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K Bailey Wingler<\/h2>\nChair, Art & Design<\/p>\n
Date Hired: June 2019<\/p>\n
Office: North Campus, Building N107 Room 708B<\/p>\n
Phone: 704-216-3627<\/p>\n
Email: bailey.wingler@rccc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
Courses Taught: Graphic Design I, II & III, Typography, Computer Design Basics, Computer Design Tech I, Illustration, Design Career Exploration<\/p>\n
Education: Associate in Fine Art in Visual Art. Bachelor of Fine Art in Printmaking & Drawing from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Master of Arts Administration from Winthrop University.\u200b<\/p>\n
Biography: Her work explores significance in the mundanity of domestic spaces, chores and family. Accolades include ArtPop Charlotte Class of 2018, the Juni Arante Excellence in Print Award and the Elizabeth Hope Reed Scholarship recipient. In addition to her administrative role, she also serves as a member of the City of Salisbury Public Art Commission and the NCCCS AFA Association board of directors.<\/p>\n
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Visual Arts<\/h1>\n
[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Caitlyn Lawler” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ custom_padding=”10px||10px|” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
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Caitlyn Lawler<\/h2>\nAdjunct Faculty<\/p>\n
Date Hired: Spring 2023<\/p>\n
Courses Taught: Art Appreciation, Video I, Video II<\/p>\n
School Email:\u00a0caitlyn.lawler@rccc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
Education:\u00a0MA in the History of Art, University of California- Riverside 2022; MFA in Studio Art, Claremont Graduate University, 2020; BA double major in Art History and Studio Art, Oakland University.<\/p>\n
Biography:\u00a0Caitlyn Lawler is an artist and art historian whose scholarship intersects memory, space, and place within the built and natural environments of the 20th<\/sup>\u00a0and 21st<\/sup>\u00a0centuries. She has written extensively about assemblage and outdoor installations with a particular focus on the localized histories of Los Angeles-based artists and their works. Her artistic practice\u00a0operates as an inquiry into the conceptual and material limits of painting to include two and three-dimensional forms and installations. Caitlyn’s works often contend with impermanence and affective sensation as they pertain to lived experiences.[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Carter Eggleston” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ custom_padding=”10px||10px|” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
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Carter Eggleston<\/h2>\nFull-Time Digital and Lens Based Faculty<\/p>\n
Date Hired: Fall 2022<\/p>\n
Courses Taught: Art Appreciation, Videography I, Videography II, Digital Design I, Printmaking I, Drawing I, Drawing II<\/p>\n
Email: carter.eggleston@rccc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
Education: MFA Creative Technologies, Virginia Tech, 2019<\/p>\n
BA Studio Art, Davidson College, 2011<\/p>\n
Biography: Carter Eggleston is an artist and educator based in the Charlotte, NC area. His work explores the relationships between humans and technology. In particular, he is interested in how the proliferation of technological convenience influences perception and the implicit commentary that different technologies reflect of their human creators. Carter works with a variety of traditional and time-based mediums to investigate how this relationship unfolds across both physical and digital realms.<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Debora Kim” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ custom_padding=”10px||10px|” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
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Debora Kim<\/h2>\nFull-Time Painting and Drawing Faculty<\/p>\n
Date Hired: Spring 2018<\/p>\n
Courses Taught:\u00a0 Drawing I, Drawing ll,\u00a0 Painting I, Painting ll, Two-Dimensional Design<\/p>\n
Email: debora.kim@rccc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
Education: MFA in Painting at Ewha Womans University (Seoul, South Korea) and BA in Studio Art: Painting at Smith College (Northampton, MA)<\/p>\n
Biography: Debora Kim is a Charlotte-based oil painter. She was born in Seoul, Korea and spent most of her life in Andover, Massachusetts. Her interest in art began during her years at Smith College and continued her studies at Ewha Woman’s University where she received her MFA in Western Painting. She is currently a member of the Goodyear Arts Collective in Charlotte, NC.[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Delaney Finau” _builder_version=”4.23.4″ custom_padding=”10px||10px|” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
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Delaney Finau<\/h2>\nAdjunct Faculty<\/p>\n
Date Hired: Spring 2024<\/p>\n
Courses Taught: Art Appreciation and Art History II<\/p>\n
Email: delaney.finau@rccc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
