Art & Design

Visual Arts

Jenn Selby HeadshotJenn Gardner Selby

Chair, Art & Design
Executive Director of Transfer & University Partnerships
President, NCCC AFA Association 2016-2020
Policy Liaison to the NCCC and UNC Systems, N3C2A, 2018-2020

Date Hired: Fall 2005

Office: North Campus 708B

Phone: 704-798-5241

Email: jenn.selby@rccc.edu

Education: MFA, Studio Art, University of the Arts London Central Saint Martins

Biography: Jenn Gardner Selby serves as Chair of the Department of Art & Design as well as the Executive Director of Transfer & University Partnerships for Rowan-Cabarrus Community College. Jenn earned her undergraduate degree from North Carolina State University and her graduate degree from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design (University of the Arts London) in London, UK. Her studio practice focuses on lens-based media and she has exhibited her artwork throughout Europe and the United States. She publishes art criticism and has served on various boards including those of the Rowan Arts Council, Waterworks Visual Arts Center, and the Education Committee at the Weatherspoon Art Museum in Greensboro. Jenn was a 2007 recipient of the NC Arts Council Regional Artist Project Grant and was awarded the Teaching Excellence award in 2012 with special distinction for Use of Technology in Instruction. In 2013 she gave the commencement address for the UNC-G Department of Art. Jenn was a panelist on the Community College Round table discussion during the 2013 SECAC conference in Greensboro, NC. In 2015 she presented at the FATE national conference on the topic of “The Role of Art Faculty in the Community College” and also helped establish the NC Community College AFA Association. She was appointed President of the North Carolina Community College Associate in Fine Arts Association from 2016 to 2020 and is an Advisor to the North Carolina Museum of Art. She currently serves on the Public Art Committee for the City of Salisbury and volunteers in numerous capacities in the local community.  She serves as Project Lead on the Here’s My Story (2020) inclusive public art initiative funded by the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation. Selby also has a strong dedication to racial equity work. She has completed numerous racial equity trainings and in 2020 was appointed Chair of the Racial Equity Taskforce at First Presbyterian Church of Salisbury.

Jonathan HoffmanJonathan Hoffman

Full-Time Lead Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts

Date Hired: Fall 2013

Courses Taught: Art History I, Drawing I, Drawing II, Figure Drawing, Painting I, Painting II, Two-Dimensional Design, Computer Art

Office: North Campus 708A

Phone Extension: 3819

Email: jonathan.hoffman@rccc.edu

Education: MFA, Painting and Drawing, Winthrop University, SC

Biography: Jonathan received his Bachelors of Studio Art degree from Rowan University in New Jersey and his Masters of Fine Art degree from Winthrop University in South Carolina. Jonathan works primarily in graphite, oil, and acrylic and has had his art exhibited throughout the country. His work is pop-surrealist in nature and focuses on varied perceptions of reality and the distortion that occurs through passage of time.

Nieko McDaniel HeadshotNieko McDaniel

Full-Time Interdisciplinary Faculty

Date Hired: 2020

Courses Taught: Drawing 1, Drawing 2, Two-Dimensional Design, Visual Art Portfolio, Painting I, Painting II, Studio

Email: nieko.mcdaniel@rccc.edu

Education: MFA, Interdisciplinary Studio Art, American University, Washington, DC; BFA, Mixed-Emphasis, California State University Stanislaus, Turlock, CA

Biography: Growing up in Southern California, Nieko McDaniel was influenced by Graffiti, Street Art, Hip-Hop, Rap, and an urban lifestyle. McDaniel makes work about identity & World-Building which he relates to Escapism and attributes to the type of entertainment the generation (the Millennials) he grew up part of prefers. Examples he gives are the genres of music, movies, television, and video games they consume. McDaniel believes the current world is something we try to escape from and says this can be done through simulation and invention. He comments on this idea by using materials that have an inherent history and function but re-purposes them to fit his vision.

In 2020, McDaniel received his Master of Fine Arts from American University in Washington, DC. He is now in his third year working as an Art Professor. McDaniel has exhibited his work nationally, internationally and has been published. As of August 2022, he has transitioned from adjunct instructor to Full-Time faculty at RCCC.

