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Justin Badgerow, Assistant Professor of Music

Justin Badgerow

Office: FAB 107, Alpine
Phone: (432) 837-8222
Fax: (432) 837-8376
E-Mail: jbadgerow@sulross.edu
Web: http://faculty.sulross.edu/jbadgerow

B.M. in Piano, University of Central Florida-Orlando
M.M. in Piano Performance, University of Texas at Austin
D.M.A in Piano, University of Colorado-Boulder

Specialization: piano. Teaches class piano, private piano lessons, music theory and music appreciation. Accompanies faculty and student recitals as well as the University Choir.

Steve Bennack, Lecturer of Music

Steve Bennack

Office: FAB 100A, Alpine
Phone: (432) 837-8215
Fax: (432) 837-8376
E-Mail: sbennack@sulross.edu
Web: http://faculty.sulross.edu/sbennack

Specialization: guitar, bass, low brass.

Avram Dumitrescu, Scientific Illustrator and Lecturer

Office: CENT 104D, Alpine
Phone: (432) 837-8779
Fax: (432) 837-8827
E-Mail: adumitrescu@sulross.edu
Web: http://faculty.sulross.edu/adumitrescu

B.A., Visual Communication, University of Ulster at Belfast
M.A.A., Illustration and Painting, University of Ulster at Belfast

Specialization: Painting, Illustration, Design

Carol Fairlie, Assistant Professor of Art

Carol Fairlie

Office: FAB 009, Alpine
Phone: (432) 837-8258
Fax: (432) 837-8376
E-Mail: fairlie@sulross.edu
Web: http://faculty.sulross.edu/fairlie

Four-year certificate, painting, Pennsylvania Academy of the Arts
B.F.A., painting and ceramics, Texas Woman's University
M.F.A., painting and printmaking, University of North Texas

Specialization: Painting, Printmaking

Donald Freed, Associate Professor of Music

Donald Freed

Office: FAB 200A, Alpine
Phone: (432) 837-8216
Fax: (432) 837-8376
E-Mail: dfreed@sulross.edu
Web: http://faculty.sulross.edu/dfreed

B.M., Nebraska Wesleyan University
M.M., University of Nebraska
Ph.D., University of Nebraska

Specialization: vocal and choral music, music history, secondary music education, voice pedagogy.

Kristi Hext, Lecturer of Art

Kristi Hext

Office: FAB 05A, Alpine
Phone: (432) 837-8130
Fax: (432) 837-8376
E-Mail: khext@sulross.edu
Web: http://faculty.sulross.edu/khext

Erin Lippard, Adjunct Instructor

Erin Lippard

Office: FAB 106, Alpine
Phone: (432) 837-8218
Fax: (432) 837-8376
E-Mail: elippard@sulross.edu
Web: http://faculty.sulross.edu/elippard

B.M., James Madison University
M.M., Indiana University
D.Mus., University of Colorado

Specialization: voice.

Michael Lippard, Assistant Professor of Music

Michael Lippard

Office: FAB 208, Alpine
Phone: (432) 837-8018
Fax: (432) 837-8376
E-Mail: mlippard@sulross.edu
Web: http://faculty.sulross.edu/mlippard

B.M.E., James Madison University
M.M., clarinet performance, Northwestern University
Doctorate, clarinet performance and pedagogy, University of Colorado at Boulder

Director of the university bands. Teaches applied woodwind lessons.

Barbara Richerson, Lecturer

Barbara Richerson

Office: BAB 107, Alpine
Phone: (432) 837-8135
Fax: (432) 837-8664
E-Mail: barbarar@sulross.edu

Dona Roman, Director of Theatre and Associate Professor of Theatre

Dona Roman

Office: FAB 203C, Alpine
Phone: (432) 837-8219
Fax: (432) 837-8376
E-Mail: droman@sulross.edu
Web: http://faculty.sulross.edu/droman

B.F.A., acting and directing, University of Oklahoma
M.F.A., acting, University of California at Los Angeles

Specialization: Acting, Voice, Costume Design. Sponsor of Alpha Psi Omega.

Esther Rumsey, Department Chair and Assistant Professor of Communication

Esther Rumsey

Office: FAB 106A, Alpine
Phone: (432) 837-8211
Fax: (432) 837-8376
E-Mail: erumsey@sulross.edu
Web: http://faculty.sulross.edu/erumsey

Ph.D., Rutgers University

Advisor for Lambda Pi Honor Society and co-director of the Sul Ross Fall UIL Academic Tournament.

Jim Bob Salazar, Associate Professor of Art and Ceramics Gallery Director

Jim Bob Salazar

Office: FAB 010, Alpine
Phone: (432) 837-8405
Fax: (432) 837-8376
E-Mail: jsalazar@sulross.edu
Web: http://faculty.sulross.edu/jsalazar

B.F.A., 1995, ceramics and graphic art, West Texas A&M University in Canyon
M.F.A., 1998, ceramics, University of North Texas

Specialization: Ceramics, Design, Photography, Kiln Building, Kiln-Formed Glass. Salazar is director of the Francois Fine Arts Gallery.

Jay Sawyer, Associate Professor of Theatre

Jay Sawyer

Office: FAB 203B, Alpine
Phone: (432) 837-8372
Fax: (432) 837-8376
E-Mail: jsawyer@sulross.edu
Web: http://faculty.sulross.edu/jsawyer

B.M., 1982, East Texas Baptist College
M.A., 1998, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
M.F.A., 1999, Texas Tech University

Gregory Schwab, Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management and Professor

Gregory Schwab

Office: BAB 203, Alpine
Phone: (432) 837-8432
Fax: (432) 837-8028
E-Mail: gschwab@sulross.edu
Web: http://faculty.sulross.edu/gschwab

B.A., 1979, Carroll College
M.A., Trinity University

Specialization: Directing, Theatre History, Children's Theatre and Creative Dramatics, Musical Theatre

Juliette Schwab, Lecturer in Theatre

Juliette Schwab

Office: FAB 106, Alpine
Phone: (432) 837-8218
Fax: (432) 837-8376
E-Mail: jschwab@sulross.edu
Web: http://faculty.sulross.edu/jschwab

B.B.A., 1970, University of Texas at El Paso
M.A., 2003, Sul Ross State University

Michelle Selk, Assistant Professor of Communication

Michelle Selk

Office: FAB 203A, Alpine
Phone: (432) 837-8794
Fax: (432) 837-8376
E-Mail: mselk@sulross.edu
Web: http://faculty.sulross.edu/mselk

B.A., 1998, communication and English, Northwestern College
M.A., 2002, communication, Regent University
Ph.D., 2007, communication, Regent University

Erin Smith, Secretary

Office: FAB 106, Alpine
Phone: (432) 837-8218
Fax: (432) 837-8376
E-Mail: esmith2@sulross.edu

Keith West, Assistant Professor of Communication and Theatre

Keith West

Office: FAB 206B, Alpine
Phone: (432) 837-8416
Fax: (432) 837-8376
E-Mail: kwest@sulross.edu
Web: http://faculty.sulross.edu/kwest

B.S., 1987, business, Oklahoma State University-Stillwater
M.S., 1991, radio-TV production and management, Oklahoma State University-Stillwater
Ph.D., 2007, fine arts, Texas Tech University-Lubbock

Specialization: Mass Communication. Faculty advisor to KSRC-FM and the Sul Ross Radio Theatre Project.

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