Education: MA in Art History from University of Illinois at Chicago, 2021; BA in English and Art History from Salem College, 2019<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/div>\nBiography: Delaney Finau is a Winston-Salem local. She has previously interned and worked at the Reynolda House Museum of American Art, SECCA, the Mint Museum, and the Driehaus Museum in Chicago. She currently also works in the Writing and Communication Center at Winston-Salem State University. Her master’s thesis focused on manuscript images of the Three Living and Three Dead.<\/div>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Francine Kola-Bankole” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ custom_padding=”10px||10px|” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
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Francine Kola-Bankole<\/h2>\nAdjunct Faculty<\/p>\n
Date Hired: 2013<\/p>\n
Courses Taught: Art Appreciation, Art History Survey I, Art History Survey II, Non-Western Art History<\/p>\n
Email: francine.kolabankole@rccc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
Education: MA Art History, California State University Long Beach<\/p>\n
Biography:\u00a0Francine Kola-Bankole holds\u00a0numerous\u00a0degrees. Coming full circle back to her interests in art, after a career as an architect, she obtained her M.A. from California State University Long Beach where she examined the epistemologies used to present Africa in North American art history foundation textbooks.\u00a0She is an art history PhD Student at University North Carolina Chapel Hill. Her doctoral research focuses on the modern and contemporary arts of Nigeria.<\/p>\n
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Grant Mahan<\/h2>\nAdjunct Faculty<\/p>\n
Date Hired: Summer 2025<\/p>\n
Courses Taught: Drawing I & II, 2D Design, and Art Appreciation<\/p>\n
Email: grant.mahan@rccc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
Education: Bachelor of Fine Art in Painting, Minor in the Theory and History of Art and Design from the Rhode Island School of Design. Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art with a Professoriate Certificate in Arts Education from Winthrop University.<\/p>\n
Biography: Grant Mahan is a Charlotte-based painter. His work uses play to process queerness, community, and objectification. Grant recently had a solo show, \u201cThe Void is a Field of Flowers\u201d, at the Chapman Cultural Center in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Other recent achievements include a project studio residency at Goodyear arts, showing in ArtFields, and a publication with MessArts in New Orleans.<\/span><\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Hannah Surace” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ custom_padding=”10px||10px|” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
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Hannah Surace<\/h2>\nFull-Time Studio Arts Faculty<\/p>\n
Date Hired: Fall 2019<\/p>\n
Courses Taught:\u00a0 Three Dimensional Design, Drawing I, Drawing ll, Sculpture I, Sculpture II, Painting I, Painting II<\/p>\n
Email: hannah.surace@rccc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
Biography: Hannah Surace is a visual artist whose practice explores themes of memory, nostalgia and the everyday through sculpture, drawing and painting. She is interested in domestic spaces, our connection to the space in which we inhabit and how the physical world influences our memories and ideas of the past. She earned her MFA in Sculpture from Savannah College of Art & Design in Atlanta, Georgia and her BFA in Fine Art from Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Maxwell Saunders” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ custom_padding=”10px||10px|” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
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Maxwell Saunders<\/h2>\nAdjunct Faculty<\/p>\n
Date Hired: Fall 2022<\/p>\n
Courses Taught: Ceramics I & II, 2D Design<\/p>\n
Email: max.saunders@rccc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
Education: MFA, Ceramics Utah State University 2022,\u00a0BFA, Ceramics UNC Asheville 2016<\/p>\n
Biography:\u00a0Max is a ceramic artist specializing in woodfired pottery and sculpture. He completed his MFA from Utah State University and BFA from UNC Asheville. His work explores ideas of geology, archeology and erosion, using clay as a canvas to reveal the rich colors and textures created by the wood kiln.<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Michelle Podgorski-Rodenberg” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ custom_padding=”10px||10px|” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
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Michelle Podgorski-Rodenberg<\/h2>\nAdjunct Faculty<\/p>\n
Date Hired: Spring 2015<\/p>\n
Courses Taught:\u00a0 Art Appreciation, Watercolor, Drawing 1, Drawing 2<\/p>\n
Email:\u00a0michelle.rodenberg@rccc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
Education:\u00a0MFA, Painting, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, MA<\/p>\n