Hannah Surace HeadshotHannah Surace

Full-Time Studio Arts Faculty

Date Hired: Fall 2019

Courses Taught:  Three Dimensional Design, Drawing I, Drawing ll, Sculpture I, Sculpture II, Painting I, Painting II

Email: hannah.surace@rccc.edu

Biography: Hannah Surace is a visual artist whose practice explores themes of memory, nostalgia and the everyday through sculpture, drawing and painting. She is interested in domestic spaces, our connection to the space in which we inhabit and how the physical world influences our memories and ideas of the past. She earned her MFA in Sculpture from Savannah College of Art & Design in Atlanta, Georgia and her BFA in Fine Art from Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Parker ReineckerParker Reinecker

Full-Time Lens-Based Faculty

Date Hired: Fall 2019

Courses taught: Photography I, Photography II, Digital Photography I, Digital Photography II, Videography I, Videography II

Email: parker.reinecker@rccc.edu

Biography: Parker Reinecker is a street / documentary photographer, writer and educator based out of North Carolina. He is currently working in Northern Georgia, Northeastern Pennsylvania, and the American Southwest. Growing up in coal country, Scranton Pennsylvania, with a bar and a church on every corner, his work touches on the experience and struggle of growing up in the blue-collar United States. Drawing inspiration from his own struggles with personal identity, crime and homelessness which can be conceptually suggested within the compositions of heavy highlight and deep shadows. Parker’s images and series develop symbolic narratives throughout numerous themes, while immersed in his relationship to the broken landscape of “Small-Town America” and the conflict of poverty and beliefs, values and traditions, hope within the broken dreams and some touches of humor within it all.

Parker’s work has been exhibited in various galleries and museums in the United States including the Colorado Photographic Art Center, the Academy Art Museum and the National Center for Civil and Human Rights. His work has also been featured in various national and international publications/platforms including C41 and Eyeshot Magazines, Dodho Magazine and The Photo Review. Parker is an MFA recipient from Savannah College of Art and Design.

Deb Kim HeadshotDebora Kim

Full-Time Painting and Drawing Faculty

Date Hired: Spring 2018

Courses Taught:  Drawing I, Drawing ll,  Painting I, Painting ll, Two-Dimensional Design

Email: debora.kim@rccc.edu

Education: MFA in Painting at Ewha Womans University (Seoul, South Korea) and BA in Studio Art: Painting at Smith College (Northampton, MA)

Biography: Debora Kim is a Charlotte-based oil painter. She was born in Seoul, Korea and spent most of her life in Andover, Massachusetts. Her interest in art began during her years at Smith College and continued her studies at Ewha Woman’s University where she received her MFA in Western Painting. She is currently a member of the Goodyear Arts Collective in Charlotte, NC.

Alexandra Litaker

Adjunct Faculty

Date Hired: Fall 2023

Courses Taught: Drawing I & II, Two-Dimensional Design

School Email: alexandra.litaker@rccc.edu

Education: MFA, Studio Art, University of North Carolina Greensboro, MA ed., Art Education, Iceland University of the Arts, BFA, Visual Art, Iceland University of the Arts

Biography: In the classroom, the aim of my teaching is to engage students with direct experience of close observation and critical thinking. My teaching philosophy is informed by my art practice which is fluid and dynamic. My work explores themes of women ́s autobiography, the interrelationship of individual and environment, embodiment, embodied listening, and empathy.

Caitlyn LawlerCaitlyn Lawler

Adjunct Faculty

Date Hired: Spring 2023

Courses Taught: Art Appreciation, Video I, Video II

School Email: caitlyn.lawler@rccc.edu

Education: MA in the History of Art, University of California- Riverside 2022; MFA in Studio Art, Claremont Graduate University, 2020; BA double major in Art History and Studio Art, Oakland University.

Biography: Caitlyn Lawler is an artist and art historian whose scholarship intersects memory, space, and place within the built and natural environments of the 20th and 21st centuries. She has written extensively about assemblage and outdoor installations with a particular focus on the localized histories of Los Angeles-based artists and their works. Her artistic practice operates as an inquiry into the conceptual and material limits of painting to include two and three-dimensional forms and installations. Caitlyn’s works often contend with impermanence and affective sensation as they pertain to lived experiences.

