Faculty and Staff

headshot of Mr. Johann  Stegmeir
Associate Professor of Theatre
Interdisciplinary Program Coordinator, Arts Management & Creative Industries
Arts Management & Creative Industries Advisory Board Member

Specialties:
  • Costume Design
  • Makeup Design
  • Costume Construction
Contact:
(804) 289-8995
headshot of Dr.  Kristin M. S. Bezio
Professor of Leadership Studies
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs

Specialties:
  • Leadership in Literature & Film
  • Leadership in Performance
  • Cultural & Political History (Early Modern England)
  • New Media and Gaming
Contact:
(804) 287-6045
headshot of Dr. Orianna  Cacchione
Deputy Director and Curator of Exhibitions, University Museums

Specialties:
  • Contemporary Art
  • Museum Studies
  • Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art
  • Materiality
Contact:
headshot of Dr. Elena  Calvillo
Professor of Art History
Co-Chair, Department of Art and Art History
Arts Management & Creative Industries Advisory Board Member

Specialties:
  • Renaissance and Baroque Art History
  • Museum Studies
Contact:
(804) 484-1575
headshot of Dr. Linda  Fairtile
Head, Parsons Music Library
Adjunct Lecturer of Music
Arts Management & Creative Industries Advisory Board Member

Specialties:
  • Italian opera
  • Archives and manuscripts
Contact:
(804) 287-6849
headshot of Dr. Sharon G. Feldman
Professor of Spanish and Catalan Studies
William Judson Gaines Chair of Modern Foreign Languages
Associate Dean, School of Arts & Sciences
Arts Management & Creative Industries Advisory Board Member

Specialties:
  • Spanish and Catalan theatre and performance
  • Theatre translation and translation theory
Contact:
(804) 287-6419
headshot of  Shannon  Hooker
Director, Modlin Center for the Arts

Specialties:
  • Nonprofit Arts
  • Program Development
  • Audience Development and Arts Marketing
Contact:
804-287-6599
headshot of  Andrew  Ilnicki
Director, Innovation Studio
Adjunct Assistant Professor, SPCS, Liberal Arts

Specialties:
  • Experiential Education
  • Emerging Technology
  • Design Thinking
  • Change Management
  • Product Innovation
  • Venture Creation
  • GenAI
  • UX/UI
  • Digital Design
  • Web Development
  • SEO
  • Lego Serious Play
  • Grant Writing
  • Fundraising
Contact:
headshot of  Issa  Lampe
Executive Director, University Museums

Specialties:
  • Museum education
  • Teaching with art objects in non-arts disciplines
  • Curatorial practice in university museums
  • Building museum collections to complement university curricula
  • European and American art, 1750 to the present
  • History painting and visual culture of the French Revolution
Contact:
headshot of Dr. Joanna K. Love
Associate Professor of Music
American Studies Advisory Board Member
Arts Management & Creative Industries Advisory Board Member
Director of General Education

Specialties:
  • 20th and 21st century American popular music
  • Music's role in advertising, video, and film
Contact:
headshot of  Thomas  Mattson
Associate Professor of Analytics & Operations
Arts Management & Creative Industries Advisory Board Member

Specialties:
  • Electronic Networks of Practice
  • Feedback Systems
  • Social Media
  • Behavioral Information Security
  • Quantitative Data Analysis
Contact:
(804) 287-6895
headshot of Dr. Kymberly  Newberry
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History
Arts Management & Creative Industries Advisory Board Member
Contact:
headshot of Dr. Monika  Siebert
Associate Professor of English
Interdisciplinary Program Coordinator of Film Studies
Arts Management & Creative Industries Advisory Board Member

Specialties:
  • Contemporary American Literature
  • Indigenous literature and film in North America
Contact:
(804) 289-8311
headshot of Dr.  Kerstin M.  Soderlund
Associate Dean for Student & External Affairs

Specialties:
  • Community-based Learning
  • Diversity and Difference
Contact:
(804) 287-6082
headshot of  Anne Norman Van Gelder
Senior Teaching Faculty of Theatre & Dance
Director of Dance
Artistic Director, University Dancers
Arts Management & Creative Industries Advisory Board Member

Specialties:
  • Dance History
  • Ballet & Pointe Technique
  • Classical Variations
  • Choreography
  • Improvisational Movement for Theatre Studies
Contact:
(804) 287-6541