MTD Faculty and Staff Directory

Our world-class faculty members have attended some of the nation and world's most prestigious and competitive programs. This background, combined with a wealth of professional experience and depth of knowledge, is reflected through the quality of our applied, academic, and ensemble offerings.

Although they take great pride in teaching, our faculty are still passionate about performing, as well as participating in a variety of academic and creative activities on campus and at prestigious venues throughout the world. Together, we are dedicated to service, taking pride in bettering the university, our community, and national and international professional organizations.

Name & Area	Contact
AnnDee Alvidrez Professor of Practice, Scenic Design	anndee@ksu.edu
Joelle Arp-Dunham Assistant Professor, Acting/Directing	joellead@ksu.edu
Amanda Arrington Senior Professor of Practice, Collaborative Piano	aarring@ksu.edu
Toby Bitner Academic Advisor	tbitner@k-state.edu	Academic Advisor (BA Music; BA/BS Theatre)
Melissa Briggs Teaching Assistant Professor, Drama Therapy	mbriggs@ksu.edu	Co-Director of Drama Therapy
Jamie Bunce Teaching Assistant Professor, Choir	jbunce@ksu.edu	Assitant Director of Choral Studies
Russell Clark Instructor, Piano, Aural Skills, String Techniques and Materials	reclark@ksu.edu
Alfred Cochran Professor, Music History	cochalw@ksu.edu	Division Head for Music History
Syneva Colle Teaching Assistant Professor, Cello & String Education	scolle@ksu.edu
Joshua Cook Instructor, Instrument Repair and Extension	jccook@ksu.edu
Michelle Davenport Instructor, Drama Therapy	msdavenp@ksu.edu	Co-Director of Drama Therapy
James Davis Associate Professor, Lighting & Sound Design	kdavis01@ksu.edu	Associate Director of the School
Maris Deaver Instructor, Yoga	marisc3@k-state.edu
Kate Digby Associate Professor, Dance	kdigby@ksu.edu	Program Director, Dance
Rachel Dirks Assistant Professor	rdirks@ksu.edu	Director of Orchestral Studies; Music Area Coordinator (Ensembles)
Sławomir Dobrzański Professor, Piano	slawomir@ksu.edu	Division Head of Keyboard
Neil Dunn Instructor, Dance & Percussion	neildunn@ksu.edu	Academic Advisor for Dance
Kayla Engel Office Specialist II	krengel@ksu.edu
Kurt Gartner Professor, Percussion	kgartner@ksu.edu
Angel George HR Manager	angeldominick14@k-state.edu
Wayne Goins University Distinguished Professor, Guitar	weg@ksu.edu	Director of Jazz Studies
Courtney Grecu Program/Project Coordinator (Bands)	cljensen@ksu.edu
Amy Guffey Teaching Assistant Professor, Clarinet	aguffey@ksu.edu
Ruth Gurgel Associate Professor, Music Education	gurgel@ksu.edu	Division Head of Music Education; Music Area Coordinator (Music Education/Graduate Studies)
Jacqueline Fassler-Kerstetter Associate Professor, Horn	jkerstet@ksu.edu
Sara Heptig Classy Cats & Twirlers Coordinator	saraheptig@k-state.edu
Dan Hinman Assistant Professor, Trombone	djhinman@ksu.edu
Jesus De Hoyos Teaching Assistant Professor, Voice	jdehoyos@ksu.edu	Recruiting Office Director
Hai Tao Huang Instructor, Music Theory	hthuang@ksu.edu
Madeleine Jansen Assistant Professor, Violin and Viola	mjansen@ksu.edu	Division Head of Strings
John Kilgore Assistant Professor, Trumpet	jrkilgor@ksu.edu	Music Area Coordinator (Applied Music)
Mirta Lenart-Mocnik Budget/Fiscal Coordinator	mlm01@ksu.edu
Stephen Loch Teaching Assistant Professor, Dance	loch@ksu.edu
Rossina Lozoya Professor of Practice, Costume Design	rlozoya@ksu.edu
Heather McCornack Instructor, Musical Theatre, Collaborative Pianist, Country Music	hmccor@ksu.edu
David Mackay Associate Professor, Acting/Directing	dbmackay@ksu.edu	Program Director, Theatre