Shanna Glawson HeadshotShanna Glawson

Date Hired: Fall 2021

Courses Taught: Three-Dimensional Design, Art Appreciation

Email: shanna.glawson@rccc.edu

Education: MFA, Studio Art, East Tennessee State University – BFA, University of North Carolina Asheville

Biography: Shanna Glawson was born and raised in Western North Carolina. She has a MFA from East Tennessee University, a BFA with a concentration in sculpture from UNC Asheville, and an AAS in Professional Crafts: Silversmithing from Haywood Community College. She received two Undergraduate Research Grants as well as scholarships to attend art sessions at the New York Academy of Art, Penland School of Crafts, and Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. Working with a variety of sculptural materials (wood, metal, fabric etc.), her sculptures and installations encompass compositional beauty and emotional provocation. She has found delight in the ability to transform these materials through texture, carving, assembling, painting, and manipulating the form. Ultimately, her artwork is intended to induce empathy within its viewers and raise awareness of social issues through art. In 2018, she did a six-month artist residency at the Center for the Faith and Arts of Salisbury, NC to develop her passion for community engaged artwork.

Email: shanna.glawson@rccc.edu

Website: www.shannaglawson.com

Megumi Naganoma HeadshotMegumi Naganoma

Date Hired: Fall 2020

Courses Taught: Art Appreciation, Two-Dimensional Design, Drawing I, Drawing II, Three Dimensional Design, Printmaking I, Printmaking II

Email: megumi.naganoma@rccc.edu

Education: MFA in Sculpture from the State University of New York at New Paltz, 2019; BFA in Studio Art from the Florida State University, 2016

Biography: Born and raised in south Florida, Megumi Naganoma is an interdisciplinary artist. Most of her work is inspired by her own experiences and research focused on bringing awareness to issues about sexual violence and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Naganoma dominantly works in fabric, video, and drawing. While keeping audiences in mind, she uses various methods to advocate for rape survivors, by starting conversations that continue to shed light on something that is often still seen as taboo.
Naganoma graduated with her Master’s in Fine Arts in Sculpture from the State University of New York at New Paltz in 2019 and received her Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Studio Art from the Florida State University in 2016. Other experiences include art handling, public art, performance and working with artists such as Judy. Pfaff and Kenneth von Roenn.

Philippe Dwyer HeadshotPhilippe Dwyer

Date Hired: Fall 2020

Courses Taught: Art Appreciation, Art History I

School Email: philippe.dwyer@rccc.edu

Education: MFA, Textiles, Savanah College of Art and Design; BFA, Graphic Design, Minor in Art History, Rhode Island School of Design

Biography: Philippe was born in Peru to a French mother and an American father; however, he grew up in the US, and received a BFA in graphic design from RISD and an MFA in textiles from SCAD. Through his travels, he became immersed in different cultures and the meaning and representations of their associated iconography. Dwyer’s artwork involves bringing to light the multicultural generation that he is a part of and is inspired by textures and patterns as well as creating new forms by deconstructing others. While in Chongqing, China he worked as a freelance graphic designer and as an ESL instructor and training specialist at an English school. More recently he was a gallery director for Park West Gallery, for which he ran the art enrichment program that encompassed promotional events, negotiating sales between collectors and artists, as well as hosting art auctions. His artwork has been exhibited nationally, internationally as well as in numerous juried exhibitions. Philippe currently teaches at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, Community College of Rhode Island, Rhode Island School of Design, and has published for the Georgia Historical Society and Textile Society of America.

Sanaz Haghani HeadshotSanaz Haghani

Date Hired: Fall 2020

Courses Taught: Drawing I, Drawing II, Typography, Introduction to Graphic Design

School Email: sanaz.haghaninouri@rccc.edu

Education: 2019 Master of Fine Art, Lamar Doss School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; 2015-2017 Master of Fine Art student, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT; 2008 Bachelor of Visual Art – Graphic Design, Sooreh University, Iran

Biography: Sanaz Haghani has MFA with distinction in Fine Art from the University of Georgia. She holds a BFA in Graphic Design from Sooreh University in Shiraz, Iran. She has worked as adjunct professor at the department of Printmaking and book arts, University of Georgia. She also was an Instructor of Record in Foundation Drawing at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana. She worked as a graphic designer for eight years in Iran where she also taught Graphic Design and drawing courses.

