Lecturer, Forensic and Legal Psychology Forensic and Legal Psychology […]
Frank Goldstein
Dr. Goldstein, United States Air Force Colonel (Ret.), is a psychologist, first responder, and forensic examiner. He is a former Senior Air Force Psychological Operations Officer, and currently, the director of the Emerald Coast Crisis Stress Team, which helps first responders to maintain resilience in highly stressful circumstances. Dr. Goldstein also operates his own private psychological profiling firm and consults with various government and international agencies.
Academic Credentials
Ph.D., St. Louis University
M.A., St. Mary’s University
M.A., University of Chicago
B.A., University of South Florida
Teaching Areas
Individual Profiling: International and Political
Group and Country Profiling: International and Political
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Hadrian Mendoza
Adjunct Faculty Fine Arts […]
Naomi Chung
Academic Credentials
B.F.A., Virginia Commonwealth University
M.F.A., University of Pennsylvania
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Kimberly Hess
Academic Credentials
B.F.A., Indiana University of Pennsylvania
M. M. in Sacred Music, University of Notre Dame
D.M.A., University of Illinois
Biography
Kimberly Ann Hess is Liturgical Music and Spiritual Life Events Coordinator at Marymount University, where she oversees the music for all campus liturgies, including directing the Marymount University Chamber Singers. In addition, she coordinates the various liturgical ministries, service projects, educational workshops and retreat programs offered through the Office of Ministry and Spiritual Life and teaches music courses through the School of Interdisciplinary Studies.
From 2018-2023, Dr. Hess held the government contract to serve as Assistant Ceremonial Organist for Arlington National Cemetery. There, she played for close to 1000 funeral ceremonies and national level events, including playing for current and former Presidents of the United States, Members of the Congress, Supreme Court Justices and other national level leaders.
She was Director of Liturgical Music in Memorial Chapel at Ft. Myer (JBMHH) from June of 2017 through October of 2022 as a government contractor and served as Dean of the Northern Virginia Chapter of the American Guild of Organists from 2016-2020.
She was Director of Music and Organist at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Chapel at the United States Military Academy (West Point, NY), where she directed the Cadet Catholic Choir. As one of three post organists, she played in the many chapels on post including the Post Chapel, Old Cadet Chapel and the Cadet Chapel, which houses the largest, all-pipe, church organ in the world.
She was Director of Liturgical Music at Georgetown University from 2002-2006, where she directed the chapel choir, served as chapel organist, and oversaw the music for all campus liturgies. In addition, at Georgetown, she taught organ and music courses through the Program in Performing Arts. Under her direction, the Georgetown University Chapel Choir performed twice at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, once with Roberta Flack and once with Jessye Norman.
From 1994-2001, she was Director of Music and College Organist at Stonehill College in Massachusetts. Under her direction, the Stonehill College Chapel Choir recorded two compact discs, Lux et Spes: Light and Hope (Music for the Liturgical Year) and Gaudete (Music for Advent and Christmas).
She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Organ Performance from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Music degree in Sacred Music from the University of Notre Dame and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Organ Performance from the University of Illinois.
In 1994, Dr. Hess won first prize in both the Arthur Poister National Organ Competition in New York and the Gruenstein Memorial Organ Contest for Women; a national competition sponsored by the Chicago Club of Women Organists.
She has performed solo recitals in Cadet Chapel at West Point and St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, Boardwalk Hall and Princeton University in New Jersey, the Church of the Ascension in Chicago, St. John’s Cathedral in Milwaukee, the University of Syracuse, Merrill Auditorium in Portland, Maine, King’s Chapel in Boston, the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and the Washington National Cathedral in Washington DC, and Methuen Hall in Methuen, MA. She represented the Boston Chapter of the American Guild of Organists in a performance at Trinity Church on Copley Square as part of First Night Festivities to usher in the new millennium. Her concert at Mechanics Hall in Worcester, MA was broadcast live on radio and several recordings of her performances have been broadcast on Boston’s Classical Radio Station, WCRB-FM. She has been a featured recitalist for National Conventions of the Organ Historical Society in 1992 (Maine), 1994 (Connecticut), 2000 (Boston), 2005 (Southeastern, Massachusetts) and 2011 (Washington, DC); and her playing can be heard in the OHS Historical Organs series of recordings from those events.