Dorothy Glick Maglione Assistant Professor, Music History/Musicology	dmaglione@ksu.edu
George Wame Matthews Senior Professor of Practice, Scenery Construction	georgewm@ksu.edu	Scene Shop Supervisor
Steven Maxwell Professor, Tuba/Euphonium	smaxwell@ksu.edu	Division Head of Wind & Percussion
Susan Maxwell Teaching Associate Professor, Bassoon	suemax@ksu.edu	Division Head for Music Business
Alyssa Morris Associate Professor, Oboe	alyssamorris@ksu.edu
Melissa Neville Senior Professor of Practice, Costume Design	costume@ksu.edu	Costume Shop Manager, Head of Design/Tech /Management
Joshua Oppenheim Professor, Choir	joshuao@ksu.edu	Director of Choral Studies
Phillip Payne Professor, Music Education	ppayne@k-state.edu	Acting Dean of the Graduate School
Julie L. Pentz Professor, Dance	jpentz@ksu.edu
Xan Perkins Instructor	xperkins@ksu.edu	Assistant Director of Bands
David Pickering Professor, Organ	dpickeri@ksu.edu	Program Director, Music
Bryan Pinkall Associate Professor, Voice	pinkall@ksu.edu	Director of the School of Music, Theatre, & Dance
Patrick Reading Professor of Practice, Theatre	preading@ksu.edu
Cheryl Richt Instructor, Voice	clricht@ksu.edu
Amy Rosine Professor, Voice	arosine@ksu.edu	Division Head of Voice
Sharyn Schafer-Worcester Instructor, Music Theory, Aural Skills	ses8555@ksu.edu
Shannon Blake Skelton Associate Professor, Theatre History	sbskelton@ksu.edu
Autumn Shoemaker Instructor, Yoga	fall@ksu.edu
Kendra Staley Instructor, Yoga	kns7575@ksu.edu
Ben Stark Professor, Theatre	benstark@ksu.edu	Assistant Dean for Infrastructure and Faculty Support
Ben Stasny Teaching Assistant Professor, Acting/Directing	stasny@ksu.edu
David Charles Tay Assistant Professor, Voice	dctay@ksu.edu
Patricia Thompson Professor, Voice	patthomp@ksu.edu
Amy Tighe Color Guard Coordinator	dundas@k-state.edu
Dwight Tolar Instructor, Acting and Directing	dhtolar@ksu.edu
Darin Volwiler Instructor, Yoga	darindv@ksu.edu
Casey Ward Instructor, Yoga	caseyward@ksu.edu
Peter Weinert Assistant Professor, Music Education	pweinert@ksu.edu
Craig Weston Professor, Composition	cweston@ksu.edu	Music Area Coordinator (Academics); Division Head of Music Theory & Composition
Adam White Assistant Professor, Music Education	agwhite@ksu.edu
Colleen White Associate Professor, Flute	colleenwhite@ksu.edu	Division Head for Music Service Courses
Alex Wimmer Assistant Professor, Band	amwimmer@ksu.edu	Director of Bands
David Simmons Wood Advanced Instructor, Performance Practice, World Music, Music Theory	davidwood@ksu.edu	Marketing Director of the School; Director of Early-Music Ensembles
Ben Worcester Academic Advisor, Instructor	bdw3355@ksu.edu	Academic Advisor for Music
Anna Marie Wytko University Distinguished Professor, Saxophone	wytko@ksu.edu
Megan Zeman Event Coordinator	mmzeman@ksu.edu

Emeritus Faculty

Sally Bailey sdbailey@k-state.edu	Jack Flouer flouer@k-state.edu	Craig Parker cbp@ksu.edu
Fred Burrack fburrack@ksu.edu	Virginia Houser vhouser@k-state.edu	Dana Pinkston dmpink@k-state.edu
Jerry Jay Cranford jjcranford@k	Paul Hunt phunt@k-state.edu	Reginald Pittman pittman@ksu.edu
Cora Cooper corac@k-state.edu	David Littrell dlitmus@k-state.edu	Gerald S. Polich polich@k-state.edu
Jennifer Edwards jre@k-state.edu	Charlotte MacFarland charmac@k-state.edu	Mary Ellen Sutton sutton@k-state.edu
Robert L. Edwards rle@k-state.edu	Gary Mortenson Gary_Mortenson@baylor.edu	Frank Tracz ftracz@ksu.edu
Jana Fallin jfallin@k-state.edu	Marci Maullar marcima@k-state.edu	John Utoff jsutd@ksu.edu
Norman Fedder fedder@k-state.edu	David Ollington dollingt@k-state.edu	William Wingfield wwingf@k-state.edu