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Faculty

Title	Department	Email
Lonnie Alcaraz Professor of Lighting Design	Drama	lalcaraz@uci.edu
Rhea Anastas Associate Professor	Art	ranastas@uci.edu
Kevin Appel Chair \| Professor \| Executive Director of University Art Galleries	Art	kappel@uci.edu
Sarah Awad Associate Professor of Teaching	Art	sawad2@uci.edu
Cynthia Bassham Professor of Teaching, Acting	Drama	cbassham@uci.edu
Amy Bauer Professor	Music	abauer@uci.edu
Isabel Beavers Lecturer	Art	ibeavers@uci.edu
Frances Young Bennett Lecturer	Music	fbennett@uci.edu
Sasha Berliner Lecturer	Music	sberline@uci.edu
Andrew Borba Professor of Acting	Drama	alborba@uci.edu
Jennifer Bornstein Professor	Art	bornstei@uci.edu
Richard Brestoff Professor of Acting	Drama	brestoff@uci.edu
David Brodbeck Professor	Music	dbrod@uci.edu
Madison Brookshire Lecturer	Art	mbrooksh@uci.edu
Juliette Carrillo Professor of Directing	Drama	julietc2@uci.edu
Juli Carson Professor, and Director of University Art Galleries	Art	carsonj@uci.edu
Patricia Cloud Lecturer	Music	pcloud@uci.edu
Coleman Collins Assistant Professor	Art	colemac@uci.edu
Miles Coolidge Professor; Associate Chair for External Affairs	Art	mcoolidg@uci.edu
Paul Cornish Lecturer	Music	pcornish@uci.edu
John Crawford Professor of Intermedia Arts	Dance	john.crawford@uci.edu
Myrona DeLaney Professor of Teaching, Music Theatre	Drama	mldelane@uci.edu
Efren Delgadillo Jr. Associate Professor of Scene Design	Drama	efrend1@uci.edu
Michael Dessen Professor and Robert & Marjorie Rawlins Chair of Music	Music	mdessen@uci.edu
Diane Diefenderfer Professor of Teaching, PMA, C.P.T.	Dance	dldiefen@uci.edu
Zachary Dietz Associate Professor of Teaching, Music Theatre	Drama	zdietz@uci.edu
Holly Poe Durbin Professor of Costume Design	Drama	hdurbin@uci.edu
Jennifer Fisher Professor of Dance	Dance	jjfisher@uci.edu
Marcia (Marcy) Froehlich Associate Professor of Costume Design	Drama	mgfroehl@uci.edu
Lindsay Gilmour Associate Professor	Dance	lgilmour@uci.edu
Liz Glynn Professor; Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies	Art	liz.glynn@uci.edu
Charlotte Griffin Associate Professor of Dance	Dance	c.griffin@uci.edu
Lorna Griffitt Professor of Teaching	Music	lgriffit@uci.edu
Chad Michael Hall Associate Professor of Dance	Dance	chall1@uci.edu
Stephan Hammel Associate Professor and Undergraduate Director	Music	hammels@uci.edu
Matt Hare Lecturer	Music	harem@uci.edu
Jason Harnell Lecturer	Music	jharnell@uci.edu
Gary Heaton-Smith Lecturer	Music	gheatons@uci.edu
Michael Hooker Professor of Sound Design	Drama	mhooker@uci.edu
Jibade-Khalil Huffman Assistant Professor	Art	jibadekh@uci.edu
Jesse Colin Jackson Professor; Associate Dean of Research and Innovation	Art, Research	j.c.jackson@uci.edu
Ariyan Johnson Assistant Professor of Dance	Dance	ariyanj@uci.edu
Adria Julia Lecturer	Art	ajulia@uci.edu
Michael Kallin Lecturer	Music	mkallin@uci.edu
Daniel Keeling Assistant Professor of Teaching	Drama	dkeeling@uci.edu
Dennis Kim Assistant Professor	Music	dennik2@uci.edu
Mari Kimura Professor	Music	kimuram1@uci.edu
Becky Kolsrud Lecturer	Art	rkolsrud@uci.edu
Sarah Koo Freeman Lecturer	Music	sjkoo@uci.edu
Jerzy Kosmala Lecturer	Music	jkosmala@uci.edu
Daphne Lei Professor of Doctoral Studies	Drama	dlei@uci.edu
Simon Leung Professor	Art	leungss@uci.edu
Joseph S. Lewis III Professor	Art	jslewis@uci.edu
Eric Lindsay Lecturer	Music	lindsaye@uci.edu
Tiffany Ana López Claire Trevor Dean of the Arts and Professor	Drama	tiffany@uci.edu
Annie Loui Professor of Acting	Drama	amloui@uci.edu
Lar Lubovitch UCI Distinguished Professor	Dance	llubovit@uci.edu
Vitor Luiz Assistant Professor of Dance	Dance	vluiz@uci.edu
Molly Lynch Professor	Dance	mlynch@uci.edu
Monica Majoli Professor	Art	mmajoli@uci.edu
Daniel Joseph Martinez Claire Trevor Professor	Art	d2martin@uci.edu