Haghani has presented her work across the United States, i.e. the Georgia Museum of Art, the Missoula Art Museum, and she has exhibited internationally in multiple solo, group, and has been included in many invitational and juried Exhibitions. She is one of five artists selected by the GA Committee for the National Museum of Women in the Arts to exhibit at MOCA GA in Paper Routes: Women to Watch 2020. She has been featured in “Voyage Atl,” “The Atlantan,” “Shutout Atlanta” magazines, “College Book Art Association,” “Mid-American Print Council Journal,” and “The Hand Magazine”.

William Gregory HeadshotBill Gregory

Online Adjunct Fine Arts Instructor

Date Hired: Spring 2016

Courses Taught: ART 111

Email: william.gregory@rccc.edu

Education: MFA, University of Montana at Missoula – BFA, East Carolina University

Biography: Bill is currently the Coordinator, Arts Programming at Arts and Health-Duke University Hospital. He works with patients, families, and staff to provide arts based programming. Additionally, he oversees the Duke University Hospital art collection by purchasing, maintaining, and securing the work in public and private spaces throughout the hospital. Before coming to Duke, he was with Johnston Community College as an instructor of studio art, art history, museum studies, and graphic design. Bill also managed the Frank Creech Art Gallery on the J.C.C. campus and invited artists from all over North Carolina to share their work with the students, staff, and community members of Johnston County, N.C. In his free time, he spends time with his wife and son while squeaking time to fly fish all over the United States.

Duke University Hospital – Arts & Health at Duke
Coordinator, Arts Programming

Website: artsandhealth.duke.edu
Instagram: artsandhealthduke

Sandra CasserlySandra Casserly

Adjunct Faculty

Date Hired: Fall 2016

Courses Taught: Art Appreciation, Two-Dimensional Design,  Drawing I, Drawing II

Email: sandra.casserly@rccc.edu

Education: MA, Drawing and Painting, California State University, Fullerton, CA; BFA, California State University, Fullerton, CA; AFA, Santa Ana Community College, CA

Biography: Sandra Casserly is an esteemed instructor and seasoned artist. She is originally from Orange County California where she earned her Master’s degree in Art from California State University Fullerton. Sandra began exhibiting her artwork before she graduated and began her teaching career soon after. Her work involves the search for the visual chords that she creates with color, shape texture and simple images. Much like the emotional impact that music can have, Sandra orchestrates the visual elements together to strike a similar chord. Sandra has an extensive exhibition resume ranging up and down the coast of California across to the East coast of North Carolina. A highlight of her career includes an exhibit with the famous Composer John Cage. Her work can be seen in the collections of screenwriters, actors, educators, musicians, designers, attorneys, Doctors, art collectors, gallery owners, and other artists. Some of her accomplishments include being a Co-Founder and Director of an Art Gallery in the heart of the arts district in Downtown Los Angeles. Her exhibition highlights include Solo shows at Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State Fullerton, and the Irvine Fine Arts Center where she was named as the Best New Artist in Orange County. Sandra was spotlighted on a televised “Women Artists “program for the city of Los Angeles. She has had 5 Two-person, 8 Three-person exhibits. Her work has been in over 20 group shows, including those at the Laguna Beach Museum of Art, the Downey Art Museum, and the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art. She has been a guest Lecturer at various art institutions, and a Juror for art competitions including Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools. Her work in the community includes a painting workshop for LGBTQ youth, and an arts mentor program for at risk college freshmen. As a first generation college student and having gone to community college herself, Sandra is dedicated to the idea that community college is the perfect choice.

 

Michelle Podgorski-RodenbergMichelle Podgorski-Rodenberg

Adjunct Faculty

Date Hired: Spring 2015

Courses Taught:  Art Appreciation, Watercolor, Drawing 1, Drawing 2

Email: michelle.rodenberg@rccc.edu

Education: MFA, Painting, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, MA

Biography: Michelle’s large watercolors focus on the direct and indirect ways that we impact the environment. Her paintings are portraits of trees that look as though they are dead but are still thriving in reality. Michelle is interested in nature’s ability to sustain itself after people have tried to change or destroy it. Michelle’s work has been exhibited throughout the country, including Nevada, Kentucky, Ohio, New England, and throughout North Carolina. She has received artist residencies including one at the Wilderness Workshop in Aspen, CO in August 2015. Along with teaching at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, Michelle teaches at Gaston College and Cornelius Arts Center.

