Meet the newest Arts & Humanities faculty (2009-2010)
Melissa Caldwell
English
3015 Coleman
217-581-7481
mcaldwell@eiu.edu
Education
PhD: Univerity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Office Hours
Monday 2-3 p.m.
Wednesday 2-4 p.m.
Anna Cromwell
Music
2516 Doudna Fine Arts Center
217-581-7017
alcromwell@eiu.edu
Education
DMA: University of Minnesota
MM: University of Minnesoa
BA: Vanderbilt University (violin performance)
Office Hours
Monday 1-2 p.m., Tuesday 11 a.m.-12 noon, Friday 10-11 a.m.
Presently Teaching
MUS 2555G: Interacting with Music
MUS 1543: Aural Skills
MUS 1150-3350: Violin lessons
MUS 1151-3351: Viola lessons
Professional Interests
I am currently working on a project involving the commission, performance, and recording of six new American duos for violin and cello.
Jay Ivey
Music
2429 Doudna Fine Arts Center
217-581-5490
jvivey@eiu.edu
Education
PhD: Indiana University-Bloomington (in progress)
MA: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
BA: Shorter College
Office Hours
Tuesday 11 a.m.-12 noon, 1-2 p.m.
Thursday 1-2 p.m.
Friday 2-3 p.m.
Presently Teaching
Studio Voice
Music, Theatre and Opera Ensemble
Professional Interests
Opera, Music Theatre, vocal pedagogy, song literature, and
poetic forms and their musical synthesis
Personal Interests
Architecture, cars, and travel
Angela Jacobs
Communication Studies
1280 Coleman Hall
217-581-8362
asjacobs@eiu.edu
Education
PhD: Southern Illinois University
MA: Eastern Illinois University
Office Hours
Monday-Friday 11 a.m.- 12 noon
Monday and Wednesday 1-2 p.m.
Presently Teaching
CMN 2020: Communication Research
CMN 2630: Introduction to Interpersonal Communication
CMN 3710: Intercultural Communication
Professional Interests
Family Communication, children's narrative performance, sports communication, and grief narratives and stigma theory
Domenica Newell-Amato
Foreign Languages
1240 Coleman Hall
217-581-8588|
denewellamato@eiu.edu
Education
PhD: Emory University
MA: Syracuse University
BA: Florida State University
Office Hours
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 1-2 p.m.
Presently Teaching
FLX 1101: Italian
FLF 1101: French
FLF 2201: French
Professional Interests
17 century French Theatre, Francophone literature
Personal Interests
Painting, Dance, Reading, Travel, Nature
Rosemary Onyango
African American Studies
3165 Blair Hall
217-581-7114
raonyango@eiu.edu
Education
BA, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya
MA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Office Hours
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 10-11:30 a.m.
Presently Teaching
AFR 1000: Introduction to African American Studies
AFR 3100: African Aesthetics and Cosmology
Professional Interests
Teaching and scholarship in various areas including: multicultural education, language and literacy, multi-ethnic literature, curriculum studies and policy issues and their effect on learners
Personal Interests
Reading, music, gardening and travel
Lee Patterson
History
3280 Coleman Hall
217-581-3457
lepatterson2@eiu.edu
Education
PhD: University of Missouri
David Richardson
Art Department
2818 Doudna Fine Arts Center
217-581-6097
drichardson@eiu.edu
Education
MFA: Indiana University-Bloomington (Graphic Design)
BA: Indiana University-Bloomington (English and Journalism)
Office Hours
Monday, 3-4 p.m.
Tuesday 9:30-11:30 a.m.
and by appointment
Presently Teaching
ART 4755: Special Topics in Art: Digital Motion Graphics
ART 1100: 2D Foundation
Professional Interests
Online motion graphic narratives; experimental typography; print and interactive collaborations with writers and musicians; graphic design, from traditional print to experimental digital
Personal Interests
Travel, hiking, gardening, playing with my dogs
Jemmie Robertson
Music
1513 Doudna Fine Arts Center
217-581-6118
jrobertson@eiu.edu
Education
MA: Yale University
BA: University of Northern Colorado
Office Hours
Monday 2-3 p.m.
Tuesday 9-1- a.m.
Wednesday 12-12:50 p.m.
Thursday 1-1:50 p.m.
Friday by appointment
Presently Teaching
MUS 1132-3332: Studio Trombone and Euphonium
MUS 2557G: The Evolution of Jazz and Rock
Professional Interests
I am an active professional performer as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber and orchestral musician. I enjoy working with colleagues in and around greater Chicagoland and Northern Illinois. In the summer I perform with the Breckenridge Music Festival in Colorado. I am enjoying getting to know my studio of fine trombone and euphonium players and making music with the Eastern Faculty Brass Quintet.
Personal Interests
I enjoy biking, hiking, skiing, hanging out with my family and our Golden Retriever/Lab mix Portia. I also enjoy reading and watching science fiction and I am addicted to most HBO series, especially "Entourage," "True Blood," "In Treatment," and "Big Love." I'm going through sci-fi withdrawal as "Battlestar Gallactica" has wrapped up and there is currently no "Star Trek" serial running.
Jamie Ryan
Music
1660 Doudna Fine Arts Center
217-581-7844
jvryan@eiu.edu
Education
MM, DMA-ABD: University of Wisconsin
BM: Lawrence University
Office Hours
TBD
Presently Teaching
MUS 0040: Applied Percussion
MUS 0240: Percussion Ensemble
MUS 1311: Percussion Methods
Professional Interests
Music - percussion, composition, teaching, studying, recording
Personal Interests
Triathlon sports, my dog, my daughter, reading (travel, history, biography, crappy Vince Flynn novels)
Linda Scholz
Communication Studies
1814 Coleman Hall
217-581-6942
tscholz@eiu.edu
Education
PhD: University of Colorado at Boulder (Communication)
MA: Colorado State Unviersity (Speech Communication)
Master's Certification: Colorado State University (Women's Studies)
BA: Colorado State University (Speech Communication)
Office Hours
Monday and Wednesday 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Tuesday and Thursday 2-3 p.m.
Presently Teaching
CMN 3250: Rhetoric, Democracy, and the Public Sphere
CMN 3710: Intercultural Communication
CMN 2040: Argumentation and Critical Thinking
Professional Interests
My research foci are in rhetorical theory and criticism, postcolonial feminist theory, subaltern studies, and Latin American/Latina/o studies. In short, my research explores how Latin America subalterns come to voice through the cultural discourse of testimonial to promote social and political change in their countries.
Personal Interests
My personal interests include hiking with my partner Marko and our cantankerous dog Mirrhi, lounging around with our two cats Ceniza and Carlos, and attending differenct fitness classes (especially Zumba fitness, which I am certified to teach).
Jason Waller
Philosophy
3734 Coleman Hall
217-581-3012
jwaller@eiu.edu
Education
PhD: Purdue University (Philosophy)
MA: Purdue University (Philosophy)
BA: Kent State University (Philosophy, classics, and English)
Office Hours
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11-11 a.m.
Thursday 2-3 p.m.
Presently Teaching
PHI 1000G: Introduction to Philosophy
PHI 2500G: Introduction to Ethics
Professional Interests
Modern Philosophy, Political Philosophy
Personal Interests
I enjoy long walks, music (especially Jazz and classical), and good conversation.
Ali Yaycioglu
History
2280 Coleman Hall
217-581-3456
ayaycioglu@eiu.edu