Kevin McKeown Lecturer	Music	mckeownk@uci.edu
Irene Messoloras Associate Professor, Associate Chair	Music	imessolo@uci.edu
Na Mira Assistant Professor	Art	na.mira@uci.edu
Ian Munro Professor of Doctoral Studies	Drama	imunro@uci.edu
Yee Eun Nam Assistant Professor of Scene Design, Projection Design	Drama	yee.n@uci.edu
Lisa Naugle Professor	Dance	lnaugle@uci.edu
Dawn Norfleet Lecturer	Music	dnorflee@uci.edu
Darek Oles Lecturer	Music	doleszki@uci.edu
Deborah Oliver Associate Professor of Teaching	Art	oliverd@uci.edu
Vincent Olivieri Professor of Sound Design	Drama	olivieri@uci.edu
Hossein Omoumi Professor	Music	homoumi@uci.edu
Andrew Palermo Professor of Music Theatre Choreography/Dance	Drama	palermoa@uci.edu
Jennifer Pastor Professor; Associate Dean of Graduate Studies	Art	jpastor1@uci.edu
Simon Penny Professor	Art	penny@uci.edu
Alicia Piller Lecturer	Art
Gerald Pinter Lecturer	Music	gpinter@uci.edu
Geoffrey Pope Assistant Professor of Teaching	Music	geoffrey.pope@uci.edu
Zachary Price Associate Professor of Doctoral Studies	Drama	zachary.price@uci.edu
Cyrian Reed Assistant Professor of Dance	Dance	cyrianr@uci.edu
Bryan Reynolds Distinguished Professor / Claire Trevor Professor	Drama	breynold@uci.edu
Shelby Roberts Professor of Teaching	Art	w.shelby.roberts@uci.edu
Tara Rodman Associate Professor of Doctoral Studies	Drama	rodmant@uci.edu
Amanda Ross-Ho Professor \| Associate Chair for Graduate Studies	Art	arossho@uci.edu
Nina Scolnik Professor of Teaching	Music	nscolnik@uci.edu
Kelli Sharp Chair and Associate Professor of Dance Science	Dance	ksharp@uci.edu
Eli Simon Chancellor's Professor of Drama	Drama	esimon@uci.edu
Jaymi Lee Smith Professor of Lighting Design	Drama	jaymis@uci.edu
Mariángeles Soto-Diaz Lecturer	Art	msotodia@uci.edu
Rajna Swaminathan Assistant Professor	Music	rajna.s@uci.edu
Darryl Taylor Professor	Music	taylord@uci.edu
Alan Terricciano Professor of Dance & Associate Dean for Academic Personnel and Undergraduate Studies	Dance	aterricc@uci.edu
Philip Thompson Professor of Acting	Drama	pthompso@uci.edu
David Trend Professor	Art	dtrend@uci.edu
Kojiro Umezaki Professor and Graduate Director	Music	kumezaki@uci.edu
Joel Veenstra Professor of Teaching, Stage Management	Drama	j.veenstra@uci.edu
Amanda Walker Lecturer	Music	ajwalker@uci.edu
Tong Wang Associate Professor of Dance	Dance	wangt5@uci.edu
Shane K.M. Wood Lecturer	Music
S. Ama Wray Professor of Dance	Dance	wrays@uci.edu
TY Zhang Lecturer	Music	tyz@uci.edu

Staff

Title	Department	Phone	Email
Box Office Tickets	Box Office	(949) 824-2787	artstix@uci.edu
Adalid Aguilar Database Administrator	Technology	(949) 824-8353	aaguilar@uci.edu
Emma Andres Department Analyst	Department of Dance		eaandres@uci.edu
Marcus Beeman Department Manager	Department of Drama	(949) 824-6332	mbeeman@uci.edu
Megan Belmonte Director of Access & Engagement	Access & Engagement	(949) 824-8976	megan.belmonte@uci.edu
Jason Burns Sculpture/P&D Lab Manager	Department of Art		jasontb@uci.edu
Esther Chae Department Analyst	Department of Music	(949) 824-7418	eschae@uci.edu
Peter Chang Department Manager	Department of Music	(949) 824-4281	pechang@uci.edu
Robin Darling Assistant Box Office Manager	Box Office	(949) 824-6966	jrdarlin@uci.edu
Jaime DeJong Senior Director, Marketing and Communications	Marketing and Communications	(949) 824-2189	jdejong@uci.edu
Jenna Dufour Research Librarian for Visual Arts	Library	(949) 824-6672	dufourj@uci.edu
Jenn Dugan Costume Director	Production	(949) 824-4907	jmdugan@uci.edu
Megan Enciso Department Manager	Department of Art	949-824-4917	menciso1@uci.edu
David Familian Artistic Director	Beall Center for Art + Technology	(949) 824-4543	dfamilia@uci.edu
Matthew Feeney Production	Production		mfeeney1@uci.edu