Rachel RaabRachel Raab

Adjunct Faculty

Date Hired: Fall 2014

Courses Taught: Art History I, Art Appreciation

Email: rachel.raab@rccc.edu

Education: MA, Art History, University of Memphis, TN

Biography:  Rachel studied at the University of Evansville and the University of Memphis. Her emphasis is in Art History and Museum Studies. Rachel has worked as a museum director for over 3 years and has taught art for the past 10 years.

Francine Kola-Bankole HeadshotFrancine Kola-Bankole

Date Hired: 2013

Courses Taught: Art Appreciation, Art History Survey I, Art History Survey II, Non-Western Art History

School Email: francine.kolabankole@rccc.edu

Education: MA Art History, California State University Long Beach

Biography: Francine Kola-Bankole holds numerous degrees. Coming full circle back to her interests in art, after a career as an architect, she obtained her M.A. from California State University Long Beach where she examined the epistemologies used to present Africa in North American art history foundation textbooks. She is an art history PhD Student at University North Carolina Chapel Hill. Her doctoral research focuses on the modern and contemporary arts of Nigeria.

Max Saunders

Adjunct Faculty

Date Hired: Fall 2022

Courses Taught: Ceramics I, Ceramics II

Email: max.saunders@rccc.edu

Education: MFA, Utah State University

Matt Carlson

Adjunct Faculty

Hired – Fall 2021

Courses taught – Drawing I, Drawing II, Digital Photography I, Digital Photography II

Email: matthew.carlson@rccc.edu

Drama

Jeremy Peterson HeadshotJeremy Peterson

Adjunct Faculty Adjunct Faculty

Date Hired: Fall 2014

Courses Taught: Theatre Appreciation, Storytelling

Email: jeremy.peterson@rccc.edu

Education: M.Ed, Theatre Education, University of North Carolina–Greensboro, NC Education: M.Ed, Theatre Education, University of North Carolina–Greensboro, NC

Biography: Jeremy has acted and worked in technical theatre for many different theatre companies in the Charlotte and greater Charlotte area, as well as for Carowinds, Tweetsie Railroad, and Horn in the West. He has been teaching theatre since 2005 and has been working in the community college system since 2014.

Graphic Design

Ryland Perry HeadshotRyland Perry

Full-Time Lead Faculty of Advertising & Graphic Design

Date Hired: Spring 2019

Courses taught: Typography, Design Career Exploration, Graphic Design I, Graphic Design II, Computer Design Basics, Graphic Design III, and Portfolio Design

Email: ryland.perry@rccc.edu

Phone: 704-216-7227

Education: BFA in Graphic Design from Savannah College of Art & Design; MFA in Media Design at Full Sail University

Biography: Ryland completed two years at Catawba Valley Community College studying Advertising and Graphic Design before pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design at Savannah College of Art and Design. While going to school full time, he began working in the print industry and found a love for print design. Ryland spent several years working as a graphic designer and production manager in Asheville, NC designing and producing marketing collateral for local businesses. In January 2019 he joined Rowan Cabarrus Community College. Ryland is currently serving as Treasurer for the Advertising and Graphic Design Association of North Carolina helping to connect the community colleges across the state. In August 2020 Ryland completed his Masters of Fine Arts in Media Design. Ryland is very passionate about graphic design and is eager to help the next generation of designers master the Adobe Creative Cloud and reach their career goals.

Bailey Winger ProfileBailey Wingler

Full-Time Advertising & Graphic Design Faculty

Date Hired: June 2019

Courses Taught: Graphic Design I, II & III, Typography, Computer Design Basics, Computer Design Tech I, Illustration

Email: bailey.wingler@rccc.edu

Education: AFA-BFA Printmaking & Drawing from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Biography: Bailey is a multidisciplinary artist with a dedication to community engagement and inclusive programming. She received her BFA from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a concentration in Printmaking & Drawing. Accolades include ArtPop Charlotte Class of 2018, recipient of the Juni Arante Excellence in Print Award and nomination for the Robert W. Scott Governor’s Leadership Award. Her work explores significance in the mundanity of domestic spaces, chores and family.

