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Connie is also the creator and producer of The Wesleyan Playmarket, a venue for the work of Wesleyan playwrights. In May 2009 she directed a reading of the Playmarket 2009 winner, Certificate of Death at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater in New York. She also directed a staged reading of the 2007 Playmarket winner The Body of Eva Peron at 37 ARTS in New York. Connie has been a UIL One Act Play Judge, the judge for the Live Theatre League's High School Playwriting Competition and the playwriting mentor for the Fort Worth Shakespeare in the Park student playwrights. She is a member of the Dramatists Guild, Alpha Psi Omega and Kappa Delta Pi.

Councilman Chris Nettles

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Trustee
Councilman, Fort Worth City Council - District 8 / Fort Worth, TX

Cynthia Givan

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Nurse Anesthesia Administrative Assistant

Dale Telgenhoff

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Nurse Anesthesia Adjunct Professor of Nurse Anethesia

Dan Whitsell

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Member of the Board of Directors
Member of the Executive Committee
Ram Club Representative

David Bogaev

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Music Adjunct Professor of Voice

David Humphreys

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Adjunct Professor

Debbie Cavitt

dc..@txwes.edu

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Business Services Purchasing Director

Dorrice Baker

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Human Resource Analyst

Dr. Angela Mordecai

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Nurse

Dr. Atif Farid Mohammad

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Math, Computer Science & Physics Adjunct Proessor

Dr. Emily W. Messer - President

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President

Dr. Gladys Childs

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Dean of Freshman Success, Associate Professor of Religion

Dr. Greg Phillips

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Secretary of the Board
Trustee
Internal Medicine Physician, Fort Worth Medical Specialists / Fort Worth, TX

Dr. Jenny J. Dean

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Dean
Assistant Professor of Mass Communication
Communication Associate Professor

Dr. Kay L. Colley

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Mass Communication Professor of Mass Communication, Department Chair
Professor of Mass Communication

Dr. Kimberly Persley

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Trustee
Gastroenterologist, Digestive Disease Associates of Dallas / Dallas, TX

Dr. Lamar E. Smith

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Trustee

Dr. Lili Zhang

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Associate Professor of Religion

Dr. Louella Baker Martin

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Trustee
President, LBM Investments & Management Company / Fort Worth, TX

Dr. Michael Williams

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Trustee
Chancellor, University of North Texas System / Fort Worth, TX

Dr. Susan Coultas

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Trustee
Chief Clinical Officer, Clearside Biomedical / Burleson, TX

Dr. Tim Bruster

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Trustee
Retired Senior Pastor / Fort Worth, TX

Elizabeth Ward

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Education

Elsa Anderson

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Education

Eric Hessel

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Music Adjunct Professor of French Horn, Brass Area Coordinator

Eric Montoya

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Immediate past President
Member of the Executive Committee

Farid Derisavifard

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Mathematics, Computer Science & Physics Instructor of Mathematics

Gokcen Ogruk-Maz

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Business Associate Professor of Economics

Gregory Dewhirst

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Adjunct Professor
Music Adjunct Professor of Saxophone and Woodwinds Methods

Haven USA

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Trustee
Owner, Food Haven USA / North Richland Hills, TX

Heida Reed

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Business Visiting Professor of Business Administration

Ilka Araújo - Chairman

ia..@txwes.edu

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Chairman
Professor of Piano, Piano Pedagogy, Music History Studies / Department of Music

Jacob Sanchez

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Theatre Business Manager

James Hubbard

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Biology Lab Coordinator

James Schmidt

js..@txwes.edu

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Nurse Anesthesia Professor of Anatomy, Physiology & Pathophysiology

Jay C. Brown

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Professor of Psychology, Director for the Minor in International Studies
Psychology Professor of Psychology

Jeanne Everton

je..@txwes.edu

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Associate Professor
Associate Professor of Theatre

Jeanne Everton holds the B.A. in Speech and Drama from Trinity University and the M.A. in Drama from Texas Woman's University. She has undertaken additional study at Indiana University, Pennsylvania State University, Texas Tech University and with a variety of theatre, film and television professionals including Catherine Weidner, Tony Barr, Tom Babson, Dennis Gallegos, Squire Fridell, Catherine Fitzmaurice and Greg Pierotti. The Dallas Theatre League and the Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival have recognized her acting and directing. She is especially proud of the multiple student casts awarded Best Ensemble honors by KC/ACTF. Jeanne was named Best Stage Actress in Dallas by The Dallas Observer for her performance in George and Shaherazade, sad, sad, sad. Other professional honors include being named multiple times to Who's Who in America, Who's Who Among Teachers in American Colleges and Universities and Who's Who Among American Women. Among her performance credits, Jeanne's favorite roles include Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Sarah in The Norman Conquests, Dorothea in Eleemosynary, Arkadina in The Seagull, Angustius in The House of Bernarda Alba, Elizabeth I in Mary Stuart, Catherine in And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little, Simonne Evrard in Marat/Sade and Maggie in Dancing at Lughnasa, a production directed by her Wesleyan colleague Dwight Sandell. An Associate Member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, Jeanne has directed more than fifty plays and musicals and particularly enjoyed staging Agnes of God, Assassins, The Three Sisters, Terra Nova, The Pillowman and Robert Rodriguez's opera Suor Isabella. Having worked professionally for over 40 years as an actor, director, dramaturg, designer, talent agent, casting director and producer, Jeanne brings a wide variety of experience to the classroom. She teaches professional on-camera acting for film and television, Meisner-based acting classes and entrepreneurship for performers in Dallas and throughout the country. Recently, she and her long-time professional colleague, voice actor Bob Michaels, have seminars, designed to help professional performers adjust to the new technologies and practices of production work in the 21st century.

