Faculty

Dr. Jud has been a postdoctoral associate at Cornell University and University of Florida, with interests in natural history, organismal botany and paleoecology.

Dr. Keller received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Cornell University and was a postdoctoral research associate at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Instructor Kirkwood is a lighting, projections and media designer based out of Kansas City. His recent work includes designs for the Lexington, Kentucky, Philharmonic; the Cumberland County, Maryland, Playhouse; and the Bar Harbor Music Festival in New York. He is a co-founding member of Papermoon...

Whitney teaches Intro to Theatre and is a proud alumni of the Jewell Theatre Company. She is ecstatic to bring her years of experience back to their beginnings in the theater that kick-started it all. She spent her years after graduating from Jewell teaching speech, theatre, debate and playwriting...

Pianist Dr. Jessica Koebbe is active as a performer, clinician and educator. She enjoys performing music of all genres, but especially enjoys championing lesser-known works by historically excluded composers. Her love of music and travel has resulted in opportunities to work and perform throughout...

Dr. Kotzin's areas of specialty are American immigration history, the history of the Civil War, modern Jewish history and the history of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. He is author of Judah L. Magnes: An American Jewish Non-Conformist (Syracuse University Press, 2010). Dr. Kotzin’s current...

Professor Land has a B.A. in English and Film Studies from the University of Missouri. She also received an M.A. and was a Ph.D. candidate in Media & Cultural Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has taught courses in digital media production, race and media, media history and...