Bailey joined the Art & Design Department in 2019 to assist with the Here’s My Story public art installation funded by the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation. This project resulted in the installation of three permanent sculptures in Rowan County, a PBS-NC documentary and the Here’s My Story book. In 2020 her position was expanded to further assist the Art & Design Department as well as the Executive Director of Transfer & University Partnerships, and in 2021 she became an instructor of Advertising & Graphic Design.

Brandon Reese HeadshotBrandon Reese

Adjunct Faculty of Advertising & Graphic Design

Date Hired: Spring 2023

Courses taught: Graphic Design I, Digital Print Production

Email: brandon.reese@rccc.edu

Education: Associates of Science in Visual Communications, The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale

Biography: Brandon is a graphic designer working mostly in children’s publishing. He has art directed and designed the children’s magazine, Guide for over 20 years. His freelance clients include Crayola, eeBoo, Crocodile Creek, Scholastic, Chronicle, Sterling, Buzzfeed, Grammy Award-winning musicians, BOOM! Studios, and Topps. He is also the author and illustrator of several books for children.

Eleanor WillardEl Willard

Adjunct Faculty of Advertising & Graphic Design

Date Hired: Fall 2021

Courses taught: Graphic Design II, Graphic Design III, Design of Advertising

Email: el.willard@rccc.edu

Education: AAS in Graphic Design from Johnston Community College; BS in Interior Design from Campbell University; MFA in Graphic Design from Savannah College of Art & Design; PhD in Educational Studies from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Biography: El is an effective, egalitarian professional with twenty-five years of experience teaching and advising post-secondary students. Demonstrated skills in hiring, developing, and supervising quality faculty and staff. Administrative experience developing and growing both university transfer and career and technical education programs. Excellent oral and written skills and ability to effectively communicate with faculty, students, staff, and community members. Proven ability to work as a team player to strengthen the quality of teaching and the learning environment, always with the intention of promoting student success.

Wil Bosbyshell HeadshotWil Bosbyshell

Adjunct Faculty of Advertising & Graphic Design

Semester Hired: Fall 2020

Courses Taught: Typography I, Graphic Design II, Graphic Design III, Illustration, Portfolio

School Email: wil.bosbyshell@rccc.edu

Education: BFA – Graphic Design, University of Georgia; MBA – Marketing, University of Georgia

Biography: Wil Bosbyshell received a BFA (as a member of the ROTC) and MBA from the University of Georgia, and spent six years as an officer in the US Army following his undergraduate education. After a successful business career in the private sector, Bosbyshell was awarded a residency at the Hungarian Multicultural Center in Budapest, which set the course for his artistic career. He is a studio artist at the Charlotte Art League, and has been an arts professor for close to two decades at both the former Art Institute of Charlotte and Rowan-Cabarrus Community College.

His work has been shown in numerous gallery and community exhibitions, both solo and collective, including the McColl Center, Shain Gallery, Central Piedmont Community College, and Elder Gallery, where his participation in the 2018 group exhibition Vicarious received critical acclaim from the New York Times.

Bosbyshell and his work also had a feature in the prestigious Watercolor Magazine, and he has been highlighted in numerous other publications both locally and regionally. His work can be found in dozens of private and corporate collections locally and nationally. Bosbyshell is dedicated to community service, with a particular focus on youth, and has served on various boards and leadership positions, including for Scouts and a Group Living Housing Corporation at the University of Georgia. He resides in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Portfolio: www.bosbyshellartstudio.com

Website: www.behance.net/wilbosbyshell

Blog: www.bosbyshellart.blogspot.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/wilbosbyshell/

You Tube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@wilbosbyshell/videos

Richard Thomas HeadshotRichard Thomas

Adjunct Faculty of Advertising & Graphic Design
 
Courses Taught: Computer Design Basics, Computer Design Tech I, Digital Print Production
 
 
Education: Bachelor of Science in Technical Photography with a minor in Media Studies, Appalachian State University; Master of Arts in Graphic Arts and Imaging Technology, Appalachian State University
 
Awards and Certifications:
Adobe Certified Expert, Photoshop CC 2015
Distinguished Adjunct Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2021, Central Piedmont Community College
Appalachian Leadership Award, Appalachian State University, 1999
 
Biography: Richard Thomas is an educator, photographer, computer graphics artist, and general tinkerer. He began teaching graphic design at Rowan-Cabarrus in 2018. He also teaches computer graphics and graphic arts at Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, NC. Prior to teaching, he worked as a commercial photographer, photographer’s assistant, quality control technician, scanner operator, and administrative roles in education and finance. A student of noted landscape photographer John Scarlata, Mr. Thomas’s photography accepts the presence of human artifacts in nature, and looks at the cityscape as just another landscape. The most recent exhibit of his photography, Left Turns and Stragglers, was at Catalyst in Charlotte, NC in 2020. He is currently working on a photo book entitled False Futures of the Past. His hobbies include building and modifying cameras and computers, and making electronic music (none of which is likely to be published).

