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College of Arts and Sciences Profiles

January 25, 2018 Nicholas Petron, M.A. ’70 College of Arts and Sciences, Adelphi University, Department of Theatre Nicholas Petron, M.A. ’70, has been teaching theater at Adelphi University for more than 40 years.

October 10, 2017 Igor Webb, Ph.D. College of Arts and Sciences, Department of English, Creative Writing Igor Webb, Ph.D., director of creative writing at Adelphi, is a poet and author of short stories, essays and novels.

October 10, 2017 Jacqueline Jones LaMon College of Arts and Sciences, Department of English, Creative Writing Jacqueline Jones LaMon is the author of two poetry collections and the novel In the Arms of One Who Loves Me.

October 10, 2017 Katherine Hill College of Arts and Sciences, Department of English, Creative Writing Katherine Hill is the author of the novel The Violet Hour (Scribner, 2013).

October 10, 2017 Anton Dudley College of Arts and Sciences, Department of English, Creative Writing Anton Dudley is a graduate of Vassar College and the NYU Tisch School of the Arts.

October 10, 2017 Martha Cooley College of Arts and Sciences, Department of English, Creative Writing Martha Cooley is a professor is the winner of an O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction (2017)

October 10, 2017 Judith Baumel College of Arts and Sciences, Department of English, Creative Writing Judith Baumel, founding director of the Creative Writing Program at Adelphi, is a poet, critic and translator.

September 25, 2017 A Shining Year College of Arts and Sciences, Adelphi University, Department of Music, Adelphi Magazine Composer and University Professor Paul Moravec's music wanders in Venice and screams Stephen King.

September 9, 2016 Adam Krauthamer Department of Music In New York, Krauthamer is pursuing an active freelance career and can be found playing in a number of groups, performing a wide variety of music, from Broadway shows to chamber music.

September 9, 2016 Paul Won Jin Cho Department of Music As a core member with Decoda, Quintet of the Americas, Cho also enjoys playing in Broadway pit orchestra in Les Misérables and Fiddler on the Roof.

April 25, 2016 Barami Waspe College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Music Barami Waspe is the adjunct professor of saxophone at Adelphi University.

March 29, 2016 Andrea Christie College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Music Canadian pianist Andrea Christie is a versatile performing artist with a flair for late-romantic works and a passion for contemporary music.

March 7, 2016 Larry Witmer College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Music Larry Witmer (trombone) received his BM degree from the Curtis Institute of Music where his teacher was M. Dee Stewart (Philadelphia Orchestra).

March 7, 2016 Andy Bhasin College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Music Violinist Andy Bhasin’s solo and chamber music performances have taken him around the United States, Europe, Central and South America

January 21, 2016 Violetta Zabbi Department of Music A native of Odessa, Ukraine, Violetta Zabbi is an accomplished pianist, conductor and coach.

December 17, 2015 Anne Sophie Andersen Department of Music, College of Arts and Sciences Both an accomplished violinist and composer, Anne Sophie Andersen is an unusually diverse artist seeking to explore music from a variety of angles

December 10, 2015 Anne-Marie Bedney College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Music For more than 25 years, she has taught in various schools as well as in her private studio.

November 20, 2015 Suzanne Zak Department of Music, College of Arts and Sciences Suzanne’s passion for music education continues with her development of online courses for higher education music, E-Learning.

November 20, 2015 Linda Wetherill Department of Music, College of Arts and Sciences Adelphi Professor of Flute and Ensembles since 1994.

November 20, 2015 Dennis Sullivan College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Music Dr. Dennis K. Sullivan II is a percussionist, educator, performance artist, and composer based in Brooklyn NY.

November 20, 2015 Deborah Sepe Department of Music, College of Arts and Sciences Sepe performs as an orchestral and chamber musician throughout the United States.

November 20, 2015 Amr Selim Department of Music, College of Arts and Sciences The winner of the 2012 Northeast Horn Solo Competition, Egyptian hornist Amr Selim is quickly establishing a reputation as one of today’s foremost horn players.

November 20, 2015 Kristin Samadi College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Music Since the Fall of 2011, Samadi has been an adjunct Professor at Adelphi University, teaching courses in piano as well as form and analysis.

November 20, 2015 Nicholas Reeves College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Music Nicholas Reeves brings together classical, sacred, and popular influences in well-crafted music that is gaining attention in New York City and beyond.

November 20, 2015 Erin Quill College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Music She was named by Playbill as one of "The Most Useful Women in Theater to Follow on Social Media" in 2015.

November 20, 2015 Jim Oshinsky College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Music Jim Oshinsky has a vision – that everyone is musical, and that improvisation is the bridge that can naturally connect one human being to another.

November 20, 2015 Kelley Nassief College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Music A teacher for more than 25 years, Kelley Nassief is a vocal pedagogue featured in master classes and clinics throughout the country.

