College of Fine Arts Experts
Nanette Acosta
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Theatre and Dance, College of Fine Arts
nanette.acosta@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0641, +1 512 471 0642
Expertise: costumes, costume design, undergraduate teaching, recruitment, theatrical design, theatre design, film design
Andree H Bober
Director, Landmarks Public Art Program, College of Fine Arts
abober@landmarksut.org
+1 512 415 7392, +1 512 495 4315
Expertise: art museums, museum administration, arts administration, museum directorship, museum studies, contemporary art, public art, art in public spaces, collections, collections management, UT special collections
Chelsea Burns
Assistant Professor, Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music, College of Fine Arts
cburns@austin.utexas.edu
+1 312 912 1003
Expertise: Latin American music, country music, bluegrass music, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Carlos Chávez, Silvestre Revueltas, Francisco Mignone, Bobby Womack, Taylor Swift
Charlotte Canning
Professor, Department of Theatre and Dance, College of Fine Arts
charlottecanning@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5793
Expertise: US theatre history, Broadway, Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, historiography, feminist theatre, theatre and American society, historical entertainment industry.
Eddie Chambers
Professor, Department of Art and Art History, College of Fine Arts
eddiechambers@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 2474
Expertise: African Diaspora Art
Daniel Ching
Associate Professor of Practice, Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music, College of Fine Arts
dching@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 2093
Expertise: classical music, chamber music, string quartet, chamber music coaching, violin teacher, string pedagogy
John R Clarke
Professor, Department of Art and Art History, College of Fine Arts
j.clarke@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 2355
Expertise: Ancient Greek and Roman art and architecture; classical archaeology; digital modeling; contemporary art and criticism; gender studies; art-historical methodology; cultural studies
Eric A Drott
Professor, Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music, College of Fine Arts
drott@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 3478
Expertise: contemporary music culture, music streaming, digital music, music and protest, the political economy of music, avant-garde music
Robert A Duke
Marlene and Morton Meyerson Centennial Professor, Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music, College of Fine Arts
bobduke@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0972
Expertise: Human learning and behavior; procedural memory consolidation; skill learning
James Gabrillo
Assistant Professor, Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music, College of Fine Arts
james.gabrillo@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: pop music, digital technologies, film and television, multimedia, Philippines
Joshua T Gindele
Associate Professor of Practice, Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music, College of Fine Arts
jgindele@mail.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1526
Expertise: Classical music, Chamber music, String quartet, Media relations, PR, Record production
Julia Guernsey
Professor, Department of Art and Art History, College of Fine Arts
j.guernsey@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5850
Expertise: Olmec and Maya art, architecture, and material culture; ancient Mesoamerican art, themes, iconography, and ritual associations.
Megan L Hildebrandt
Associate Professor of Practice, Department of Art and Art History, College of Fine Arts
megan.hildebrandt@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: contemporary art, foundations art pedagogy, drawing, artist mothers, arts-in-healthcare, community-based art practices
Martha F Hilley
Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus, Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music, College of Fine Arts
mfhilley@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Group piano; piano pedagogy; career goals and management; dedicated web sites created for both non-music major and music major group piano classes.
Judith Jellison
Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus, Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music, College of Fine Arts
jjellison@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Elementary music education; music and children with disabilities; observation and evaluation in classroom/rehearsals; music in special education and therapy
Jerry F Junkin
Director (0379), Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music, College of Fine Arts
jfjunkin@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 4093
Expertise: classical music, wind ensemble/band music, conducting, band programs
John C Largess
Associate Professor of Practice, Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music, College of Fine Arts
jlargess@utexas.edu
+1 512 232 9540
Expertise: string quartet, classical music, performance, chamber music, coaching, Ludwig van Beethoven
Brian D Lewis
Professor, Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music, College of Fine Arts
blviolin@utexas.edu
Expertise: Violin
Beili Liu
Leslie Waggener Professor, College of Fine Arts
beili@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 6071
Expertise: Visual art, contemporary art, installation art, sculpture, Arctic art research, art and climate change, art and science collaboration, environmental art, art activism, interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, fiber art, performance art, public art, feminist art, craft, indigenous craft, contemporary Asian-American art, contemporary Chinese-American art, Asian diaspora
Alison Maggart
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music, College of Fine Arts
alison.maggart@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: western art music of the United States, academic music, serialism/formalism, Cold War culture, New Age, sound and meditation
Robin D Moore
Professor, Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music, College of Fine Arts
robin.moore@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 0373, +1 512 471 7764
Expertise: His principal research interests include Cuban music and music of the Hispanic Caribbean, musical nationalism, socialist art aesthetics, historical ethnomusicology, and music and race relations.
Stephennie Mulder
Associate Professor, Department of Art and Art History, College of Fine Arts
smulder@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 5851
Expertise: Islamic art, architecture, and archaeology, cultural heritage in the Middle East/Southwest Asia.
Guido Olivieri
Professor of Instruction, Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music, College of Fine Arts
olivieri@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 8015
Expertise: 18th-century music, performance practice, archival studies, history of pedagogy, music and powers in 18th-century Europe
Susan W Rather
Professor, Department of Art and Art History, College of Fine Arts
rather@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 3390
Expertise: American Art, early American art, British Colonial American artists and artisans, portraiture, self-portraiture, Benjamin West, John Singleton Copley, Gilbert Stuart, William Williams, Samuel F. D. Morse, Paul Manship, early 20th-century sculpture
KJ Sanchez
Associate Professor, Department of Theatre and Dance, College of Fine Arts
kjsanchez@austin.utexas.edu
Expertise: Theatre, Directing, Playwriting, Producer, Choreography, Documentary Theatre
Julie Schell
Assistant Vice Provost of Academic Technology and Director of the Office of Academic Technology
julie.schell@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1772
Expertise: Academic technology, technology-enhanced learning, learning technologies, online education, college teaching and learning, course evaluations, design thinking, design pedagogy, learning experience design, and developing expertise in generative AI tools in higher education.
Sonia T Seeman
Associate Professor, Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music, College of Fine Arts
stseeman@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 2854
Expertise: world music; Romani ("Gypsy") communities; Southeastern Europe, Turkish, Former Ottoman culture and music; neighborhood/grassroots activism; culture of diasporic commmunities; migration
Richard Shiff
Professor, Department of Art and Art History, College of Fine Arts
rshiff@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 7547, +1 512 471 7757
Expertise: History of art, 19th and 20th centuries and contemporary, art theory, criticism