People

LEADERSHIP Team

Dr. Emily Gunzburger Makaš
Co-Director
Architecture
Carlos Cruz
Co-Director
Theater
Dr. Vaughn Schmutz
Associate Director for Community and Civic Partnerships
Sociology
Tamara Williams
Cadre Leader: Heritage Placemaking through the Arts
Dance
Dr. Kristina Shull
Cadre Leader: Elevating Community Stories
History
Meg Freeman Whalen
Co-Cadre Leader: Social Impact of the Arts
CoA+A
Dr. Jaclyn Piatak
Co-Cadre Leader: Social Impact of the Arts
Political Science & Public Administration
Chloe Shade
Administrative Research Graduate Assistant
Masters of Public Administration- Arts Administration

Affiliate Faculty

Beth Murray
Associate Professor of Theatre Education
Theatre
Dr. Julia Robinson Moore
Associate Professor
Religious Studies
Dr. Michael Ewers
Assistant Professor of Urban-Economic Geography
Geography & Earth Sciences
Brian Arreola
Professor of Voice & Opera Workshop
Music
Ashley Tate
Assistant Professor
Dance
Mira Frisch
Professor of Cello / Director of String Chamber Music
Music
Dr. Matthew Gin
Assistant Professor of Architectural History
Architecture
Dr. Wilfredo Flores
Assistant Professor
Writing, Rhetoric & Digital Studies
Dr. Margaret Quinlan
Professor of Communication and Health Psychology / Director of Health & Medical Humanities Program
Communication Studies
Dr. Janaka Lewis
Associate Professor
English
Dr. Jason Black
Full Professor
Communication Studies
Nadia Anderson
Associate Professor / Director City Building Lab
Architecture