Kimberly Weast, M.F.A.
Fine Arts Department Chair
Director of Theatre Arts
Professor of Theatre

Office: Ryerson Hall 330   
580-327-8462
kkweast@nwosu.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Education:

• M.F.A.  Lindenwood University
• M.A. COMM.  Southwest Baptist Theological Seminar
• B.S.  Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Licensure:

• Oklahoma Teaching Certificate

Research and Scholarly Interests:

• Leadership in the arts
• X and Y Generation
• Theatre for Young Adults

Hobbies:

• Traveling
• Reading
• Attending live theatrical productions
• ​Working out in the summer

Favorite Quote:

"Spectacular success in life is always and only preceded by unspectacular preperation"

-Dr. Kenneth Mcfarland

Favorite Motto:

"Perfection is our goal, excellence will be tolerated"

Favorite Thing to do Outside of Work:

Spend time with family and friends and volunteer with Samaritian's Purse Disaster Relief.

Courses Typically Taught:

• Acting I
• Acting II
• Lighting Design
• Scenic Design
• Senior Capstone
• Stage Makeup
• Theatre Appreciation
• Theatre Practicum
• Theatre Practicum II
• Theatre Production I
• Theatre Production II
• Theatrical Directing I
• Theatrical Directing II

Derrick Bready
Instructor of Music
Director of Choral Studies

Office: Ryerson Hall 323 
580-327-8692
debready@nwosu.edu 

Thomas Cornell
Assistant Professor of Visual Art
Director of the Museum of Natural History

Office: Jesse Dunn 326 
580-327-8111
tacornell@nwosu.edu 

Education

• M.F.A. The University of Notre Dame
• B.F.A. The Univeristy of North Carolina at Charlotte
• B.S.B.A. The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Research Interests

• Phenomenology and perception
• Invasive species
• Lapidary Techniques
• Fluxus and Correspondence Art of the Americas

Favorite Quote

"Things that try to look like things often do look more like things than things" 

-Terry Pratchett

Motto

• Sculpture I & II
• Painting I & II
• Fundamentals of Drawing
• Fundamentals of Two Dimensional Design
• Fundamentals of Three Dimensional Design
• Figure Drawing
• Natural History Drawing
• Advanced Studio (and Senior Exhibition)
• Professional Practices and Gallery Administration
• Visual Arts Major Seminar

Instructor of Technical Theatre
Herod Hall Facilities Manager

Office: Ryerson Hall 302 
580-327-8458
mojordan@nwosu.edu

Education:

• M.A. in American Studies with an emphasis in Theatre
• B.A.  Northwestern Oklahoma State University
• Associates in Arts Vernon College

Research and Scholarly Interests:

• Development of technical theatre
• Frank Lloyd Wright architecture
• Museum preservation and studies

Hobbies:

• Travel
• Studio art
• Visiting museums

Favorite Quote:

“The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.” – Frank Lloyd Wright

Favorite Motto:

“Do good, and good will happen.” – LaDell Jordan

Favorite Thing to do Outside of Work:

Visit thrift and antique stores searching for my next "best find."

Courses Typically Taught:

• Theatre Production II
• Theatre Participation I
• Co-teaching Scenic Design
• Co-teaching of Lighting Design 
• Theatre History II

Ken Kelsey, M.A.
Instructor of History and Fine Arts

Office: Jesse Dunn 319A
580-327-8523
kdkelsey@nwosu.edu

Education:

• M.A.  Oklahoma State University
• B.A.  Oklahoma State University

Eduardo Moreira, D.M.A.
Assistant Professor of Music
Director of Piano Studies

Office: Ryerson Hall 314
580-327-8192
emartinsmoreira@nwosu.edu

Education:

• D.M.A. University of Oregon (Piano Performance and Collaborative Piano)
• M.M. University of Strasbourg (France)
• B.M. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
• Artist Diploma (Diplôme de spécialisation) Conservatoire de Strasbourg (France)

Research and Scholarly Interests

• 20^th and 21^st Century piano music
• Piano Pedagogy
• Chamber music with piano
• Music by women composers
• Olivier Messiaen’s piano music

Favorite Quote

“What I have in my heart and soul must find a way out. That’s the reason for music.” ~ Ludwig van Beethoven

Courses Typically Taught:

• Applied Piano
• Class Piano I-IV
• Keyboard Pedagogy
• Keyboard Literature
• Accompanying

Victoria Moreira
Adjunct Instructor of Music

 

Department of Fine Arts
Northwestern - Alva
vccalderonemoreira@nwosu.edu

Lawana Newell, M.M.
Director of Vocal Studies
Instructor of Music

Office: Fine Arts 315
580-327-8689
linewell@nwosu.edu 

Curriculum Vitae

Education:

• M.M.  New England Conversatory of Music
• B.A.  Pfeiffer College

Scholarly interests:

• Art Song
• Lieder
• Mélodie

Career highlights:

Solo performances with orchestras; numerous performances with the Enid Symphony Orchestra including the soprano solos in Brahms, A German Requiem, Mendelssohn, Elijah, Mozart, Exsultate jubilate, Mahler, Symphony No. 2,Ressurection; with the Charlotte (NC) Symphony Orchestra, Bernstein, Chichester Psalms; with the New England Conservatory Orchestra, Menotti, Steal me, sweet thief. Choral highlights: singing soprano solos in Mozart, Vesperae solemnes de confessore with the Pfeiffer Choir in Europe (three-week tour); choral performance with Boston Symphony Orchestra, under Claudio Abbado in performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, soloists Jesse Norman and Barbara Hendricks. 

Family information:

Married to Douglas Newell; four children – Lauren, Lindsey, Leslie, and Christian; three grandchildren – Dane, Kyra and James.

Motto I live by:

Do all the good you can, in every way you can, for everyone you can, for as long as you can. 

Favorite thing to do outside of work:

Relax and watch “The Big Bang Theory” 

Courses Typically Taught:

• Applied Voice
• Language Diction
• Vocal Pedagogy
• Vocal Literature
• Music Form & Analysis
• Music in Life 

David Poindexter
Associate Professor of Visual Arts

Office: Jesse Dunn Annex 326B
580-327-8108
dapoindexter@nwosu.edu

 

Max Ridgway, M.E.
Guitar and Strings Instructor
Adjunct Instructor of Music

maridgway@nwosu.edu

Education:

• M.E.  Northwestern Oklahoma State University
• B.M.  Berklee College of Music

Research and Scholarly Interests:

• Modernism and music
• World music
• Jazz improvisation
• Musical traditions in western culture

Hobbies:

• Painting
• Recording music

Favorite Quote:

“Confidence is what you have before you understand the problem.” – Woody Allen

Favorite Motto:

"A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving." - Lao Tzu

Favorite Thing to do Outside of Work:

Performance with Jazz Trio

Courses Typically Taught:

• Music in Life
• World Music
• Applied Guitar
• Stringed Instruments
• Music Composition
• Choral Arranging

 

Office: Fine Arts 304
580-327-8191