Faculty Spotlight
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January 24, 2022
New York native drums up performance, teaching career
Ian Antonio, assistant professor of music in the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, has played the drums since before he can remember and performed on four continents.
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January 17, 2022
Filmmaker got their start early with VHS camcorder
Charli Brissey, assistant professor of dance in the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, has worked at U-M since 2018 teaching film, composition and technique classes in the dance department.
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December 6, 2021
Dara Hill finds resonating way to share research
Dara Hill, associate professor of reading and language arts in the College of Education, Health, and Human Services at UM-Dearborn, put together a short documentary called “My Child’s K-5 School Journey in Detroit.”
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November 22, 2021
Associate professor’s love of dance started early
A dramaturg, dance historian and theorist, Clare Croft is associate professor of American culture in LSA. She also has launched and curated projects to promote queer dance and open dialogue in that sphere.
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November 15, 2021
Teaching piano to youth a ‘labor of love’ for lecturer
Amy I-Lin Cheng is a lecturer IV in piano at the School of Music, Theatre & Dance. In addition, she teaches piano to youth between the ages of 7 and 17 in her private studio in Ann Arbor.
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October 18, 2021
UM-Flint professor shares love of music in many ways
Brian DiBlassio, associate professor of music in the College of Arts and Sciences at UM-Flint, began playing piano at age 9 and has been in the same band since 1999.
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October 11, 2021
Stamps lecturer puts love of art, skateboarding on display
David Flaugher, a lecturer I in the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, at one time considered a career as a professional skateboarder. He instead pursued a career teaching and creating art.
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September 27, 2021
Librarian captures scientists’ lives through graphic novels
Jim Ottaviani, a U-M librarian, has been writing graphic novels about scientists for more than two decades. Ottaviani’s writing career grew out of two hobbies that started in childhood: reading comic books and studying science.
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September 20, 2021
Ross professor’s ‘potato’ filter goes viral on TikTok
Ryan Ball, clinical assistant professor of business administration in the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, used a potato filter in a recent study session to capture his students’ attention.
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September 7, 2021
SMTD associate professor has long list of interests
Christi-Anne Castro, associate professor of music and associate dean for faculty development in the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, serves as commissioner of a fantasy baseball league.