Biography: Michelle\u2019s large watercolors focus on the direct and indirect ways that we impact the environment. Her paintings are portraits of trees that look as though they are dead but are still thriving in reality. Michelle is interested in nature\u2019s ability to sustain itself after people have tried to change or destroy it.\u00a0Michelle\u2019s work has been exhibited throughout the country, including Nevada, Kentucky, Ohio, New England, and throughout North Carolina. She has received artist residencies including one at the Wilderness Workshop in Aspen, CO in August 2015. Along with teaching at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, Michelle teaches at Gaston College and Cornelius Arts Center.[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Parker Reinecker” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ custom_padding=”10px||10px|” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
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Parker Reinecker<\/h2>\nFull-Time Lens-Based Faculty<\/p>\n
Date Hired: Fall 2019<\/p>\n
Courses taught: Photography I, Photography II, Digital Photography I, Digital Photography II, Videography I, Videography II, Two-dimensional Design<\/p>\n
Email: parker.reinecker@rccc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
Biography: Parker James Reinecker is a visual artist, photographer, and educator based in Central North Carolina and Atlanta, Georgia (USA). His work within the Central Piedmont region of North Carolina has spanned to now three projects, “Two Cardinals in the Thicket” (2020-2023), “Ned Peek & The Pug Mill” (2022-2024), and “To Watch the Moon Move” (2024). The work and approach to photography and mixed media installation have changed drastically over these past projects, from working through strict themes and research to a more open-ended and abstract approach to making. All of the projects work from a place of visual connection to landscape, culture, and the investigation of conceptual identity in the American South\u2013 all working to maintain a dialog in visual literacy.<\/p>\n
Parker\u2019s work has been exhibited in various galleries, museums, and institutions internationally and in the United States including High Point University, Marshall University, the Colorado Photographic Art Center, The Academy Art Museum, and the National Center for Civil and Human Rights. His work has also been featured in various national and international publications\/platforms including C41 and Eyeshot Magazines, Dodho Magazine, and The Photo Review. Parker is an MFA recipient from Savannah College of Art and Design and is a full-time Visual Arts Instructor of Lens-Based Media at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College in Salisbury, North Carolina.<\/p>\n
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Payton Brown<\/h2>\nFull-Time Visual Arts Drawing and Painting Faculty<\/p>\n
Date Hired: Fall 2024<\/p>\n
Courses Taught: Art Appreciation, Painting I and II, Drawing I and II, Figure Drawing<\/p>\n
Email: payton.brown@rccc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
Education: MFA in Painting at West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV), Graduate Certificate in Therapeutic Art at West Virginia University, and BFA in Art Education with Painting Concentration at West Virginia University<\/p>\n
Biography: Payton Brown is a visual artist based in North Carolina and West Virginia. Her artwork explores themes of nostalgia, unity, comfort, and appreciation for the ordinary. Payton\u2019s work has been selected for various group exhibitions across the US, including: SPACE Gallery (Pittsburgh, PA), the Rice Gallery of Fine Art (Overland Park, KS), Arc Gallery (San Francisco, CA), and Spiva Center for the Arts (Joplin, MO). While the majority of her paintings are oil on canvas, Payton enjoys creating art in a wide range of media, including: acrylic and watercolor painting, charcoal, pastel, colored pencil, linocut, monotype printmaking, digital illustration, and mixed media. She is the owner of Art by Payton, LLC, and enjoys creating products such as coloring books, stickers, and greeting cards.<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Philippe Dwyer” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ custom_padding=”10px||10px|” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
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Philippe Dwyer<\/h2>\nDate Hired: Fall 2020<\/p>\n
Courses Taught: Art Appreciation, Art History I<\/p>\n
School Email: philippe.dwyer@rccc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
Education: MFA, Textiles, Savanah College of Art and Design; BFA, Graphic Design, Minor in Art History, Rhode Island School of Design<\/p>\n
Biography: Philippe was born in Peru to a French mother and an American father; however, he grew up in the US, and received a BFA in graphic design from RISD and an MFA in textiles from SCAD. Through his travels, he became immersed in different cultures and the meaning and representations of their associated iconography. Dwyer’s artwork involves bringing to light the multicultural generation that he is a part of and is inspired by textures and patterns as well as creating new forms by deconstructing others. While in Chongqing, China he worked as a freelance graphic designer and as an ESL instructor and training specialist at an English school. More recently he was a gallery director for Park West Gallery, for which he ran the art enrichment program that encompassed promotional events, negotiating sales between collectors and artists, as well as hosting art auctions. His artwork has been exhibited nationally, internationally as well as in numerous juried exhibitions. Philippe currently teaches at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, Community College of Rhode Island, Rhode Island School of Design, and has published for the Georgia Historical Society and Textile Society of America.<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Rachel Raab” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ custom_padding=”10px||10px|” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
