Faculty and Staff
Communication & the Arts Administration and Staff
See all Program Directors listed by school and program name.
Dean
Dr. Scott Hayes
Dean, School of Communication & the Arts
smhayes@liberty.edu
Dr. Kevin Rawls
Online Dean, LUO, School of Communication & the Arts
klrawls@liberty.edu
Department Chairs
Linda Nell Cooper
Department Chair and Associate Professor, Theatre Arts
lncooper@liberty.edu
Dr. Marie Mallory
Department Chair, Strategic and Personal Communication
mmallory13@liberty.edu
John Rost
Department Chair, Digital Media and Journalism
jcrost@liberty.edu
Stephan Schultze
Chair, Executive Director, Cinematic Arts, Zaki Gordon Center
Todd Smith
Department Chair and Professor, Studio & Digital Arts
tasmith2@liberty.edu
Dr. Robert Mott
LUO Chair and Professor, Strategic and Personal Communication
rkmott@liberty.edu
Staff
Vicki Firtion
Administrative Assistant to the Dean
vfirtion@liberty.edu
Michael Marrano
Faculty Support Coordinator, LUO, School of Communication & the Arts
mamarrano@liberty.edu
Sharon Ream
Receptionist
School of Communication and the Arts
smream@liberty.edu
Cinematic Arts
Department Chair
Stephan Schultze
Chair, Cinematic Arts
Executive Director, Zaki Gordon Center
sschultze@liberty.edu
(434) 592-6200
Specialty: Producing & Directing
Faculty
Stuart Bennett
Associate Professor
sbennett39@liberty.edu
(434) 582-7415
Specialty: Producing & Directing
Danny Carrales
Assistant Professor
drcarrales@liberty.edu
(434) 582-7420
Specialty: Directing
Scotty Curlee
Assistant Professor
scurlee@liberty.edu
(434) 592-6268
Specialty: Producing
Jonathan Hout
Assistant Professor
jchout@liberty.edu
(434) 592-7651
Specialty: Cinematography
Doug Miller
Professor
dgmiller6@liberty.edu
(434) 592-6269
Specialty: Cinematography
Durrell Nelson
Associate Professor
dnelson55@liberty.edu
(434) 592-6121
Specialty: Screenwriting & Stunts
Won Novalis
Assistant Professor
wnovalis@liberty.edu
(434) 592-5977
Specialty: Film Editing
Michael Torres
Associate Professor
matorres7@liberty.edu
(434) 592-7652
Specialty: Screenwriting
Darin Wales
Assistant Professor
jdwales@liberty.edu
(434) 592-6218
Specialty: Directing & Screenwriting
Lorene Wales
Associate Professor
lmwales@liberty.edu
(434) 592-7409
Specialty: Film Business & Marketing
James Walz
Assistant Professor
jkwalz@liberty.edu
(434) 592-6124
Specialty: Sound Design
Equipment Staff
Micah Johnson
Technology Manager
mjohnson363@liberty.edu
(434) 592-7651
Seth Houser
Equipment Manager
whouser@liberty.edu
(434) 582-7408
Administrative Staff
Amanda Melton
Executive Assistant
ahmelton@liberty.edu
(434) 592-5987
Chad Rogers
Administrative Assistant
crogers4@liberty.edu
(434) 592-6200
Digital Media and Journalism
Department Chair
Faculty
Amy Bonebright
Assistant Professor, Digital Media and Journalism
abonebright@liberty.edu
William Dewhurst
Professor, Digital Media and Journalism
wadewhurst@liberty.edu
Kornel Gerstner
Associate Professor, Digital Media and Journalism
kgerstner@liberty.edu
Dr. Bruce Kirk
Associate Professor, Digital Media and Journalism
bmkirk@liberty.edu
Dr. Carey Martin
Professor, Digital Media and Journalism
clmartin7@liberty.edu
Pamela Miller
Director of Student Programming
Associate Professor, Digital Media and Journalism
prmiller4@liberty.edu
Dr. Robert Mott
Associate Professor, Digital Media and Journalism
rkmott@liberty.edu
Dr. Heather Stilwell
Associate Professor, Digital Media and Journalism
hastilwell@liberty.edu
Staff
Deborah Huff
Liberty Champion Advisor
dwhuff@liberty.edu
Steven Stilwell
Media Lab Coordinator
sestilwell@liberty.edu
Janet Lenehan
Administrative Assistant
jflenehan@liberty.edu
Strategic and Personal Communication
Department Chair
Dr. Marie Mallory
Department Chair, Strategic and
Personal Communication
mmallory13@liberty.edu
Faculty
Dr. Donald Alban
Professor, Strategic and Personal Communication
dhalban@liberty.edu
Abigail Karl
