Switzerland

Thomas Faracco
Professor Emeritus, Westminster Choir College
B.M. Westminster Choir College; M.M. Westminster Choir College

Ronald Filler
Professor Emeritus, Westminster Choir College
B.A. Union College; M.A. Rider University; M.S. University of Tennessee; D.Ed. University of Tennessee

Charles Frischmann
Professor Emeritus, Westminster Choir College
B.M. Westminster Choir College; M.M. Westminster Choir College

Anne Gray
Professor Emerita, Westminster Choir College
B.A. Sarah Lawrence College; M.M. New England Conservatory

Myra G. Gutin
Professor Emerita, Department of Communication, Journalism and Media
B.A. Emerson College; M.A. Emerson College; Ph.D. University of Michigan

Ronald Hemmel
Professor Emeritus, Westminster Choir College
B.M. Westminster Choir College; M.M. James Madison University; M.Phil., Ph.D. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Jane Hettrick
Professor Emeritus, Department of Performing Arts
B.A Queens College; M.M. University of Michigan; D.M.A. University of Michigan

Richard Homan
Professor Emeritus, Department of Performing Arts
B.A. University of Notre Dame; M.A. University of Minnesota; Ph.D. University of Minnesota

James Jordan
Professor Emeritus, Westminster Choir College
B.M. Susquehanna University; M.M., Ph.D. Temple University; D.Mus. University of Aberdeen, Scotland

Jay A. Kawarsky
Professor Emeritus, Westminster Choir College
B.M.E. Iowa State University; M.M., D.M. Northwestern University

Marvin Keenze
Professor Emeritus, Westminster Choir College
B.M. Westminster Choir College; M.M. Westminster Choir College

Helen Kemp
Professor Emerita, Westminster Choir College
B.M. Westminster Choir College; D.M. (hon.) Westminster Choir College

Anthony Kosar
Professor Emeritus, Westminster Choir College
B.M. West Liberty State College; M.M. Southern Illinois University; Ph.D. The Ohio State University

Robin Leaver
Professor Emeritus, Westminster Choir College
Dipl. in Theol. Trinity College, Bristol, England; D.Theol. State University of Groningen, Netherlands

Phyllis A. Lehrer
Professor Emerita, Westminster Choir College
B.A. University of Rochester; M.S. The Juilliard School of Music

Marilyn Levitt
Professor Emerita, Department of Performing Arts
A.B. Syracuse University; M.A. Syracuse University

Joan Hult Lippincott
Professor Emerita, Westminster Choir College
B.M. Westminster Choir College; M.M. Westminster Choir College; , ,

E. Graham McKinley
Professor Emeritus, Department of Communication, Journalism and Media
B.A. Yale University; M.M. Westminster Choir College, Rider University; Ph.D. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Harry I. Naar
Professor Emeritus, Department of Performing Arts
B.F.A. The University of the Arts; M.F.A. Indiana University Bloomington

Marshall Onofrio
Professor Emeritus, Westminster Choir College
B.M., B.S. University of Connecticut; M.M. University of Illinois; M.M. University of Nebraska-Lincoln; D.M.A. The Ohio State University

Thomas J. Parente
Professor Emeritus, Westminster Choir College
B.A. New Jersey City University; B.M. Manhattan School of Music; M.A. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Ed.D. Teachers College, Columbia University

Joel Phillips
Professor Emeritus, Westminster Choir College
B.M. The University of Alabama; M.M. Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester; D.M.A. The University of Alabama

Steven Pilkington
Professor Emeritus, Westminster Choir College
B.A. St. Olaf College; M.M. University of Illinois; Ph.D. Drew University

Laura Brooks Rice
Professor Emerita, Westminster Choir College
B.M. Georgia Southern College; M.M. Indiana University

Jerry Rife
Professor Emeritus, Department of Performing Arts
B.S. Kansas State University; M.M. Kansas State University; Ph.D. Michigan State University

Deborah Rosenthal
Professor Emerita, Department of Performing Arts
A.B. Barnard College; M.F.A. Pratt Institute

Harriett Schwartz
Professor Emerita, Department of Communication, Journalism and Media
B.A. University of Maryland; M.S. Purdue University

Thomas Simonet
Professor Emeritus, Department of Communication, Journalism and Media
B.A. Georgetown University; M.S. Columbia University; Ph.D. Temple University

Richard Swain
Professor Emeritus, Department of Performing Arts
B.A. Oberlin College; Ph.D. University of Michigan

Sharon Sweet
Professor Emerita, Westminster Choir College
B.S. Roberts Wesleyan College; M.A. Ithaca College

Frederick Turner
Professor Emeritus, Department of Communication, Journalism and Media
B.S. Millersville State College; M.A. Temple University; Ph.D. Temple University

Minmin Wang
Professor Emerita, Department of Communication, Journalism and Media
B.A. Xian Foreign Languages University; M.A. Bowling Green State University; Ph.D. Bowling Green State University

Peter Wright
Professor Emeritus, Westminster Choir College
B.S. Juniata College; M.A. Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester; Ph.D. Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester

Stefan Young
Professor Emeritus, Westminster Choir College
B.M. Rollins College; Certificates American School of the Arts, Fontainebleau, France; M.M. The Juilliard School; Ph.D. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey