Faculty

Benjamin G. Stickels is a Senior Lecturer for the Performing Arts Services: Design & Production unit in the College of Arts + Architecture, serving as Audio Engineer and Assistant Production Manager. He develops and teaches courses for the departments of Theatre (1245 – Theatre Technology I: Sound; 2240 – Sound Design I; 3246 – Theatre Technology […]

Elizabeth Sullivan is the Associate Professor of Oboe and Musicianship at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is a passionate educator and performer dedicated to elevating others in all areas of music.  As a professor at Charlotte, Dr. Sullivan instructs at all levels, from advanced oboe classes to the rudiments of music. Her […]

Ashley L. Tate is a director, choreographer, educator, and performer from Saint Louis, Missouri.  She is an assistant professor of dance at UNC Charlotte, an affiliate faculty member with the Department of Africana Studies, and founder, artistic director, and executive director of Ashleyliane Dance Company (ADC). ADC is a professional performance organization based in St. Louis, MO […]

Brian Taylor joins the faculty of UNC Charlotte as Director of Athletic Bands this fall after earning his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Wind Conducting at Michigan State University under the supervision of Dr. Kevin Sedatole. At MSU he was active with Spartan Marching Band, Spartan Brass, concert ensembles, conducting classes, and the marching band methods […]

David Thaddeus is a registered architect and Professor of Structures and Architectural Design.  He has been at UNC Charlotte since 1999. Previously he was an Associate Professor at the University of Houston, where he taught architectural structures and design from 1989-1999. Professor Thaddeus earned his Bachelor of Structural Engineering from the American University of Beirut in Lebanon […]

Lydia C. Thompson is a professor in the Department of Art & Art History at UNC Charlotte and the former department chair. She has held positions as the Director of the School of Art at Texas Tech University, Department Head at Mississippi State University, Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University, Assistant Dean […]

Lorraine Turi is a Foundations Lecturer in the Department of Art & Art History at UNC Charlotte. Turi received a Master of Fine Arts in Photo Based Media at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, and a BFA in Photography from The University of North Carolina, Charlotte. As an artist, Turi uses photography to […]

Nathaniel Underwood is an Assistant Professor of Illustration at UNC Charlotte. He received his BFA from the Columbus College of Art and Design and MFA in Painting from UNC Greensboro. Before teaching at UNC Charlotte, he taught life drawing at Savannah College of Art and Design and drawing for entertainment design and figurative painting at […]

Malena Valencia is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Art & Art History at UNC Charlotte. Prior to UNC Charlotte, she taught at colleges in NC, SC, TX, and FL.  She earned an MFA in painting/drawing at the University of Florida and completed an immersion language program at the Russian School of Norwich University in […]

Alexandra Waller is an Assistant Professor in the David R. Ravin School of Architecture and a cofounder and principal of Teltta, a research and design collective. Teltta’s work engages novel workflows and holistic systems of production, prioritizing the dialog between computation, material, craft, and context, and investigating the complex relationship between made objects and their […]