Roberta Flores Executive Assistant to the Dean	Dean's Office		r.flores@uci.edu
Joe Forehand Lighting Supervisor	Production	(949) 824-4031	jforehan@uci.edu
Amanda Garcia-Hall Senior Financial Analyst	Business Office		a.garciahall@uci.edu
Charmayne Ghafoori Department Analyst	Department of Drama	(949) 824-6614	charmayd@uci.edu
Alex Golden Associate Production Manager	Department of Music	949-824-1717	goldena1@uci.edu
Fernando Gonzalez Director of Financial Operations	Business Office	(949) 824-6613	fernansg@uci.edu
Geronimo Guzman Shop Foreman	Production	(949) 824-7451	geronimg@uci.edu
Simon Harrison Community Access & Engagement Specialist	Outreach Programs		simonjh@uci.edu
Laura Jones Department Analyst	Department of Art	(949) 824-6648	l.jones@uci.edu
Kaysie José Associate Director of Professional Access & Engagement	Access & Engagement	(949) 824-4647	kjose@uci.edu
Jamison Judd Director of Technology Services	Technology	(949) 824-7727	jamison.judd@uci.edu
Diana Kalaji Senior Communications Specialist	Marketing and Communications		dkalaji@uci.edu
Kenton Kami Helpdesk Administrator	Technology	(949) 824-0135	kamik@uci.edu
Amy Kim Director of Student Affairs	Student Affairs	(949) 824-5765	amykim@uci.edu
Bill Kingbury Technical Director	Production	949-824-7451	wkingbu@uci.edu
Yengtrang Le Senior Wardrobe Technician	Production	(949) 824-6618	ley@uci.edu
Fatima Manalili Associate Director, Research and Innovation	Beall Center for Art + Technology	(949) 824-6206	fatima.m@uci.edu
Daniel Manoiu Principal Musician	Department of Dance		dmanoiu@uci.edu
Pamela Marsden Props Supervisor	Production	(949) 824-9496	pmarsden@uci.edu
Martha Martinez Academic Counselor	Student Affairs	(949) 824-6647	mgmart@uci.edu
Stacy Mason Senior Personnel Analyst	Human Resources		stacy.mason@uci.edu
Ritchey Mike Sound Supervisor	Production		mnritche@uci.edu
Yuliya Minina Principal Musician	Department of Music		mininay@uci.edu
Junko Nojima Principal Musician	Department of Music		jnojima@uci.edu
Haley Pimentel Development Coordinator	Development	949-824-5770	pimenth1@uci.edu
Sydney Quinn-Vega Senior Events Specialist	Development	949-824-9763	snquinn@uci.edu
Michael Ritchey Sound Supervisor	Production	(949) 824-6606	mnritche@uci.edu
Fatima Rizvi-Flores Senior Associate Director of Development	Development	(949) 824-8750	fatima.r@uci.edu
Blythe Ryther Master Carpenter	Production		bryther@uci.edu
Isha Sabherwal Human Resources Personnel Director	Human Resources	(949) 824-0258	isabherw@uci.edu
Christine Salama Scenic Artist	Production	(949) 824-7451	salamac@uci.edu
Danny Sanchez Music Technology Manager	Department of Music	(949) 824-9492	danny.s@uci.edu
Micah Sechler Associate Production Manager - xMPL	Production		sechlerm@uci.edu
Raymond Simeon Production Manager	Production		rpsimeon@uci.edu
Scott Stone Research Librarian for Performing Arts	Library	(949) 824-8351	stonesm@uci.edu
Sarah Strozza Executive Director of Development	Development	949-824-0629	sstrozza@uci.edu
Jeff Stube Facilities Manager	Facilities Management	(949) 824-8765	jstube@uci.edu
Sasha Ussef Associate Director & Curator, University Art Galleries	University Art Gallery	(949) 824-9854	sussef@uci.edu
Jason Valdry Assistant Dean	Dean's Office	(949) 824-7125	jvaldry@uci.edu
Rudy Vega Photography Lab Manager	Department of Art	(949) 824-3978	jrvega@uci.edu
David Walker Box Office Manager	Box Office	(949) 824-2011	dwalker@uci.edu
Jennifer Wong Academic Counselor	Student Affairs	(949) 824-2252	jenniaw4@uci.edu
Christopher Wong Web Application Developer	Technology	(949) 824-3689	chris.wong@uci.edu
Cathy Yates Principal Financial Analyst	Business Office	(949) 824-7289	tnyates@uci.edu
Jody Yuan Procurement Analyst	Business Office	949-824-5654	jodyy1@uci.edu
Emily Zheng Multimedia Specialist	Marketing and Communications	(949) 824-7513	zhenge3@uci.edu