Faculty Governance
Committee membership is updated immediately following MSU College of Music elections, before new terms take effect.
Areas
| Area | Faculty | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| Brass | Justin Emerich | Spring 2026 |
| Composition | David Biedenbender | Spring 2027 |
| Conducting | Sandra Snow | Spring 2027 |
| Jazz Studies | Rodney Whitaker | |
| Keyboard | Deborah Moriarty | Spring 2028 |
| Music Education | Ryan Shaw | Spring 2028 |
| Music Theory | Cara Stroud | Spring 2028 |
| Musicology/Ethnomusicology | Kevin Bartig | Spring 2028 |
| Percussion | Gwen Dease | |
| Strings | Suren Bagratuni | Spring 2026 |
| Vocal Arts | Richard Fracker | Spring 2027 |
| Woodwinds | Guy Yehuda | Spring 2028 |
College Committees
| Faculty | Category | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| Elden Little | Performance | Spring 2026 |
| Michael Largey | Academic | Spring 2027 |
| Katherine Kilburn | Performance | Spring 2027 |
| Sarah Long | Academic | Spring 2026 |
| Kenneth Thompkins | At-Large: no area rotation | Spring 2026 |
| Faculty | Category | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Scales | Academic | Spring 2026 |
| Zhihua Tang | Performance | Spring 2026 |
| Zhou Tian | Academic | Spring 2027 |
| Carmen Bradford | Performance | Spring 2027 |
| Stuart Hill | At-Large: no area rotation | Spring 2026 |
| Emily Henley | Staff | Spring 2026 |
| Michael Armendariz | Staff | Spring 2027 |
| TBD | Student | Spring 2026 |
| TBD | Student | Spring 2025 |
| Faculty | Category | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| Melanie Helton | Performance | Spring 2027 |
| Nick Schumacher | Acad: Theory/Comp | Spring 2027 |
| Jean Lee | Acad: Ed/Musicology | Spring 2028 |
| Justin Emerich | Performance | Spring 2028 |
| Nicholas Field | At-Large: Ed/Musicology | Spring 2026 |
| Faculty | Expires |
|---|---|
| Alexis Bacon, chair | Spring 2026 |
| Eric Zuber | Spring 2026 |
| Dmitri Berlinsky | Spring 2027 |
| Faculty | Category | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| Karen Salvador | Acad: Ed/Musicology | Spring 2027 |
| Mingzhe Wang | Performance | Spring 2027 |
| Patrick Johnson | Acad: Theory/Comp | Spring 2028 |
| Octavio Más-Arocas | Performance | Spring 2028 |
| Randy Napoleon | At-Large: Performance | Spring 2026 |
| Faculty | Category |
|---|---|
| Michael Kroth, Chair | Associate Dean of Undegraduate Studies |
| Alexis Bacon | Academic |
| Kenneth Prouty | Academic |
| Jane Bunnell | Applied |
| Michael Dease | Applied |
| Justin Baker | IT Services |
| Jen Shangraw | Recording Services |
| Andrea Worful | Budget |
| Tom March | Operations/A&I |
| David Foster | Piano Technology |
| Faculty | Expires |
|---|---|
| Jon Weber, chair | Spring 2026 |
| Derek Polischuk | Spring 2027 |
| Anthony Marasco | Spring 2028 |
University Committees
| Faculty | Term |
|---|---|
| Guy Yehuda | 2024-2026 |
| Elden Little | Fall 2025 |
| Sarah Long | Spring 2026 |
| Committee | Faculty | Term |
|---|---|---|
| University Committee on Academic Governance | Jane Bunnell | Spring 2026 |
| University Committee on Undergraduate Education | Anthony Stanco | 2024-2027 |
| University Committee on Curriculum | Zhou Tian | 2024-2027 |
| University Committee on Faculty Affairs | Kenneth Prouty | 2024-2026 |
| University Committee on Faculty Tenure | Melanie Helton | 2025-2028 |
| University Committee on Graduate Studies | Michael Dease | 2025-2028 |
| University Committee for the Library | Ryan Shaw | 2023-2026 |
| Committee | Faculty | Term |
|---|---|---|
| University Academic Hearing Boards | Katherine Kilburn James Sullivan Carmen Bradford | 2024-2027 |
| University Committee on Honors Programs | James Sullivan | 2025-2027 |
| University Committee on International Studies and Programs | Ricardo Lorenz | 2025-2027 |