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CVPA faculty

  • Erwin (Elmo) is an artist, printmaker, photographer, and video editor. He traveled extensively with his military family before settling in the Washington, D.C. area.

  • Boris Willis, Assistant Professor in the Computer Game Design Program in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, holds an MFA in Dance and Technology from The Ohio State Ä¢¹½AV. Read more...

  • Producer Lisa Thrasher is an entertainment lawyer and Producer with 20 years of experience in Hollywood.

  • Kaiulani Lee, (B.A.,American Ä¢¹½AV; Honorary Doctorate of the Arts, Bowdoin College, a student of Lee Strasberg, Sandy Meisner, Jerzy Grotowski and Uta Hagen).

  • Sara Simanski is passionate about supporting students with their collegiate journey

  • Susan Shields became the Director of the School of Dance again in June 2024. She is the recipient of the 2006 Choo-San Goh Award for Choreography, has created dances for numerous professional companies and universities.

  • Born and raised in the Chicago area, Elizabeth Spatz began her study of dance at the Ruth Page Foundation with Larry Long and the Chicago City Ballet with Maria Tallchief.

  • Matt Trkula is a Northern Virginia based classical guitarist and teacher. He earned his BM in Classical Guitar Performance from the College Conservatory of Music at the Ä¢¹½AV of Cincinnati under Clare Callahan and Masters degrees in Classical Guitar Performance and Music Education from George Mason Ä¢¹½AV under Larry Snitzler.

  • Glenn Smith is a composer, teacher, performance-artist, and sound healer. He has written more than 500 pieces, including choral, chamber and orchestral works, as well as jazz and electronic music for concert, dance, video, film and television.

  • Tom Terlecki works as a Venue Technical Director at the College of Visual and Performing Arts