Emeritus (sometimes Emerita patterned after Latin grammatical gender) are retired faculty members with distinguished service histories to the College and the University.
Emeritus Faculty
School of Music
Karen Bottge
Associate Professor Emerita
Director of Music Theory Pedagogy Certificate Program
Lance Brunner
Associate Professor Emeritus
Director of Graduate Studies in Music
Musicology and Ethnomusicology
Musicology and Ethnomusicology
James Campbell
Professor Emeritus
Percussion, School of Music
W. Harry Clarke
Associate Professor Emeritus
Gordon Cole
Associate Professor Emeritus
Kate Covington
Associate Professor Emerita
Richard Domek
Professor Emeritus,
Dean of the College of Fine Arts
David Elliott
Associate Professor Emeritus
Jonathan Glixon
Professor Emeritus
University Research Professor
Provost’s Distinguished Service Professor
Coordinator of Musicology & Ethnomusicology
Provost’s Distinguished Service Professor
Coordinator of Musicology & Ethnomusicology
Skip Gray
Professor Emeritus
Associate Director of the School of Music
Associate Dean of the College of Fine Arts
Interim Director of the School of Music
Associate Dean of the College of Fine Arts
Interim Director of the School of Music
Diana Hallman
Professor Emerita
Head of the Musicology & Ethnomusicology Division
Coordinator of the University of Kentucky Opera Research Alliance
Coordinator of the University of Kentucky Opera Research Alliance
Alan Hersh
Professor Emeritus
Cliff Jackson
Associate Professor Emeritus
Noemi Lugo
Professor Emerita
Chair of Vocal Area
Director of Latin American Studies Program
Director of Latin American Studies Program
Ronald Pen
Professor Emeritus
Director of the John Jacob Niles Center for American Music
Schuyler Robinson
Professor Emeritus
Chair of the Master of Music in Sacred Music Program
Peter Simpson
Professor Emeritus
David Sogin
Professor Emeritus
Cecilia Wang
Professor Emerita
Director of the Orff Schulwerk Program
Dale Warren
Associate Professor Emeritus
Department of Theatre and Dance
Michael Braun
Associate Professor Emeritus
Department of Theatre and Dance
Director of the Arts Administration Program
Director of the Arts Administration Program
Nelson Fields
Professor Emeritus
Chair of Department of Theatre and Dance
Coordinator of the Design & Production Program
Coordinator of the Design & Production Program
John Holloway
Professor Emeritus
Geraldine Maschio
Professor Emerita
Founder and first Director of the Department of Arts Administration
Chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance
Associate Dean for the College of Fine Arts
Chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance
Associate Dean for the College of Fine Arts
Rhoda-Gale Pollack
Professor Emerita
James W. Rodgers
Professor Emeritus
School of Art and Visual Studies
Anna Brzyski, PhD
Professor Emerita
Director of Graduate Studies and Graduate Advisor, SA/VS
Director of Curatorial Studies
Director of Curatorial Studies
Dennis "Bones" Carpenter
Professor Emeritus
Gerald Ferstman
Professor Emeritus
Robert Jensen, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Chair of the School of Art and Visual Studies
Arturo Sandoval
Professor Emeritus
Robert Shay
Professor Emeritus
Dean, College of Fine Arts
George Szekely
Professor Emeritus
Area Head of Art Education
Monica Visona, PhD
Professor Emerita
Art History and Visual Studies, SA/VS
Affiliate Faculty, African American and Africana Studies
Affiliate Faculty, African American and Africana Studies
Department of Arts Administration
Michael Braun
Associate Professor Emeritus
Department of Theatre and Dance
Director of the Arts Administration Program
Director of the Arts Administration Program
Geraldine Maschio
Professor Emerita
Founder and first Director of the Department of Arts Administration
Chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance
Associate Dean for the College of Fine Arts
Chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance
Associate Dean for the College of Fine Arts