November 20, 2015 Bonnie McAlvin Department of Music, College of Arts and Sciences She is known for her rare ability to play multiphonics—a technique somewhat akin to playing double-stops on a string instrument.

November 20, 2015 Rodger Lee Department of Music Rodger Lee has enjoyed an interesting and versatile career as a freelance trumpeter in and around New York City for over 20 years.

November 20, 2015 Donald Larsen Department of Music, College of Arts and Sciences Don Larsen, a native Long Islander, holds a BS in Music Ed from Hofstra University and an MS in Music Ed from Queens College.

November 20, 2015 Salley Koo Department of Music, College of Arts and Sciences A violinist of great range and energy, Salley Koo has performed internationally as a solo and chamber musician.

November 20, 2015 Jocelyn Ho Department of Music, College of Arts and Sciences Jocelyn Ho has been hailed as an artist possessing “a surprisingly unrelenting physical technique” and “drawing unbelievably beautiful sonorities from the piano”.

November 20, 2015 Erin Heisel College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Music Erin Heisel’s performances have been described as “brave, vivid” and “clear, flute-like…beautiful”.

November 20, 2015 Jonathan Goodman Department of Music, College of Arts and Sciences Jonathan Goodman, tenor, is at home in a diverse repertoire spanning early music to contemporary.

November 20, 2015 Darla Diltz Department of Music, College of Arts and Sciences At Adelphi University, she teaches voice, vocal pedagogy and is the director of Adelphi Opera Theatre.

November 20, 2015 Jalylah Burrell Department of Music, College of Arts and Sciences Jalylah Burrell is an educator, veteran arts journalist, oral historian, deejay, audio editor, digital content producer/director and PhD candidate.

November 20, 2015 Jad Bernardo Department of Music A frequent collaborator with singers of opera and musical theater, Jad has performed with both the operatic and Broadway communities and divides his time as music director,collaborative pianist/coach, and teaching artist.

November 20, 2015 Karen Faust Baer Department of Music, College of Arts and Sciences Enjoying a diverse career in solo performance, conducting, accompanying and pedagogy, pianist Karen Faust Baer maintains a vital musical presence.

May 19, 2015 Heather Salerno: Teaching From Her Media Experience People Make the Place, College of Arts and Sciences Adjunct professor Heather Salerno draws from her journalism background in teaching the Arts and Entertainment Reporting course.

May 19, 2015 John Drew: Storyteller’s Media Lessons From the Classroom—and Beyond College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Communications, People Make the Place Assistant Professor John Drew incorporates Border Stories, a documentary built on immigration stories on the U.S./Mexico border, into his journalism courses.

March 9, 2015 Lee Stemkoski, Ph.D.: Game Changer College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, People Make the Place Lee Stemkoski, Ph.D., launches a new course on video game programming.

February 3, 2015 Eugenia Villa-Cuesta, Ph.D.: Still Evolving College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, People Make the Place Eugenia Villa-Cuesta, Ph.D., started Active Adelphi as a way for professors to learn from one another.

February 3, 2015 Terrence Ross: Making History Personal College of Arts and Sciences, Honors College, Department of Communications, People Make the Place Terrence Ross, an associate professor of communications, judges each class by how much the students teach him.

November 21, 2014 Stephanie Lake, Ph.D.: Dedicated to Her Craft College of Professional and Continuing Studies, Criminal Justice, College of Arts and Sciences Stephanie Lake, Ph.D., prides herself in being accessible for her students.

October 18, 2014 Melissa VanAlstine-Parris, Ph.D. College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Chemistry Assistant Professor VanAlstine-Parris takes you through the Organic Chemistry class she teaches.

October 2, 2014 Maggie Lally ’82 College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Theatre “Get comfortable with the uncomfortable” is my challenge to students because theatre, like life, is full of uncomfortable moments.

February 26, 2014 Liza Burby Department of Communications, College of Arts and Sciences “It’s exciting to see the editors and writers grow and to see the development of the newspaper into the best college newspaper on Long Island.”

August 26, 2013 Daniel Rosenberg, Ph.D. General Studies Learning Community, College of Arts and Sciences “This is a program that opens doors and opportunities, where, in other situations, they would have closed.”

August 23, 2013 Anthony Dotterman College of Arts and Sciences, General Studies Learning Community Anthony teaches Expository Writing and Research, Critical Reading and Writing and World of Ideas I and II. He is also an academic tutor for GS students, for whom his door is always open.

February 3, 2013 Carla Deazle ’01, M.A. ’02: Fulfilling Her Promise General Studies Learning Community, STEP Program, Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, College of Arts and Sciences Carla Deazle, a General Studies Learning Community and S.T.E.P. alumna, now teaches in General Studies Learning Community and is the program's assistant director.

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