Departments
Emily Snider Andrews
Executive Director of the Center for Worship and the Arts, Assistant Professor of Music and Worship
Division of Music
404 Buchanan Hall
Michael Averett
Associate Professor, Trumpet, Coordinator of Graduate Studies
Division of Music, Instrumental
308 Brock Hall
Philip L. Copeland
Professor, Conducting, A Cappella Choir
Division of Music, Vocal and Choral
312 Buchanan Hall
Grant Beckett Dalton
Professor, Percussion, Jazz Band
Division of Music, Instrumental
205 Brock Hall
Joel S. Davis
Chair, Professor, Music Theory and Composition
Division of Music
218 Buchanan Hall
Brad Diamond
Professor, Voice
Division of Music, Vocal and Choral
306 Buchanan Hall
Letitia Jap
Assistant Professor, Violin
Division of Music, Instrumental
307 Brock Hall
Kristin Kenning
Professor, Voice, Director of Samford Opera
Division of Music, Vocal and Choral
311 Buchanan Hall
Mark Lackey
Professor, Music Theory and Composition
Division of Music, Theory and Composition
308 Buchanan Hall
Sharon L. Lawhon
Professor, Voice, University Chorale
Division of Music, Vocal and Choral
309 Buchanan Hall
Beth McGinnis
Associate Professor, Musicology
Division of Music
304 Buchanan Hall
Theo Metz
Assistant Professor, Commercial Music
Division of Music, Commercial Music
Steven Potaczek
Associate Professor, Director of Commercial Music
Division of Music, Commercial Music
305 Brock Hall
Jonathan Rodgers
Coordinator of Music and Worship, Samford Worship Collective, Faculty Fellow, The Center for Worship and the Arts
Division of Music, Music and Worship
403 Buchanan Hall
Ronald Rodriguez-Herrera
Assistant Professor, Piano
Division of Music, Instrumental
306 Buchanan Hall
Jonathan Skaggs
Director of Enrollment Management
151 Swearingen Hall
Morgan Soja
Associate Professor, Director of Music Education
Division of Music, Music Education
301b Buchanan Hall
Cindy St. Clair
Associate Professor, Piano, Coordinator of Keyboard Studies
Division of Music, Instrumental
210 Buchanan Hall
Jaroslaw Szurek
Cataloging and Metadata, Associate Librarian, University Library
Division of Music
430 University Library
Brian B. Viliunas
Professor, Clarinet, Orchestra, Coordinator of Instrumental Area
Division of Music, Instrumental
Brock Hall
Chris Withrow
Assistant Professor, Voice
Division of Music, Vocal and Choral
314 Buchanan Hall
Patrick Young
Assistant Professor, Tuba & Euphonium, Director of Bands
Division of Music, Instrumental
204 Brock Hall
Adjunct Faculty
Architecture & Interior Design
General phone number: 205-726-2951
- Charlie Allen – Lecturer
- Marshall Anderson – Lecturer, Design Studio
- Jeff Dungan – Lecturer, Design Studio
- Sarah Dunn – Lecturer, Design Studio
- Joe Ellis – Lecturer, Design Studio
- Jim Griffo – Lecturer & Community Outreach
- Lisa Herriott – Lecturer
- Jill Hicks – Lecturer, Design Studio
- Tim Hightower – Lecturer, Structural Systems
- Julie Hooper – Lecturer
- Will McGarity – Lecturer
- Mary McGarity – Lecturer
- Jeffery Miller – Lecturer
- Miriam Roberson - Lecturer, Design Studio
- K.J. Schumacher – Lecturer
- Corey Sossbee - Lecturer, Design Studio
- K.C. Squires - Lecturer, Design Studio
- Hampton Stephens – Lecturer
- Tyler Stephens – Lecturer
- Anna Laura Strider – Lecturer, Design Studio
- David Willoughby – Lecturer
Art and Design
General phone number: 205-726-4840
- Ty Smith – Lecturer, Painting & Drawing
- Leah Hamel – Lecturer, 3D Design
- Kaitlin West – Shop Manager & Lecturer
- Nic Tisdale – Lecturer, 2D, Drawing & Printmaking
- Molly Kinstler – Lecturer, Art History
- Scott Thompson – Lecturer, Painting & Drawing
- Tom Briscoe – Lecturer, Graphic Design
Division of Music
General phone number: 205-726-4364
- Jake Adler - Lecturer, Songwriting and Worship
- David Allinder – Lecturer, Worship Ensembles and Music Education
- Kimberly Bain – Lecturer, Saxophone
- Tim Carroll – Lecturer, Bass
- Mary Brook Diamond - Lecturer, Voice and Theory
- Laura Doss – Senior Lecturer, Voice
- Chris Fryar – Lecturer, Drum Set
- Sadie Goodman – Lecturer, Musicology
- James Hodgin - Commercial Music
- Michael Howard – Lecturer, Technology and Production
- Steve Jessup - Instructor, Trombone
- Samuel Nordlund – Lecturer, Cello
- Brent Reeves – Lecturer, Piano Pedagogy
- Connie Macon Rhea – Lecturer, Class Piano
- Valerie Sly - Lecturer, French Horn
- James Sullivan – Lecturer, Oboe
- Fred Teardo – Lecturer, Organ
- Jodean Tingle - Lecturer, Class Piano
- Lisa Wienhold – Lecturer, Flute
- Keith Wolfe-Hughes - Lecturer
- Abigail Workman – Lecturer, Harp
Theatre & Dance
General phone number: 205-726-2951
- JJ Butler - Lecturer, Dance
- Ann-Houston Campbell – Lecturer, Theatre
- Kristin Campbell - Lecturer, Theatre
- Joanna Dehart - Lecturer, Dance
- Alyssa Douglas - Lecturer, Theatre
- Anna Foshee – Lecturer, Dance
- Alie Gorrie – Lecturer, Theatre
- Brian Haven – Lecturer, Theatre
- Maya Johnson - Lecturer, Dance Team Director
- Therese Leager – Lecturer, Dance
- Victor McCay – Lecturer, Film
- John Mingle - Lecturer, Dance
- David Odenwelder – Lecturer, Dance
- Caroline Rucks - Lecturer, Dance
- Kelsey Shelton, Lecturer, Dance
- Sarah Wallace - Lecturer, Dance
- Joanna Hardy West – Lecturer, Dance
- McKenzie Whitfield - Lecturer, Dance
- James Wood - Lecturer, Theatre
- Jared Wright - Lecturer, Dance