Professor, Strategic and Personal Communication
along61@liberty.edu
Carla Sloan
Assistant Professor, Strategic and Personal Communication
csloan@liberty.edu
Dr. Sheri Parmelee
Professor, Strategic and Personal Communication
sdparmelee2@liberty.edu
Staff
Denise Thomas
Forensic Speech Team Coordinator
adthomas@liberty.edu
Janet Lenehan
Administrative Assistant
jflenehan@liberty.edu
Studio & Digital Arts
Department Chair
Faculty
Stacy R. Cannon
Director of Graphic Design Programs, Associate Professor, Graphic Design
scannon@liberty.edu
(434) 592-4349
Joel Cockrell
Instructor, School of Communication & the Arts
jlcockrell2@liberty.edu
(434) 592-6237
M. Stephen Glaze
Professor, Studio Art, Teacher Licensure
mglaze@liberty.edu
(434) 582-2439
Timothy Isaacson
Instructor, Photography
tisaacson@liberty.edu
(434) 592-6270
Joey Wright
Instructor, Graphic Design
jwright6@liberty.edu
(434) 582-2251
David W. Meyer
Assistant Professor, Graphic Design
dwmeyer@liberty.edu
(434) 592-6324
Christopher Phillips
Director of Studio Art Programs,
Assistant Professor, Graphic Design, Studio Art
csphillips4@liberty.edu
(434) 592-5790
Bri O’Neal
Instructor, Graphic Design
bponeal@liberty.edu
(434) 582-2082
Joshua Wilson
Instructor, Graphic Design, Studio Art
jewilson1@liberty.edu
(434) 582-2901
Paul Reynolds
Assistant Professor, Studio Art
pereynolds@liberty.edu
(434) 592-3825
Audra Rygh
Instructor, Graphic Design
alrygh@liberty.edu
(434) 592-3711
Caleb Havertape
Instructor, Studio Art
cjhavertape@liberty.edu
(951) 599-9041
Staff
Julie King
Administrative Assistant
jbking1@liberty.edu
(434) 592-5900
Morgan Poole
Art Gallery Assistant Curator & Media Coordinator
jmpoole1@liberty.edu
(434) 592-7629
Theatre Arts
Administrative Faculty
Dr. Scott Hayes
Dean, School of Communication & the Arts, Professor
smhayes@liberty.edu
(434) 592-6744
Linda Cooper
Department Chair
Associate Professor lncooper@liberty.edu
(434) 582-7078
Faculty
Neal Brasher
Associate Professor nbrasher@liberty.edu
(434) 582-7621
Barry Gawinski
Associate Professor brgawinski@liberty.edu
(434) 592-6307
Andy Geffken
Associate Professor asgeffken@liberty.edu
(434) 592-5771
Connie Hecker
Assistant Professor checker1@liberty.edu
(434) 592-4689
Chris Nelson
Summer Arts Coordinator, Associate Professor cnelson@liberty.edu
(434) 582-2627
Aubri Siebert
Assistant Professor
alsiebert@liberty.edu
(434) 592-7590
Michelle Thomas
Adjunct Professor
mathomas17@liberty.edu
(434) 582-3159
Academic Staff
Robyn Austin
Administrative Assistant
redevaul@liberty.edu
(434) 582-7078
Jenna Gregory
Media Specialist
jhernandez117@liberty.edu (434) 582-2628
Micah Pick
Department Pianist mdpick@liberty.edu
(434) 582-7083
Jill Acosta
Administrative & Budget Manager
jacosta12@liberty.edu
(434) 582-7080
Production Staff
Mark Howieson
Production Manager & Production Designer
mhowieson@liberty.edu
(434) 592-6305
Tyson Long
Assistant Production Manager
telong@liberty.edu
(434) 592-4690
Michael Perkins
Technical Director
maperkins@liberty.edu
(434) 592-4937
Matt Phillips
Assistant Technical Director
mephillips7@liberty.edu
(434) 592-3281
Nathan Klein
Assistant Technical Director – Props Manager
nklein@liberty.edu
(434) 582-2792
Michael Wrape
Scene Shop Supervisor
mawrape@liberty.edu
(434) 582-2083
Daniel Hayden
Master Carpenter
djhayden2@liberty.edu
April McWilliams
Technical Director: Lights & Sound
almcwilliams@liberty.edu
(434) 592-6306
Zane Cooper
Assistant Technical Director: Lights, Sound, Master Electrician
zcooper4@liberty.edu
(434) 582-7081
Greg Vinson
Sound Designer & Engineer gvinson1@liberty.edu
(434) 582-2016
Lynne Forth
Head Costume Designer
levanderstelt@liberty.edu
(434) 582-7082
Brianne Ross
Assistant Costume Designer & Costume Shop Supervisor
bcrist3@liberty.edu
(434) 592-7697
Lillian Sharpe
Assistant Costume Designer
lfassero@liberty.edu
(434) 582-7084
Laura Wakefield
Facilities & House Manager
lwakefield@liberty.edu
(434) 582-7899