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Rachel Raab<\/h2>\nAdjunct Faculty<\/p>\n
Date Hired: Fall 2014<\/p>\n
Courses Taught: Art History I, Art Appreciation<\/p>\n
Email:\u00a0rachel.raab@rccc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
Education: MA, Art History, University of Memphis, TN<\/p>\n
Biography: \u00a0Rachel studied at the University of Evansville and the University of Memphis. Her emphasis is in Art History and Museum Studies. Rachel has worked as a museum director for over 3 years and has taught art for the past 10 years.[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Sandra Casserly” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ custom_padding=”10px||10px|” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
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Sandra Casserly<\/h2>\nAdjunct Faculty<\/p>\n
Date Hired: Fall 2016<\/p>\n
Courses Taught: Art Appreciation, Two-Dimensional Design,\u00a0 Drawing I, Drawing II<\/p>\n
Email:\u00a0sandra.casserly@rccc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
Education: MA, Drawing and Painting, California State University, Fullerton, CA; BFA, California State University, Fullerton, CA; AFA, Santa Ana Community College, CA<\/p>\n
Biography: Sandra Casserly is an esteemed instructor and seasoned artist. She is originally from Orange County California where she earned her Master\u2019s degree in Art from California State University Fullerton. Sandra began exhibiting her artwork before she graduated and began her teaching career soon after. Her work involves the search for the visual chords that she creates with color, shape texture and simple images. Much like the emotional impact that music can have, Sandra orchestrates the visual elements together to strike a similar chord. Sandra has an extensive exhibition resume ranging up and down the coast of California across to the East coast of North Carolina. A highlight of her career includes an exhibit with the famous Composer John Cage. Her work can be seen in the collections of screenwriters, actors, educators, musicians, designers, attorneys, Doctors, art collectors, gallery owners, and other artists. Some of her accomplishments include being a Co-Founder and Director of an Art Gallery in the heart of the arts district in Downtown Los Angeles. Her exhibition highlights include Solo shows at Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State Fullerton, and the Irvine Fine Arts Center where she was named as the Best New Artist in Orange County. Sandra was spotlighted on a televised \u201cWomen Artists \u201cprogram for the city of Los Angeles. She has had 5 Two-person, 8 Three-person exhibits. Her work has been in over 20 group shows, including those at the Laguna Beach Museum of Art, the Downey Art Museum, and the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art. She has been a guest Lecturer at various art institutions, and a Juror for art competitions including Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools. Her work in the community includes a painting workshop for LGBTQ youth, and an arts mentor program for at risk college freshmen. As a first generation college student and having gone to community college herself, Sandra is dedicated to the idea that community college is the perfect choice.<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Shanna Glawson” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ custom_padding=”10px||10px|” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n
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Shanna Glawson<\/h2>\nDate Hired: Fall 2021<\/p>\n
Courses Taught: Three-Dimensional Design, Art Appreciation<\/p>\n
Email:\u00a0shanna.glawson@rccc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
Education:\u00a0MFA, Studio Art, East Tennessee State University – BFA, University of North Carolina Asheville<\/p>\n
Biography: Shanna Glawson was born and raised in Western North Carolina. She has a MFA from East Tennessee University, a BFA with a concentration in sculpture from UNC Asheville, and an AAS in Professional Crafts: Silversmithing from Haywood Community College. She received two Undergraduate Research Grants as well as scholarships to attend art sessions at the New York Academy of Art, Penland School of Crafts, and Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. Working with a variety of sculptural materials (wood, metal, fabric etc.), her sculptures and installations encompass compositional beauty and emotional provocation. She has found delight in the ability to transform these materials through texture, carving, assembling, painting, and manipulating the form. Ultimately, her artwork is intended to induce empathy within its viewers and raise awareness of social issues through art. In 2018, she did a six-month artist residency at the Center for the Faith and Arts of Salisbury, NC to develop her passion for community-engaged artwork.<\/p>\n
