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Administrative Staff
Philip Flickinger
Chair, Dept. of Theatre and Dance
- Location: Shasta Hall 106
- Phone: (916) 278-7033
- philip.flickinger@xingtaiyichuang.com
- Pronouns: he/him
- Specialty & Interests: Modern/Contemporary Dance, Choreography, Dance Cultures of America
Katelyn Arata
Administrative Support Coordinator I
- Location: Shasta Hall 104
- Phone: (916) 278-3569
- katelynarata@xingtaiyichuang.com
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
Drea Guianan
Administrative Support Coordinator II
- Location: Shasta Hall 104
- Phone: (916) 278-6617
- a.guianan@xingtaiyichuang.com
- Pronouns: she/her
Faculty & Staff
Lorelei Bayne
Professor
- Location: Shasta Hall 112
- Phone: (916) 278-7721
- baynel@xingtaiyichuang.com
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
- CV / Bio
- Specialty & Interests: Dance History, Theory & Criticism, Choreography
Megan Brunsvold Mercedes
Assistant Professor
- Location: Shasta Hall 104
- Phone: (916) 278-6702
- m.brunsvoldmercedes@xingtaiyichuang.com
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
- CV / Bio
- Specialty & Interests: Contemporary, Composition, Improvisation, Jazz, Tap, Dance Cultures of America, Dance Science & Somatics, Creative Dance for Children
Stephanie Conrad
Performing Arts Technician
- Location: Shasta Hall 104
- Phone: (916) 278-7211
- sconrad@xingtaiyichuang.com
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
- CV / Bio
Samuel Fulk
Lecturer
- Phone: (916) 278-7714
- samuel.fulk@xingtaiyichuang.com
- Specialty & Interests: Ballet
Kerry Glamsch
Lecturer
- Specialty & Interests: Acting; World Cinema
Tasa Gleason
Performing Arts Technician
- Location: Shasta Hall 104
- Phone: (916) 278-6384
- tasa.gleason@xingtaiyichuang.com
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
- CV / Bio
- Specialty & Interests: Costume Design; Costume Construction; Hair & Make-up
Michele Hillen-Noufer
Lecturer
- Specialty & Interests: Children's Theatre
Stephen Jones
Assistant Professor
- Location: Shasta Hall 106
- s.c.jones@xingtaiyichuang.com
- Specialty & Interests: Scenic and Lighting Design and Technology; Race in Set Design/Technology and Scenography
Erin Kaplan
Professor
- Location: Shasta Hall 147
- Phone: (916) 278-5994
- erin.kaplan@xingtaiyichuang.com
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
- Specialty & Interests: Multicultural Perspectives in American Theatre, Theatre History, Acting, Devised Theatre
Nicole Limón
Lecturer
- Phone: (916) 278-7715
- nicole.limon@xingtaiyichuang.com
- Specialty & Interests: Multicultural Perspectives in American Theatre, Introduction to Theatre
Nicole Manker
Lecturer
- Phone: (916) 278-2803
- manker@xingtaiyichuang.com
- Specialty & Interests: African-Caribbean Dance, Dunham Technique
Casey McClellan
Lecturer
- casey.mcclellan@xingtaiyichuang.com
- Pronouns: he/him/his
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Introduction to Theatre, Voice and Movement
Christine Nicholson
Lecturer
- Phone: (916) 278-5785
- nicholsonjc@xingtaiyichuang.com
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
- CV / Bio
- Specialty & Interests: Directing, Theatre History, Irish and British Theatre, Shakespeare, Acting/Appreciation of Acting
Osvaldo Ramirez
Lecturer
- Phone: (916) 278-5785
- oramirez@xingtaiyichuang.com
- CV / Bio
- Specialty & Interests: Mexican Folklorico Dance
Erin Reynolds
Lecturer
- erin.reynolds@xingtaiyichuang.com
- Pronouns: she/they
- Specialty & Interests: Jazz Dance, Dance Cultures
Kristina Rodriguez
Equipment Technician
- Location: Shasta Hall 104
- Phone: (916) 278-7724
- kristina.rodriguez@xingtaiyichuang.com
Audrey Walker
Costume Shop Manager
- Location: Shasta Hall 104
- Phone: (916) 278-6384
- audrey.walker@xingtaiyichuang.com
Darius Omar Williams
Professor
- Location: Shasta Hall 114
- Phone: (916) 278-7303
- darius.o.williams@xingtaiyichuang.com
- Pronouns: he/him/his
Emeritus Faculty
Michelle Felten
Former Vice Chair, Theatre & Dance Department
- Location: Shasta Hall 104
- mfelten@xingtaiyichuang.com
- Specialty & Interests: Acting, Voice & Movement, Audition Technique, Shakespeare