Faculty

Pelin Alkan is an interior architect specialized in exhibition design. Before joining the UNC Charlotte, she contributed to numerous exhibition design projects for renowned institutions such as Kunsthalle Wien in Vienna and Pera and YapıKredi Museums in Istanbul. Her experience covers a wide range of exhibition types, including contemporary, archival, archaeological, science and nature, and […]

Gretchen Alterowitz is a dance artist, scholar, and educator. As a professor of dance at UNC Charlotte, she teaches across theory and practice, focusing on ballet technique, choreography, dance writing, and dance studies. She is currently the Chair of the Department of Dance. Alterowitz’s research focuses on feminist, queer, and democratic dancemaking and performance. Her […]

Nadia M. Anderson is an associate professor of architecture and urban design in the David R. Ravin School of Architecture. Her work is about how power and injustice are present in the built environment and how this can be changed through creative work as praxis. She is a licensed architect with professional experience in Chicago, […]

Dr. Brian Arreola is Professor of Voice & Opera Workshop at UNC Charlotte. He has appeared in lead and supporting tenor roles with opera companies across the US and Europe, including Minnesota Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Opera Carolina, Toledo Opera, New Orleans Opera, Grachtenfestival (Netherlands), Iford Opera (UK), and others. His singing of the […]

Since 1982, Professor Bruce Auerbach has created stage designs for over 200 regional theatre and university productions for both theatre and dance. Though a versatile designer with broad interests, he’s often drawn to productions that evoke strong displays of emotion – the works of Williams, Miller, and Ibsen, for example. He’s particularly interested in designing […]

Professor Mona Azarbayjani is the Graduate Program Director at the Davd R. Ravin School of Architecture at UNC Charlotte. She obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and joined UNC Charlotte in 2010. Her research focuses on energy analytics, high-performance and healthy buildings, and user-centered design with new technologies. Dr. Azarbayjani’s research examines integrated […]

Alyah Baker is a dance artist, scholar, and choreographer working at the intersection of art and embodied activism. She is an assistant professor of dance at UNC Charlotte and the founder of Ballet for Black and Brown Bodies, an education and advocacy platform that engages BIPOC dancers in culturally relevant ballet training. Baker’s research focuses […]

E.E. Balcos, Filipino-American and native Minnesotan, is Professor of Dance, professional performer, choreographer, and somatic dance and movement educator. He teaches Modern Technique, Improvisation, Contact Improvisation, Choreography, Anatomy for Dancers, and choreographs for Performance Practicum. He holds a BA in Music from The Colorado College and an MFA in Choreography from The University of Iowa. He is […]

Jeff Balmer is an associate professor at the David R Ravin School of Architecture at UNC Charlotte. His scholarship engages the history of modernist and contemporary architecture in Italy, foundations design pedagogy, and the history and practice of the architectural diagram. He is nearing completion of the Third Edition of Diagramming the Big Idea: Methods for […]

Audrey Baran (she / her) is a Filipina-American dance maker, performer, and educator based in the land of the Catawba people / Charlotte, North Carolina. She holds a MFA in Dance from Hollins University and a BA in Dance from UNC Charlotte, where she is the Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance. She also holds a […]