Jearl Helvey

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Education

Jeffrey DeLotto

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Professor

Jen Hilton

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Business Consultant
Member of the Board of Directors
Member of the Executive Committee

Jennifer Harrison

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Assistant
Member of the Board of Directors
Member of the Executive Committee

Jennifer Lup

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Education

Jennifer Murphy

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Director

Jeri Chipman

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Director

Jerry Westenkuehler

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Adjunct Professor

Jessica Salazar

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Education

Jill Kersch

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Member of the Executive Committee
Secretary of the Executive Committee

Jo Reid

Jo Reid, CRNA, Paul N. Austin, Ricardo E. Rodriguez,. The Laryngeal Mask Airway: Is It Safe for Pediatric Adenotonsillectomy?, Anesthesia/AEJ, eJournal, Volume 3 Issue 1 2015.

Joe Brown

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Chairman / Professor of Theatre Arts & Communication, Former Dean of Freshmen ( 19 Years )

Joe Allen Brown "Pro Joe" has taught at Wesleyan since 1978. During his tenure, he has served as Chair of Theatre (22 years), Dean of the School of Fine Arts (5 years), and Dean of Freshman Success (19 years). At Joe's request, in the Fall of 2019, he returned to teaching Theatre and Speech courses. In the Fall of 2021, he returned to serve as Chair for Theatre Wesleyan. Joe is currently the senior faculty member at Texas Wesleyan. He has received the Earl Brown Faculty Award for his service and teaching and two Trustee Awards for his service to Wesleyan and his service in the community. He has been recognized twice by the Wesleyan Alumni Association with the Wesleyan Flame Award for Service to the University and the Wesleyan Medal Award for being recognized as an Honorary Alumni of the University. Joe has been a Texas Educational Theatre Association One Act Play judge for over 40 years and is an active Live Theatre League of Tarrant County member, previously serving as President of the organization. The Live Theatre League of Tarrant County has recognized Joe with the Elston Brooks Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contributions to Theatre and the Arts Advocacy Award. Joe is also the Vice President of the Board of Directors for Jubilee Theatre. When he is not busy with Theatre Wesleyan or supporting area theatres, he is involved at home with his ten dogs, three cats, and three exotic parrots. He loves to call his house the "East Side Zoo and Animal Haven".

Joni Baczewski

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Adjunct Professor

Jorge Vivar

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Member of the Executive Committee
President of the Board of Directors

Jose Castillo

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Nurse Anesthesia Associate Professor

Josh Gibbs

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University Advancement Development Officer

Julie McCurley

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Member of the Executive Committee
Treasurer of the Executive Committee

Karen Potter

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Theatre Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre
Visiting Professor

Karen Surita

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Member of the Executive Committee
President of the Executive Committee

Katherine Prater

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Chemistry Associate Professor of Chemistry

Kathryn Keaton

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Member of the Board of Directors
Member of the Executive Committee
Program Director

Keith Critcher

kc..@txwes.edu

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Instructor
Music Instructor of Music, Collaborative Pianist, Vocal Area Coordinator, Vocal Coach, Secondary Piano, Music in Worship

Keji Sanchez

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Music Adjunct Professor of Piano and Aural Skills

Kenneth Boyd

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IT Academic Services Media and Classroom Technologist

Kevin Manderville

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Music Adjunct Professor of Classical Guitar

Kim Stergio

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Human Resources Manager

Kristen Carlini

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Department Coordinator

Lauren Coursey

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Psychology Assistant Professor of Psychology

Letty Vasquez

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Business Services Controller

Linda McMillan

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Database Manager

Lisa Dryden

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Education

Logen Cure

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English & Language Instructor of College Composition

Lou Carfa

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Adjunct Professor of Jazz Area Coordinator

Mai Tadokoro Hessel

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Adjunct Professor
Music Adjunct Professor of Percussion, Percussion Area Coordinator

Maria Hernandez

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Business Services Accounts Payable Specialist

Maria Perez

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English & Language Instructor of College Composition

Marian Crossley

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Business Services Accountant

Marilyn A. Pugh

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Associate Professor of Psychology

Pugh, M. A. (1995, November). Butterfly or moth: Lessons learned in the first year of teaching. Paper presented at the meeting of the Southwest Regional Conference for Teachers of Psychology, Fort Worth, TX. Pugh, M. A., Schneider, L. F., & Hall, J. P. (1996, November). Using interdisciplinary course enhancements to facilitate students' integration of the curriculum. Poster session presented at the meeting of the Southwest Regional Conference for Teachers of Psychology, Fort Worth, TX.