Full Time Faculty
(Date indicates the beginning of service at Anderson University.)
David Ward Larson
Dean - College of Visual and Performing Arts
Professor of Theatre
B.F.A., Illinois Wesleyan University;
M.A., University of Minnesota;
Ph.D., University of Illinois (1985)
Nathan Cox
Associate Dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts
Associate Professor of Art
B.F.A., Milikin University;
M.F.A., Bradley University. (2002)
Jane Dorn
Assistant Professor of Art
B.F.A., Louisiana State University (2009)
Deedy Francis
Assistant Professor of Music
M.M., Westminster Choir College of Rider University;
A.F.A., Anderson University;
B.M.E., Furman University (2002)
www2.ac.edu/faculty/dfrancis
Polly Gaillard
Instructor of Art
B.A., University of South Carolina;
M.F.A., Vermont College of Fine Arts (2012)
Robert Homer-Drummond
Associate Professor of Theatre
B.A., Wheaton College;
M.F.A., University of Louisville (2011)
Peter J. Kaniaris
Professor of Art
B.F.A., Cleveland Institute of Art;
M.F.A.., University of Houston (1986)
Howard Kim
Associate Professor of Music
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles;
M.M., D.M.A., Eastman School of Music (2011)
Deborah W. McEniry
Professor of Theatre
Chair - Department of Theatre
B.M., Westminster Choir College of Ryder University;
M.A., Ph.D., New York University. (2007)
Jo Carol Mitchell-Rogers
Professor of Art
Chair - Department of Art
B.F.A., University of Georgia;
M.F.A., Clemson University;
Ph.D.,University of Georgia (1988)
David Perry
Associate Professor of Music
Director of Music Education
Chair - Department of Music
B.M., M.M., D.M.A., Arizona State University (2005)
Terrie Poore
Instructor of Theatre
B.A., B.F.A. Columbia College;
M.F.A., Texas Christian University (2012)
Timothy P. Speaker
Assistant Professor of Art
B.S., Central Michigan University;
M.A., M.F.A., University of Wisconsin – Madison (2008)
David Stern
Associate Professor of Music
Director of Instrumental Activities
B.M.E.,University of Colorado;
Ph.D, Texas Tech University. (2005)
Tommy L. Watson
Associate Professor of Music
B.A., Anderson University;
M.M., D.M.A., University of South Carolina. (2001)
Candace Weddle,
Assistant Professor of Art History
B.A., Baylor University;
M.A., Tulane University;
Ph.D., University of Southern California. (2012)
Richard A. Williamson
Professor of Music
Director of Choral Activities
B.M., Furman University;
M.M., M.A., Eastman School of Music
D.M.A., University of Illinois (1996)
www2.ac.edu/faculty/rwilliamson
Cara Wood
Associate Professor of Music
B.A., Converse College;
M.F.A., University of Mississippi (2005)