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Heather Turnbow
Adjunct Fine Arts […]
Thomas Xenakis
Academic Credentials
B.S., Brooklyn College, City University of New York
M.A. in Medical and Biological Illustration, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
M.F.A., Maryland Institute College of Art
Biography
Mr. Xenakis received a B.S. in Biology, with a minor in Fine Arts, at Brooklyn College, City University of New York. He went on to receive a Master of Arts degree in Medical and Biological Illustration, at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, in the Department of Art as Applied to Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. He was a professional full-time medical and biological illustrator for about 15 years. Thomas was awarded 2 Senior Fulbright Fellowship to Greece in 1994‑1995 and 2000-2001. In 1996, he became artist‑in‑residence at the Wesley Theological Seminary, Center for the Arts and Religion, Washington, DC. He continued his creative work with the sacred icon and its contemporary applications in media and subject. Thomas completed a Master of Fine Arts, at the Maryland Institute College of Art, Hoffberger School of Painting in Baltimore, Maryland under the guidance of the late, Grace Hartigan, Abstract Expressionist.
Mr. Xenakis maintains a studio in Silver Spring, Maryland. Since 2003 he is working on a series of sculpted and painted mixed media gilded panels with a variety of precious metals. These works are titled XPYSO (GOLD). This is an on-going series that he continues to exhibit at various venues and he has created about 425 works in this series, and in this time span.
Currently, Thomas teaches drawing, painting, two-dimensional design, color theory, and cross-cultural visual language at Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia, Georgetown University in Washington DC, and Prince Georges Community College in Largo, Maryland. Thomas has been involved in many study abroad tenures to Greece and Italy in academic programs. He is represented in collections throughout the United States, Italy, Greece, France, Australia, and Germany. For examples of Thomas Xenakis’ artwork, please visit www.xenakisarts.com.
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Teaching Area
- Drawing
- Two-Dimensional Design
- Color theory
- Painting
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Jan Taylor
Adjunct Fine Arts […]
Jenny Wu
Academic Credentials
B.A., William Smith College
M.F.A., American University
Biography
Jenny Wu was born in Nanjing, China. She holds a B.A. from William Smith College in Studio Art as well as in Architectural Studies, and an MFA in Studio Art from American University.
Her work has been exhibited in galleries including Denise Bibro in New York City and the Katzen Museum at American University in Washington, D.C. Wu has participated in numerous Artist-In-Residence programs across the country and has been awarded fellowships from Vermont Studio Center and the Pollock Krasner Foundation.
To see her works, please visit: www.jennywu.art
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Teaching Area
- Two-Dimensional Design
- Drawing
- Color Theory
Research Interests
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Katelyn Wood
Academic Credentials
B.F.A., School of Art, Design, and Art History, James Madison University
M.F.A., Studio Art, American University
Biography
Katelyn was born in Beckley, West Virginia and moved to Harrisonburg, Virginia at a young age. She graduated from James Madison University in 2012 with a B.F.A in Studio Art and a minor in Art History. She received an M.F.A. in Studio Art from American University in 2016 and participated in the GlogauAIR Residency Program in Berlin, Germany. An interdisciplinary artist, she served as curator for the Union Creative Showcase in Manassas, VA and serves as a frequent guest instructor at Arlington Arts Center in Arlington, VA. She recently exhibited work among fellow artists for an interactive, community golf course at the Penn Hill Shops in Washington, DC.
Katelyn joined the faculty at Marymount University in January 2018 and considers teaching to be among her strongest passions. To see examples of Katelyn’s work, please visit www.theartofkatelynwood.com.
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Teaching Area
- Drawing
- Painting
Research Interests
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