Faculty

Erik Waterkotte is the Associate Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Art & Art History at UNC Charlotte.  He received his MFA from the University of Alberta in 2005 and his BFA from Illinois State University in 2001. While completing his BFA, he studied printmaking for a semester at the University of Wolverhampton in the […]

Rachel Swenson Watkins is a graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.  She has worked in Charlotte as a Stage Manager for CPCC Summer Theatre and as the Resident Stage Manager for 2 seasons at the Cape Fear Regional Theatre in Fayetteville.  She also did a stint on a bus and […]

Betsy West is an Associate Professor in the David R. Ravin School of Architecture. She received her Master of Architecture degree from Yale University and practiced professionally with several firms, including The Freelon Group before joining the faculty at UNC Charlotte in 1998. She is a licensed architect in North Carolina. Her scholarship and teaching […]

Dr. Jennifer Whitaker is Professor of Music Education and Associate Chair of the Department of Music at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her research interests include music teacher effectiveness; technology in music teaching; and diversity, equity, and inclusion in music. She has presented research across the United States and the world including in […]

Associate Professor Tamara Williams earned her BFA in Dance from Florida State University and received her MFA in Dance from Hollins University in collaboration with The American Dance Festival, The Forsythe Company, and Frankfurt University. She is a certified GYROTONIC(R) Trainer, Reiki Practitioner, and capoeirista. Williams’ performing career includes work with Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Company, David […]

Professor of Directing Robin Witt has been on faculty at Charlotte since 2010. Most of her professional directing work is in Chicago, where she is a member of both Steep Theatre and Griffin Theatre Company. The courses she teaches include Play Analysis, Directing I and II, and In-Yer-Face and Beyond: British Theatre from 1995 to […]

Peter Wong is an Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, where he has taught architectural design, history, and theory since 1988. His scholarly contributions include a translation of Vittorio Gregotti’s treatise, Inside Architecture (w/ Francesca Zaccheo, MIT, 1996) and a critical account of Shanghai shikumen housing in the article “Chinese Puzzle” […]

Dr. Alan Yamamoto leads the orchestra program at UNC Charlotte. From 2011 to 2022 Dr. Yamamoto was the conductor of the Central Piedmont Opera Theater Orchestra and a full-time faculty member at the college for nine years. In 2021 he founded the new Queens Chamber Orchestra at Queens University. Dr. Yamamoto’s current community collaborative project, […]

Jacqueline Yost is Senior Lecturer in Music Theory and Aural Skills at UNC Charlotte, and also serves as the applied instructor for organ. She holds the BM and DMA in organ performance and literature from the Eastman School of Music, where she also received the prestigious Harold Gleason Emerging Artist Award, Performer’s Certificate, and graduated with […]