WSU HOME | SEARCH | INDEX | CONTACT US

 Event Calendar
 Contact Us
 Faculty & Staff
 Student Organizations
 Alumni
 Community Art Links
 Other Degrees in the College of Arts & Humanities
Faculty & Staff

Looking for an advisor?
Check the Department of Performing Arts advisor list.

Dance Faculty

Name

Contact Information

Areas of Interest

Joanne L. Lawrence, MFA

Professor, Dance Program Director

801-626-6479

jlawrence@weber.edu

Danceperformance, choreography, teacher education; danceanthropology/ethnology; dance therapy; Dance for the Camera; stagecombat/fight choreography; dance history, theory, criticism.

Amanda Sowerby, MFA

Assistant Professor

801-626-7674

asowerby@weber.edu

 

Dance Education, Dance Therapy, Technique, Performance, Dance Kinesiology and Dance for the Camera.

Erik Stern, MFA

Professor

801-626-6615

estern@weber.edu

Choreography, cross-curricular education, performance.

Music Faculty

Name

Contact Information

Areas of Interest



David O. Akombo, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor 


801-626-6741

davidakombo@weber.edu


Musiceducation; Ethnomusicology; Multi-cultural music education;Teaching andlearning theory; Psychology of music; Choral and Instrumental arranging,African dance performance. Interests in music technology andinterdisciplinary studies in music and biomedical sciences.
  
Karen Brookens DMA

Associate Professor of Music, Head of Vocal Performance and Vocal Pedagogy


801-626-6439

kbrookens@weber.edu

Singingchamber music and music composed in the twentieth century, researchingand teaching vocal pedagogy and vocal literature. Stage director ofopera.
 

Carey Campbell, PhD

Assistant Professor

 

 

801- 626-6790

careycampbell@weber.edu

18th-Century Instrumental Music, PopularMusic, Music and Cultural Theory, and the development of listeningskills for non-musicians.


David E. Feller, DMA

Professor

801-626-6436

dfeller@weber.edu

Solo& chamber performance (CD currently in progress), research, patentedan invention of a device that measures lip pressure on single-reedinstruments.

Mark Henderson, DMA

Professor, Director of Choral Studies

801-626-6448

mhenderson@weber.edu

http://programs.weber.edu/choir

Composition, interdisciplinary arts; integral philosophy; teaches creativity in the Honors College; pathologically curious.


Donald K. Keipp, DMA

Professor

801-626-7073

dkeipp@weber.edu

Jazz, percussion, performance, and world music.


Michael A. Palumbo, DMA

Professor

801-626-6991

mpalumbo@weber.edu

Musiceducation, orchestra conducting, playing as a member of an orchestra,teaching private viola lessons, reading and performing chamber music.


Thomas Priest, EdD

Associate Professor, Director of Music Education

801-626-7181

tpriest@weber.edu

faculty.weber.edu/tpriest

Creativeand critical thinking in music learning environments, learningmodalities, computer-assisted instruction, early childhood, teachereducation and bassoon.

Thomas R. Root, PhD

Professor, Director of Bands

801-626-6443

troot@weber.edu

Has 22 published compositions with four publishers for band,
chamber ensemble and orchestra. Compositions performed in America, Japan, Australia and Europe.

Viktor Uzur, DMA

Assistant Professor

801-626-6441

viktoruzur@weber.edu

faculty.weber.edu/viktoruzur

Cello Performance, Chamber Music, Artistic Director Bonneville Chamber Music Festival www.weber.edu/bcmf



Ralph van der Beek DMA

Assistant Professor

801-626-6825

RalphVanderbeek@weber.edu



Piano Performance, Theory, Ear-Training, Chamber Music, Director WSU Piano Festival

Shi-Hwa Wang, DMA

Professor

801-626-6929

swang@weber.edu

faculty.weber.edu/swang

Violin Performance, Lessons, Ear-training, String Pedagogy, Chamber Music, Orchestral Literature

Ronald L. Wooden, PhD

Professor

801-626-6452

rwooden@weber.edu

Jazzhistory, jazz improvisation teaching, jazz performance theory,
"5 Clefs"faculty quintet, vocal performance (bass/baritone oratorio/recitals).Interested in developing a department travel study abroad program.

Yu-Jane Yang, PhD

Professor

801-626-7489

yyang@weber.edu

Researchon piano teaching and learning, teaching literature and musictechnology. Piano accompanying, chamber music performance, piano teachertraining.

Theatre Faculty

Name

Contact Information

Areas of Interest


John J. Bizzell, MFA

Technical Director

801-626-7191

jbizzell@weber.edu

Scenery, lighting, equipment.


Tracy Callahan, MFA

Professor

801-626-7886

tcallahan@weber.edu

ContemporaryIrish theatre: studied in Ireland on a grant from Oklahoma StateUniversity. Accessible Shakespeare: grant to initiate class with Englishmajors and theatre majors at OSU. Spent three months studying in Ireland.


James C. Christian, MFA

Professor, Director of Musical Theatre Studies

801-626-6992

jchristian@weber.edu

Playwriting.

Larry Dooley, PhD

Associate Professor, Department Chair

801-626-6432

ldooley@weber.edu

Theatre history and especially all things old, with a research emphasis on early 18th-century British theatre and comic drama.


Herb Garman

Browning Center Managing Director

801-626-6961

herbgarman@weber.edu



Van Tinkham, MFA

Associate Professor

801-626-6435

vtinkham@weber.edu

Scenic and lighting design, American theatre history.

Catherine Zublin, MFA

Professor

801-626-6661

czublin@weber.edu

Costume design, costume history, stage makeup.

Department Staff

Name

Contact Information

Area

Georgene Ady

Secretary

801-626-6437

gady@weber.edu

Department of Performing Arts office

Caril Jennings

Marketing Director

801-626-6431

crjennings@weber.edu

Marketing


Mark D. Maxson

801-626-7802

mmaxson@weber.edu

faculty.weber.edu/mmaxson

Multimedia Specialist /
Adjunct Music Faculty (guitar)
Digidesign Sponsored School, Pro Tools 101/110
Music Technology
DPA Computer Lab
Rock Music History

Kayleen B. Merx

Budget Specialist

801-626-6430

kmerx@weber.edu

Department of Performing Arts office
 

Jean-Louise England

Costume Studio Manager

801-626-7768


Costume Studio

Weber State University, Department of Performing Arts
Ogden, Utah 84408-1905
801-626-6437