Curricula Vitae in AK Visual & Performing Arts

Name	Personal Focus	Summary
Paul Crook Professor		Paul B. Crook received his MFA in Theatre from the University of Alabama, and spent the thirteen years before to coming to UofSC Aiken as the Directing and Acting professor with Louisiana Tech University’s School of the Performing Arts. Additionally, he served as the Co-Director of the Louisiana Tech Concert Association, and the Department of Theatre’s Director of Recruiting. Prior to his stint in Louisiana, he served as the Director of Theatre Arts for Andrew College in Cuthbert, GA.
Dr. Jeremy Culler Associate Professor	History and Theory of Art and Architecture, Experimental and Avant-Garde Film, New Media	Dr. Jeremy Culler is an Associate Professor of Art History at USC Aiken. He holds the Mary Toole Chair in Art. His primary research addresses the impact of technology on modern and contemporary art practices, focusing specifically on the intersections of post-medium practices, cinema, photography, and New Media. Currently, he is preparing Beautiful Encounters: The Cultural Heritage and Artistic Legacy of Livio Orazio Valentini for publication.
Dr. Michael R Fowler, MFA Professor		Michael Fowler, EdD is a Professor of Art and Mary D. Toole Chair in Art in the Department of Visual & Performing Arts, University of SC Aiken.
Professor Joseph Kameen Associate Professor	features the human figure heavily in his drawings and paintings, narrative imagery to consider our everyday relationship with unanswerable questions	Joseph Kameen joined the Department of Fine and Performing Arts in the Fall of 2018, as Assistant Professor of Art. Joseph received his BFA in painting and sculpture from Boston University, and his MFA in painting from Indiana University Bloomington. He has exhibited and curated nationally, including shows at The Painting Center and Janet Kurnatowski Gallery in New York.
Keely Rhodes Assistant Professor		Education: MM - University of Texas in Austin DMA - University of Texas in Austin
Debra E. Scott-Wiley Professor		Dewey Scott-Wiley is an Professor of Theatre, and heads up the performance curriculum at University of South Carolina Aiken. As a professional actor and director, Dewey has worked extensively up and down the east coast, from Off-Broadway, to The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C., to the Dock Street Theatre in Charleston, SC and beyond. She is a long time company member at Trustus Theatre in Columbia, SC, where she just served as Artistic Director for 3 seasons.
Joel F. Scraper Department Chair/Head	Chorus, Music	Dr. Joel Scraper is the Director of Choral Activities at the University of South Carolina Aiken, where he conducts choral ensembles, oversees the music education program, and teaches courses in conducting and music education.
Mary V. Southworth Associate Professor		Ginny is the Associate Professor of Photography. With over 27 years of experience, her specialties include editorial and commercial photography. Ginny attended Syracuse University and received her Bachelor of Science in Photo Communications. After working in the editorial field for a number of years, Ginny continued her education at the University of South Carolina, where she received a Master of Fine Arts in Photography.