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UNCSA History

Facts and information about the history of the UNCSA campus and programs.

School of Dance

Name Dates of Service
Robert Lindgren April 1965 - August 1987
Duncan Noble Interim Dean: September 1987 - July 1988
Susan McCullough August 1988 - June 2007
Alexander Ewing Interim Dean: August 2007 - June 2008
Ethan Stiefel July 2008 - June 2011
Brenda Daniels Interim Dean: July 2011 - June 2012
Susan Jaffe July 2012 - June 2020
Jared Redick Interim Dean: June 2020 - July 2021
Endalyn Taylor August 2021 - present

 

School of Design & Production

Name Dates of Service
Ronald Pollock September 1968 - September 1970
John A. Sneden September 1970 - September 2002
Mark Pirolo Interim Dean: September 2002 - June 2003
Joseph P. Tilford July 2003 - July 2014
Jamie Call Blankinship Interim Dean: August 2014 - June 2015
Michael J. Kelley July 2015 - present

 

School of Drama

Name Dates of Service
William Trotman May 1965 - May 1966
Osvaldo Riofrancos May 1966 - February 1967
Ira Zuckerman Interim Dean: February-June 1967
Dean: June 1967 - June 1969
Ronald Pollock Interim Dean: July 1969 - May 1970
Dean: May 1970 - July 1976
Malcolm Morrison August 1976 - August 1987
Alan Rust September 1987 - June 1989
Robert Francesconi Interim Dean: July 1989 - July 1991
Gerald Freedman August 1991 - June 2012
Carl Forsman July 2012 - June 2017
Dale Girard Interim Dean: June 2017 - June 2018
Scott Zigler June 2018 - June 2024
John Langs July 2024 - present

 

School of Filmmaking

Name Dates of Service
Sam Grogg January 1993 - December 1998
Dale Pollock Dean: January 1999 - June 2006
Interim Dean: January-July 2021
David Elkins Interim Dean: July 2006 - September 2007
Jordan Kerner September 2007 - June 2012
Susan Ruskin Interim Dean: July 2012 - June 2013
Dean July 2013 - August 2019
Henry Grillo Interim Dean: August 2019 - December 2020
Deborah LaVine July 2021 - present

 

School of Music

Name Dates of Service
Louis A. Mennini May 1965 - June 1971
Nicholas Harsanyi June 1971 - July 1977
Robert Hickok August 1977 - June 1985
Walter Gray Interim Dean: July 1985 - June 1986; July 1990 - June 1991
Larry Alan Smith June 1986 - June 1990
Robert Yekovitch July 1991 - July 2003
Lawrence Dillon Interim Dean: July 2003 - July 2004
Thomas S. Clark August 2004 - July 2008
Michael Rothkopf Interim Dean: July 2008 - June 2010
Wade Weast July 2010 - July 2015
Karen Beres Interim Dean: July 2015 - July 2016
Brian Cole August 2016 - July 2019
Tony Woodcock August 2019 - July 2020
Saxton Rose Interim Dean: July 2020 - June 2021
Dean: June 2021 - present

 

Division of Liberal Arts

Name Dates of Service
Julia Mueller Acting Dean: February 1965 - June 1966
John Cone August 1966 - August 1967
Marion Fitz-Simons Interim Dean: September 1967 - March 1968
Lawrence O. Carlson July 1968 - April 1970
William H. Baskin III Interim Dean: April-May 1970
Dean: May 1970 - August 1977
Frank G. Dickey Interim Dean: September 1977 - December 1978
Richard “Rick” Miller Acting Dean: January 1979 - July 1979
Interim Dean: August 2006 - September 2008
Dean: September 2008 - June 2011
William L. Tribby August 1979 - June 1999
Margaret Mertz July 1999 - June 2003
Elaine D. Pruitt Interim Dean: July 2003 - July 2006
Dean Wilcox Interim Dean: July 2011 - June 2012
Dean: July 2012 - June 2021
Martine Kei Green-Rogers Interim Dean: July 2021 - July 2022
Rachel Williams July 2022 - June 2025
Krystyna Puć July 2025 - present

High School Academic Program

Name Dates of Service
Robert T. Kimzey 1965-1968
Peggy P. Dodson Interim: 2004-2005
John T. Gardner 2005-2006
Jill Lane

Interim: 2006-2008
Dean: 2008-2015

Elaine D. Pruitt Interim: 2015-2016
Brock Snyder Acting Dean: Summer 2016
Martin Ferrell 2017-present

* Gaps in this list exist due to periods of time when the Dean of the Division of Liberal Arts (formerly Academic Studies and later the Division of General Studies) was also the High School Dean and Headmaster.