AEMM Graduate Faculty

Graduate Faculty

Fourteen full-time faculty, part-time faculty, and visiting lecturers who are, primarily, professional practitioners from the arts, entertainment and media fields staff the AEMM Graduate Program. The expertise and experience of the faculty is the backbone of the AEMM Graduate Program.

Faculty List

AEMM Director of Graduate Studies (Program Director)

Carol Yamamoto, M.B.A., University of California Los Angeles. Associate Professor. Arts Management Consultant; former Chair, Management Department, Columbia College Chicago; Manager, Lyric Opera Center for American Artists; Marketing Director, Texas Opera Theater; Assistant Development Director, Seattle Opera.

AEMM Department Associate Chairs

Angelo Luciano, M. S., DePaul University. Budget and Priorities Committee of the College. He is a member of the Advisory Board to ShawChicago, and has served on the Advisory Committee Member of the International Connections for Cinema/Chicago and the Educator Practitioner Committee of the IL CPA Society. He holds a Masters of Science: Public Services Administration.

Philippe Ravanas, M.B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, M.S., Graduate Business School of Marseille, France. Former VP of Corporate Communications for Euro Disney in Paris and past Director of Client Development for Christie’s Auction House in London. Consultant for the Arts & Business Council of America, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the World Trade Organization. Contributor to the International Journal of Arts Management and to the Journal of Cultural Economics.

AEMM Department Chair Emeritus (currently on leave)

J. Dennis Rich, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison. Arts Management Consultant. Formerly Director of External Affairs for The Columbus Symphony Orchestra; Executive Director of BalletMet; Marketing Director of the Atlanta Ballet; Marketing Director of Studio Arena Theatre.

Full-Time Faculty

Robert Blandford, B.F.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Assistant Professor. Over twenty five years experience in senior management positions for cultural institutions including the Museum of the City of New York, the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. and the Children’s Museum of Manhattan.

Mary Filice, M.A. Columbia College Chicago. Assistant Professor. Independent fillmaker/producer; President of mgf consulting ltd.; Media Literacy facilitator/instructor for Split Pillow; Formerly Senior Vice President Operations, Marketing, and Client Services for Keeley Asset Management Corp.

Phyllis A. Johnson, M.Mgt., Northwestern University. Associate Professor. Formerly Business Representative, Actors Equity Association; Business Representative, United Scenic Artists; Business Manager, Wisdom Bridge Theatre.

Dawn Larsen, J.D., University of Illinois College of Law. Associate Professor. Formerly practiced Intellectual Property law with Merchant & Gould; former Associate Attorney for Sidley & Austin.

Monique Maye, J.D., Massachusetts School of Law, M.A., Brooklyn College. Assistant Professor. Founder of Youth In Action, a non-profit international touring basketball organization. Managing partner of Barnes and Maye Marketing and creator of Maye & Associates Sports Management Agency.

Margie Nicholson, M.B.A., Northwestern University, M.A. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Associate Professor. Formerly managed the program of support for media centers at the MacArthur Foundation; served on grant review panels for the NEA and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Technology Opportunities Program; organized conferences on nonprofit communications and leadership with the Donors Forum of Chicago, Executive Service Corps, and Community TV Network; Vice-President and C.O.O., CAN-TV Network.

Joseph Roberts, Ph.D., University of Chicago. Associate Professor. Testing research models on how individuals and artists become self-employed and engage the world of entrepreneurship. Participates in Entrepreneurship Research activities such as the University of Chicago Entrepreneurship Project, Babson ERC project and pursuing own research in the field of Entrepreneurship, Small Business Management and Economic Development.

Paulette Whitfield, M.S.J., Northwestern University. Associate Professor. Formerly Director of the Marketing Program, Columbia College Chicago, Marketing Communications Department.

James Kimo Williams, M.A., Webster University. Associate Professor. Fulbright Specialist; International Arts Management Consultant; Founder/performer and manager of the “Lt. Dan Band” music group. Internationally recognized composer and music educator. Owner of One Omik Music Publishing Company and Little Beck Music Recording Company.

Lecturers

Kathleen Butera, M.M.Ed., Duquesne University. Formerly Executive Director of Chicago’s Music of the Baroque and Development Officer for the Northlands School in Olivos, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Named Executive Director of Sherwood Conservatory of Music in September 2006. Currently a panelist for the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs CityArts Program Review Panel and is a Board Member for Blair Thomas & Company Chamber Puppet Theater.

Robert Moreland, M.S., University of Illinois. B.S., University of Illinois Chicago. Investment Manager, Kemper Financial Services; Investment Banking, Bankers Trust; Institutional Investment Consulting, Asset Consulting Group; Volunteer/Docent, Pleasant Home Foundation/House Museum; Volunteer/Docent, Oak Park Historical Society; Volunteer/Docent, Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio Museum.

Justin Sinkovich, M.A.M., Columbia College Chicago. B.S. in Business Administration, University of Tennessee. Owner, File Thirteen Records; New Media Manager, Touch and Go Records; Web Manager, Palm Pictures; U.S. Label Manager, Southern Records; Music Licensing Consultant, Cnet; Co-Founder/Licensing Manager, Epitonic.com.