# Current Faculty and Contact Information
## Percussion Faculty
**Director of Percussion Studies / Percussion Area Coordinator**
[[Kyle Bissantz]], D.M.A. (
[email protected])
Assistant Professor in Residence
**Courses:** Applied Lessons, MUS 728, MUS 386, MUSE 461+561, MUS 125
**Professor of Percussion**
[[Dean Gronemeier]], D.M.A., J.D. (
[email protected])
*Founding Professor ca. 1989*
**Courses:** Applied Lessons, MUS 777, MUS 727D, MUS 726D
**Vice Dean, College of Fine Arts**
[[Timothy Jones]], D.M.A.
Associate Professor of Music, Percussion Area
Collaborator
## Affiliated Faculty
**Rock Studies Coordinator**
[[Ryan Bond]], D.M.A. (
[email protected])
Visiting Lecturer, Online Education
Instructor, Percussion Area
**Courses:** Applied Lessons, MUS 125
## Adjunct Percussion Faculty
[[Alex Stopa]], D.M.A. (
[email protected])
**Courses:** Applied Lessons, MUSE 462+562, MUS 125
Adjunct Faculty, [[April Centrone]], M.A. (
[email protected])
**Courses:** MUSE 466
## Retired Faculty
[[Gary D. Cook]], M.M.
Professor Emeritus of Music: University of Arizona
Percussion Area, Adjunct Professor
**Courses:** MUS 777, MUS 728, MUS 727D, MUS 726D
## Faculty in Memoriam
Kurt Rasmussen
Percussion Area, Adjunct Professor
**Courses:** MUSE 466
## Staff and Graduate Assistants
### Graduate Assistants
**Chandler White**
**Ethan DeSouza**
**Joshua Castillo-Romero**
**Boon-Kah Lim**
### Graudate Student-Instructors
**Wesley Denkins**
**Louie Pereira**