Website: www.shannaglawson.com<\/a><\/p>\n
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Drama<\/h1>\n
[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Jeremy Peterson” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ custom_padding=”10px||10px|” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
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Jeremy Peterson<\/h2>\nAdjunct Faculty Adjunct Faculty<\/p>\n
Date Hired: Fall 2014<\/p>\n
Courses Taught: Theatre Appreciation, Storytelling<\/p>\n
Email: jeremy.peterson@rccc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
Education: M.Ed, Theatre Education, University of North Carolina\u2013Greensboro, NC Education: M.Ed, Theatre Education, University of North Carolina\u2013Greensboro, NC<\/p>\n
Biography: Jeremy has acted and worked in technical theatre for many different theatre companies in the Charlotte and greater Charlotte area, as well as for Carowinds, Tweetsie Railroad, and Horn in the West. He has been teaching theatre since 2005 and has been working in the community college system since 2014.[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Graphic Design” _builder_version=”4.16″ header_line_height=”1.7em” header_2_text_color=”#002f6d” background_color=”#f6a800″ height=”52px” custom_margin=”0px|||||” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
Graphic Design<\/h1>\n
[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Ashley Ezell” _builder_version=”4.23.4″ custom_padding=”10px||10px|” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
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Ashley Ezell<\/span><\/h2>\nAdjunct Faculty of Advertising & Graphic Design<\/span><\/p>\n
Semester Hired: Fall 2024<\/p>\n
Courses Taught: Digital Print Production<\/p>\n
School Email: ashley.ezell@rccc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
Education: B.S. – Design Technology & Industry, Troy University<\/p>\n
Biography: Ashley is a multidisciplinary designer with 15 years of industry experience. After graduation she began her career in pagination, ad design, and web design for print publications. Her journey then expanded to include work in ad agencies and private businesses, where she picked up photography and videography. Those years as a creative director provided some of the best experiences, amazing locations, and truly one-of-a-kind clients. In 2014 Ashley moved to North Carolina where she now lives on a farm with her husband and son. She founded a soap store with her best friend, and after 7 years, successfully sold the business. She views being a graphic designer was one of the greatest skill sets she brought to her business, and she truly believe great designers can do (and certainly sell!) anything. Currently, Ashley manages social content for women-owned businesses.<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”El Nicholl” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ custom_padding=”10px||10px|” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
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El Nicholl<\/h2>\nAdjunct Faculty of Advertising & Graphic Design<\/p>\n
Date Hired: Fall 2021<\/p>\n
Courses taught: Graphic Design II, Graphic Design III, Design of Advertising<\/p>\n
Email: el.nicholl@rccc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
Education: AAS in Graphic Design from Johnston Community College;\u00a0BS in Interior Design from Campbell University;\u00a0MFA in Graphic Design from Savannah College of Art & Design;\u00a0PhD in Educational Studies from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro<\/p>\n
Biography: El is an effective, egalitarian professional with twenty-five years of experience teaching and advising post-secondary students. Demonstrated skills in hiring, developing, and supervising quality faculty and staff. Administrative experience developing and growing both university transfer and career and technical education programs. Excellent oral and written skills and ability to effectively communicate with faculty, students, staff, and community members. Proven ability to work as a team player to strengthen the quality of teaching and the learning environment, always with the intention of promoting student success.<\/p>\n
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Khettie <\/span>Chanthaheuang<\/h2>\nAdjunct Faculty of Advertising & Graphic Design<\/span><\/p>\n
Semester Hired: Fall 2024<\/p>\n
Courses Taught: Graphic Design I, Graphic Design II, Graphic Design III<\/p>\n
School Email: tue.chanthaheuang@rccc.edu\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n
Education: A.A.S. Advertising and Graphic Design<\/p>\n