Music

Richard HallRichard Hall

Adjunct Faculty

Semester Hired: Spring 2023

Courses Taught: Music Appreciation, Introduction to Jazz

Email: richard.hall@rccc.edu

Education: Bachelor of Music at UNC Charlotte, Master in Music at Morehead State University
 

Biography: Richard Hall lives in Wingate, NC with his loving wife and 2 dogs. Richard got his Bachelor of Music degree at UNC Charlotte studying trumpet with Dr. Michael Hackett. Richard also received his Masters in Music Performance degree at Morehead State University studying with professor Greg Wing. Richard has played trumpet for over 15 years and has performed with the Cave Run Symphony as principal trumpet, performs with multiple Wind Ensembles as principal trumpet, performs TAPS for the American Legion, plays Lead Trumpet in Jazz, and continually plays and teaches around North Carolina.

Nancy Tabb Music FacultyNancy Tabb

Adjunct Faculty

Semester Hired: Spring 2023

Courses Taught: Music Appreciation

Email: nancy.tabb@rccc.edu

Education: BA in Music, Minors in German and Business from Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL, MM in Piano Performance from Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Biography: I currently teach private piano lessons in Charlotte for Arts+ and at my home studio in Denver.  I also am the chancel choir accompanist and organist for the Denver United Methodist Church. Before I moved to North Carolina in 2021, I was the choral accompanist for the East Aurora High School choirs and club advisor for the National Music Honor Societiy (Tri-M)   In addition I taught private piano lessons and was Music Director for the Word of Life Lutheran Church In Naperville, IL. I have also taught Music Appreciation classes at Waubonsee Community College in Sugar Grove, IL  and Walther Lutheran High School in Melrose Park, IL.

Anne Linebarger HeadshotAnne Linebarger

Adjunct Faculty

Semester Hired: Fall 2022

Courses Taught: Music Appreciation

Email: anne.linebarger@rccc.edu

Education: MM, Trumpet Performance, University of New Mexico; BM, Trumpet Performance, Florida State University

Biography: Anne is a trumpet player and educator living in the Charlotte area. She has performed with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, the North Carolina Brass Band, the New Mexico Philharmonic, Ensemble Music New Mexico, the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, and the Panama City Pops Orchestra. Her work with the Sandia Brass Quintet and the New Mexico Philharmonic Brass Quintet helped bring classical music to public school students across the state of New Mexico. In addition to teaching at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, Anne also teaches music courses at Mitchell Community College. Anne holds a Masters of Music in Trumpet Performance. with Distinction from the University of New Mexico and a Bachelors of Music in Trumpet Performance from Florida State University.

Todd CampbellTodd Campbell

Adjunct Faculty

Semester Hired: 2014

Courses Taught: History of Rock Music (also developed the course), History of Jazz Music (also developed the course), Music Appreciation

Email: todd.campbell@rccc.edu

Education: B.A., Music, Percussion: West Virginia University; M.M, Music: West Virginia University; Ph.D., Communications Media: Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Biography: Todd Campbell holds a Ph.D. Communications Media and Instructional Technology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.  He earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Music from West Virginia University. He has taught Music Production, Recording Technology, Music Appreciation, Applied Percussion and Percussion Pedagogy for over 15 years. He is a highly regarded educator, performer, sound designer and recording engineer. His solo recordings “Feel”, “Splinter”, “Translation”, “Pathology”, “Versification”, “Avenue Bruise”, “Party Lines” and “Ripped From the Headlines!” are available on iTunes. His ninth solo recording in as many years, “Heroes and Strangers” was released in May 2020. All of Todd’s music can be streamed on Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, or any other streaming outlet worldwide. Check it out!