Dance Faculty and Staff

 

Jennifer Pontius

Dance Coordinator, Assistant Professor

• BA University of Alabama at Birmingham

• MA California State University, Dominguez Hills

• MFA Florida State University

Contact: dnc_jkp@shsu.edu

 

 

 

Dana E. Nicolay

Associate Dean, Professor  

• MFA and BGS, Texas Christian University

 

 

 

Contact: dnc_dxn@shsu.edu

 

 

   

Dr. Cindy Gratz

Professor

• BA and MA from UCLA.

• Ph.D. from New York University 




 

Contact: dnc_clc@shsu.edu

 

 


Jonathan Charles Smith

Assistant Professor

• BA, University of Houston at Clear Lake.

• MFA, Sam Houston State University.

 

 

Contact: dnc_jcs@shsu.edu

 

 



Andy Noble

Assistant Professor

• BA in Modern Dance, University of South Florida

• MFA Dance, with emphasis Dance Technology, Florida State University

 

 

Contact: amn008@shsu.edu

 

 

 

Dionne Sparkman Noble

Lecturer

• BA in Ballet & Modern Dance, University of South Florida

• MFA Dance, with emphasis Dance Technology, University of  Utah

 

 

Contact: dnc_www@shsu.edu

 

 

 

Fayla Curry

Lecturer

• BA in Dance Education - Magna Cum Laude -   Sam Houston State University
• M. Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction with specialization  in Dance Education - Sam Houston State University

  Contact: fjc001@shsu.edu

 

 

 

Dr. Dan Phillips

Lecturer

• BA, Colorado State College

• MA, Sam Houston State College
• Ed.D, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

 

 

Contact: dnc_dap@shsu.edu

 

 

 

Tiffany Nirider

Lecturer

• MFA, Sam Houston State University

 

 

 

Contact: dnc_std@shsu.edu

 

 

 

Sissy Johnson

Dance Secretary

• BBA in General Business - Cum Laude - with Human
Resource Management Emphasis - Sam Houston State University

 

 

Contact: dnc_alj@shsu.edu

 

 

 

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