Biography: A graduate of Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, Khettie started her five-year journey as a student of Fine Arts before transitioning into Graphic Design midway into her studies. It was after this transition she began to showcase her newfound love in graphic design by participating in Rowan-Cabrrus Community College-sponsored art events that would increase her recognition as an aspiring designer among colleagues and officials at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College. Her work primarily focuses on clean designs that are centered around shapes and typography \u2014 often mixing the two elements together to pay homage to her favorite art movement, Bauhaus. Khettie received her A.A.S. degree from Rowan-Cabarrus Community College in May 2023, and she intends on earning her BFA in graphic design at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC).<\/p>\n
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Ryland Gabriel<\/h2>\nAdjunct Faculty of Advertising & Graphic Design<\/p>\n
Date Hired: Spring 2019<\/p>\n
Courses taught: Typography I, Design Career Exploration, Graphic Design I, Graphic Design II, Computer Design Basics, Computer Design Tech I, Graphic Design III, Graphic Design for Web I, and Portfolio Design<\/p>\n
Email: ryland.gabriel@rccc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
Education: B.F.A. in Graphic Design from Savannah College of Art & Design; M.F.A. in Media Design at Full Sail University; M. Ed. in Learning, Design, and Technology at University of North Carolina at Charlotte<\/p>\n
Biography: Ryland studied Advertising and Graphic Design at Catawba Valley Community College for two years before earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from Savannah College of Art and Design. While studying full-time, they also worked in the print industry and developed a love for print design. Ryland spent several years in Asheville, NC, as a graphic designer and production manager, creating marketing collateral for local businesses. In January 2019, Ryland joined Rowan-Cabarrus Community College. By August 2019, they became the Lead Faculty for Graphic Design, a role they held until September 2023, when they transitioned to their current role in eLearning. Ryland is passionate about graphic design and eager to help the next generation of designers master the Adobe Creative Cloud and achieve their career goals.<\/p>\n
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Grace Poe<\/h2>\nAdjunct\u00a0Faculty<\/p>\n
Semester Hired: Fall 2023<\/p>\n
Courses Taught: Music Appreciation<\/p>\n
Email: grace.poe@rccc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
Education: Bachelor of Music Education from Baylor University. Master of Music from Oklahoma State University, Doctor of Musical Arts with Cognate in Music History from University of North Carolina Greensboro.<\/div>\n\u00a0<\/div>\nBiography: <\/span><\/span>Grace Nelson Poe is a musician, educator and administrator based in North Carolina. She recently received her doctorate from the University of North Carolina Greensboro, where she completed her dissertation exploring mental health in the collegiate music studio. Her teaching experience spans from Pre-K general music to graduate student private lessons, but she feels most at home in the classroom environment. During her semesters at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, Dr. Poe has facilitated field trips to hear the Salisbury Symphony and guest lecturers to discuss world music traditions.<\/p>\n
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Jessie Peterson<\/h2>\nAdjunct\u00a0Faculty<\/p>\n
Semester Hired: Fall 2025<\/p>\n
Courses Taught: Music Appreciation<\/p>\n
Email: jessie.peterson@rccc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
Education: B.M. in Music Education from Appalachian State University, M.M. in Music Education from the University of North Carolina- Greensboro, and Ph.D. in Teaching and Learning from Clemson University.<\/p>\n
Biography: Jessie Peterson has over seven years of teaching experience as a band director in North Carolina at Corriher-Lipe Middle School and Kannapolis Middle School. Dr. Peterson was the 2019 Rowan Salisbury School System’s Beginning Teacher of the Year, was the 2020 recipient of the Blanche and Julian Robertson Family Foundation Grant, participated in Go Global NC\u2019s Global Teacher Program-Australia 2020, and was Corriher-Lipe Middle School\u2019s 2022-2023 Teacher of the Year. She received the 2022 Ed Rooker Encore Award from the American School Band Directors Association. Dr. Peterson has published and presented locally and nationally, including the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, the North Carolina Music Educators Association Conference, and the DC Music Educators Association Conference. Her research interests include teacher retention and motivation, critical asset-based pedagogies, social justice in education, and music education.<\/p>\n
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Richard Hall<\/h2>\nAdjunct\u00a0Faculty<\/p>\n
Semester Hired: Spring 2023<\/p>\n
Courses Taught: Music Appreciation, Introduction to Jazz<\/p>\n
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- Special Acknowledgment<\/a><\/li>\n
- A.A.S. in Graphic Design<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
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Todd Campbell<\/h2>\n