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February 28, 2002

OPEN FORUMS SET FOR UNM FINE ARTS DEAN CANDIDATES

Open forums have been scheduled for five finalists for the position of University of New Mexico College of Fine Arts dean, announced UNM Provost Brian Foster today.

In addition, the public is invited to attend a reception for each candidate to be held from 5 to 6 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center lobby the evening prior to his or her scheduled forum. The forums, held in the Rodey Auditorium from 10-10:45 a.m., will include a formal presentation and question and answer session. The forum schedule is as follows:

· Friday, March 8: David W. Bernstein, professor and head of the Music Department, Mills College, Oakland, Calif.
· Tuesday, March 19: David J. Magidson, professor and co-director of the Department of Theatre Center for Arts and Public Policy, Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich.
· Friday, March 22: Gaylyn Studlar, professor and director of the Program in Film and Video Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
· Tuesday, March 26: James S. Moy, professor and chair of the Theatre and Drama Department, University of Wisconsin at Madison
· Friday, March 29: George Arasimowicz, dean of the Division of Arts, Media and Communications, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Ill.

Bernstein has been head of the Mills College Music Department since 2000, a position he also held from 1994-'97. He served as the fine arts dean from 1997-'99 and acting director of graduate studies, 1998-'99. He has been an associate professor at the college since 1989 and professor since 2001. He has also been faculty at Columbia University where he earned his Ph.D., 1986; M. Phil., 1983; MA, 1979. He received his BA from Queens College, 1976.

Since 1991, Magidson has been professor of theatre and co-director of the Center for Arts and Public Policy, Wayne State University. He is director of the Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival. From 1991-'98 he was dean of the College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Utah, 1969; his MS at the University of Wisconsin, 1965; and BS, 1963.

Studlar, named the University of Michigan's Rudolf Arnheim Collegiate Professor of Film Studies in 2000, has been professor and director of the Program in Film and Video Studies since 1995. She was associate professor of film studies, Institute of Liberal Arts, Emory University, 1991-'95 and assistant professor, 1987-'91. From the University of Southern California she earned her Ph.D., 1984; MA, 1977; and from Texas Tech University her BA, 1975.

James S. Moy has been a professor in the Theatre and Drama Department, University of Wisconsin at Madison since 1994. He has held the chair position since 1998. He was associate professor, 1984-'94, and assistant professor, 1981'-84. He has
also been faculty at Northwestern University, University of Oregon and University of Texas. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana, 1977; and from the University of Illinois at Chicago his MA, 1973, and BA, 1971.

Arasimowicz, since 1999, has been the dean of the Division of Arts, Media and Communications at Wheaton College, and professor since 1997. He was dean of Wheaton's Conservatory of Music, 1997-'99. He was chair of the Department of Music, University of Colorado at Denver, 1994-'97. He has directed programs the University of Alberta. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of San Diego, 1982; and from McGill University his MA, 1979. He received his BA from Carleton University in 1976.

The UNM College of Fine Arts, founded in 1936, is comprised of six units: The Bainbridge Bunting Memorial Slide Library, Department of Art and Art History, Department of Music, Department of Theatre and Dance, Department of Media Arts and Tamarind Institute.

More than 100 regular faculty and staff currently serve approximately 1,300 students seeking degrees in the arts as well as thousands of other UNM students who pursue understanding of the arts through college courses. Each of the academic units offers bachelor's degrees. Master's degrees may be earned in art history, dance, music, and theatre. Terminal degrees are available in art studio (M.F.A.), dramatic writing (M.F.A.), and art history (Ph.D.). Tamarind Institute offers a Master Printer Certificate.

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