Fields of Interest
Like other great institutions that recognize their potential impact on society and culture, UCI places great value on original thinking and creativity. The Claire Trevor School of the Arts, therefore, attracts a stellar faculty whose interests and professional work involves both critical theory and creative output. Their performances, artwork, books, choreographies, theatrical designs, and compositions are disseminated and celebrated at home, throughout the United States, and abroad.
We are honored to have among us:
| Norman Beede | Music for Dance | Dance |
| David Allan Brown | Ballet | Dance |
| Mary Corey | Dance History, Labanotation | Dance |
| John Crawford | Videodance, Interactive Technologies | Dance |
| Diane Diefenderfer | Pilates | Dance |
| Jennifer Fisher | History, Aesthetics, and Criticism | Dance |
| Israel "El" Gabriel | Ballet Technique | Dance |
| Jodie Gates | Ballet | Dance |
| Loretta Livingston | Modern Dance | Dance |
| Molly Lynch | Ballet | Dance |
| David Massey | Jazz Dance | Dance |
| Donald McKayle | Modern Dance | Dance |
| Lisa Naugle | Digital Technologies, Modern Dance | Dance |
| James Penrod | Movement Analysis, Labanotation, emeritus | Dance |
| Nancy Ruyter | Dance history, Spanish Dance | Dance |
| Alan Terricciano | Music for Dance, Digital Technologies | Dance |
| Lonnie Alcaraz | Lighting design, Digital Imaging | Drama |
| Stephen Barker | Postmodern Theatre, Critical Theory | Drama |
| Cynthia Bassham | Voice, Speech for Actors | Drama |
| Richard Brestoff | Television and Film Acting | Drama |
| Gary Busby | Music Theatre, Singing | Drama |
| Luke Cantarella | Assistant Professor, Head of Scene Design | Drama |
| Dennis Castellano | Music Theatre, Vocal Coach | Drama |
| Robert Cohen | Acting, Acting Theory, Directing | Drama |
| Myrona Delaney | Musical Theatre, Singing, Acting | Drama |
| Holly Poe Durbin | Costume Design | Drama |
| Clifford Faulkner | Scenic Design, Gay Theatre, History of Design | Drama |
| Keith Fowler | Directing, Acting | Drama |
| Donald Hill | Production, Stage Management | Drama |
| Michael Hooker | Sound Design | Drama |
| Anthony Kubiak | American and Modern Drama | Drama |
| Daphne Lei | Asian-American Theatre, Diasporic Studies | Drama |
| Annie Loui | Movement, Directing, Acting | Drama |
| Donald McKayle | Professor of Dance | Drama |
| Ian Munro | European Drama and Performance | Drama |
| Vincent Olivieri | Sound Design | Drama |
| Bryan Reynolds | Shakespeare, Renaissance Drama, Cultural Theory | Drama |
| Thomas Ruzika | Lighting Design | Drama |
| Eli Simon | Acting, Directing | Drama |
| Jaymi Lee Smith | Light Design | Drama |
| Philip Thompson | Voice, Speech for Actors | Drama |
| Christopher Villa | Stage Combat | Drama |
| Frank Wilderson | Black Performance Theory | Drama |
| Shigeru Yaji | Costume Design | Drama |
| Kei Akagi | Jazz Studies | Music |
| Amy Bauer | Music Theory | Music |
| Haroutune Bedelian | Instrumental Performance-Violin, Viola | Music |
| David Brodbeck | Musicology | Music |
| Rae Linda Brown | Musicology | Music |
| Robin Buck | Vocal Performance | Music |
| Patricia Cloud | Lecturer | Music |
| Jonathan Davis | Instrumental Performance-Oboe | Music |
| Michael Dessen | Composition and Improvisation | Music |
| Russell Dicey | Instrumental Performance-French Horn | Music |
| Theresa Dimond | Instrumental Performance-Percussion | Music |
| Chris Dobrian | Composition and Music Technology | Music |
| Nohema Fernández | Piano Performance | Music |
| Bernard Gilmore | Composition, emeritus | Music |
| Frederick Greene | Instrumental Performance | Music |
| Lorna Griffitt | Piano Performance | Music |
| Matt Hare | Lecturer | Music |
| Jason Harnell | Jazz Studies | Music |
| Robert Hickok | Professor Emeritus | Music |
| Joseph Huszti | Choral Conducting | Music |
| Jerzy Kosmala | Viola | Music |
| Kevin McKeown | Lecturer | Music |
| Elliott Moreau | Lecturer | Music |
| Margaret Murata | Musicology | Music |
| Darek Oles | Jazz Studies | Music |
| Hossein Omoumi | Traditional Persian Music | Music |
| Charles Owens | Jazz Studies | Music |
| Margaret Parkins | Instrumental Performance-Violoncello | Music |
| Gerald Pinter | Lecturer | Music |
| Colleen Reardon | Musicology | Music |
| Bobby Rodriguez | Jazz Studies | Music |
| John Schneiderman | Instrumental Performance-Guitar, Lute | Music |
| Nina Scolnik | Piano Performance | Music |
| H. Colin Slim | Professor Emeritus | Music |
| David Stetson | Instrumental Performance-Trombone | Music |
| Cecilia Sun | Assistant Professor (eff. Jan 2010) | Music |
| Darryl Taylor | Vocal Performance | Music |
| Stephen Tucker | Instrumental Conducting | Music |
| Kojira Umezaki | Assistant Professor | Music |
| Amanda Walker | Instrumental Performance-Clarinet | Music |
| David Washburn | Instrumental Performance-Trumpet | Music |
| Kevin Appel | Painting | Studio Art |
| Juli Carson | Art History, Curatorial Studies | Studio Art |
| Miles Coolidge | Photography | Studio Art |
| Beatriz da Costa | Robotic Art, Interactive Installation | Studio Art/Engineering |
| Martha Gever | Queer Theory, Criticla Theory | Studio Art |
| Bryan Jackson | Video, Digital Media | Studio Art |
| Ulysses Jenkins | Video, African American Studies | Studio Art |
| Antoinette LaFarge | Digital Media | Studio Art |
| Simon Leung | New Genres, Critical Theory | Studio Art |
| Mara Lonner | Drawing, Sculpture | Studio Art |
| Catherine Lord | Critical Theory, Femenism | Studio Art |
| Monica Majoli | Painting | Studio Art |
| Daniel Martinez | Public Art, Sculpture, Installation | Studio Art |
| Yong Soon Min | Sculpture, Asian American Studies | Studio Art |
| Gifford Myers | Ceramic Sculpture | Studio Art |
| Robert Nideffer | Electronic Intermedia, Interface Theory and Design | Studio Art |
| Deborah Oliver | Performance Art | Studio Art |
| Simon Penny | Robotics, Interactive Systems, Telematic Cultures | Studio Art/Engineering |
| Yvonne Rainer | Performance Art, Cinema History | Studio Art |
| Shelby Roberts | Photography | Studio Art |
| Connie Samaras | Photography, Media Theory | Studio Art |
| David Trend | Video, Photography, Visual Studies | Studio Art |
| Bruce Yonemoto | Video, Multimedia, Film Theory | Studio Art |