Faculty

Delia Neil, Associate Professor, holds a B.A. degree in Dance from Butler University and an MFA in Dance from UNC Greensboro. Neil is a Professional Choreographer and Master Teacher of Ballet and a certified Pilates Mat Instructor. She was a finalist for the Bank of America Award for Teaching Excellence at UNC Charlotte in 2003. Her […]

Dr. Marissa Nesbit is deeply committed to the idea that all children should have the opportunity to attain an excellent dance education centered in the arts. Named as 2024 Outstanding Dance Educator in Higher Education by the National Dance Education Organization, Dr. Nesbit’s approach to teaching centers the meaning that students create through encounters with […]

Dr. Bonnie Noble has been teaching at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte since 1999. She received her Ph.D. in Art History from Northwestern University, her M.A. in Art History from the University of Pennsylvania and her B.A. in Religious Studies from Northwestern University. Dr. Noble specializes in Northern Renaissance art, with a particular […]

Before assisting on the Broadway productions of Good People (World Premiere) and Jerusalem (Tony Nominated – Best Lighting Design) in 2011, Gordon Olson spent three years as Resident Lighting Designer with Florida Grand Opera, where his designs for Madama Butterfly, Lucia di Lammermoor, and Cosi fan Tutte won critical praise. Between 2006-2008, Gordon served as the Lighting Supervisor for Houston Grand Opera, where […]

Currently a member of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) Society for Research in Music Education Executive Committee (2018-2024), Dr. Orman is widely recognized as one of the top scholars in the world in the field of music education. From 2012-2018, she served as the United States Commissioner for the International Society for Music Education (ISME) […]

Mark Pizzato earned a Ph.D. in English from UW-Milwaukee, an MFA (Master of Fine Arts) in Dramatic Writing from the Catholic University of America, and a B.A. in English from the University of Notre Dame.  He has published various interdiscplinary books, including Edges of Loss (1998), Theatres of Human Sacrifice: From Ancient Ritual to Screen Violence (2005), Ghosts of Theatre and […]

Dr. Angela Rajagopalan is the Chair and an Associate Professor of Art History in the Department of Art & Art History where she teaches courses on Pre-Columbian and early colonial art and architecture of Mexico. Her research focuses on sixteenth-century painted manuscripts from central Mexico and explores changing artistic practices in the century after the Spanish conquest. […]

Marek Ranis is a Professor and the Sculpture Area Coordinator in the Department of Art & Art History and a multi-media environmental artist. Through sculpture, installation, painting, photography, and video, Ranis explores social, political, and anthropological aspects of phenomena such as climate change. He is a recipient of numerous grants, fellowships, and residencies, including UNESCO Aschberg […]

Kristin Rothrock began teaching at UNC Charlotte in 2000. She is a Senior Lecturer in Art Foundations in the Department of Art & Art History and teaches Book Arts and Paper Making. Rothrock has an MFA in Graphic Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a BS in Studio Art/Printmaking from Skidmore College.

Violinist David Russell is one of the most celebrated violin pedagogues of his generation. Currently, the Anne R. Belk Distinguished Professor of Violin at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Mr. Russell previously served on the Violin Faculty at The Cleveland Institute of Music for 24 years and was Visiting Violin Faculty at Oberlin College Conservatory […]