Faculty

UALR Community School of the Arts

Leslie J. Mangiamele, Director

Janice Sampson, Registrar

Art Instructors

• Alberta McCauley Pearson, MFA, Memphis State University; BA, MA,University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
• Beth Decker, BA Fine Arts, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; University of Arkansas, Fayetteville; University of Central Arkansas.
• Endia Bumgarner Gomez, MA candidate in Fine Arts, University of Arkansas at Little Rock. BA, University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
• Ceola Dockery, BA candidate, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville, AR.

Music Instructors

• Linda B. Austin, BA, Ouachita Baptist University; Graduate Studies: Music and Education, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and Little Rock, AR.
• Scott Bassham, BM, University of Central Arkansas, AR.
• Melodie Breeding, MA, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; BA, University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
• Julia Buckingham, BM, University of Arknasas at Fayetteville.
• Laura Tze Sheung Carenbauer, BME, West Liberty State College; Royal School of Music, London; Hong Kong Music Institute; Additional Training: Suzuki Methodology; Kindermusik® Certification.
• George Chambers, BA, Brooks Institute of Photography, Santa Barbara, CA.
• Ryan Davis, Masters Candidate; Boston University, Boston, MA; BA in Guitar Studies, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, AR.; AA in Music, Yuba College, CA; Certification in Suzuki Guitar Studies.
• David Dunavant, MM, Bowling Green University, Bowling Green, Ohio; BA, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, AR.
• Gwenn Higginbotham, Graduate studies: North Texas State University, TX; BME, University of Central Arkansa..
• Trudy Kincade, MA, BM, BSE, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL.
• Keith Klosky, BA in Music, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; BA in English, Florida State University.
• Diann Parker, MME, University of Central Arkasas; BA, Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia, AR.
• Marian Payne, Masters Degree Candidate, Secondary Music Education, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; BA, Vocal Performance, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, AR. NATS accreditation.
• Leah Sengler, BM, Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi, TX; Kindermusik Certification, all levels.
• Steve Struthers, Musicians Institute, Hollywood, CA.
• Joe Vick, MM, Memphis State University; BME, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, AR.

Dance Instructors

• Antonio Mesa, Graduate, Centre de Danse International, Cannes, France

Language Arts Instructor

• Vivian Weiwen Ye, MA, Linguistic Methodology, L'École des Haute Études, College of Social Sciences, Paris, France; BA, South China Normal School, Department of Chinese.