Academic Advisors

Each CCA student has an academic advisor in their major. Your academic advisor will help you schedule classes, read your degree audit and assist you with career advice. First year students will have an academic advisor assigned in the first week of September. The Chief Departmental Advisors (listed below) can help with more complicated departmental advising questions and with course substitutions for curriculum requirements.

• Architecture: Diane Fellows, fellowd@miamioh.edu, 513-529-6447
• Interior Design: Mary Ben Bonham, bonhammb@miamioh.edu, 513-529-7210
• Art: Dennis Tobin, tobinde@miamioh.edu, 513-529-1505
• Music: Greg Phillips, philligl@miamioh.edu, 513-529-3076
• Theatre: Lewis Magruder, magrudwl@miamioh.edu, 513-529-1288
• Interactive Media Studies: Artie Kuhn, kuhnar@miamioh.edu, 513-529-0450
• Arts Management: Todd Stuart, stuartt@miamioh.edu, 513-529-2371
• Fashion: Della Reams, dreams@miamioh.edu, 513-529-3490  or  Leslie Stoel, stoelld@miamioh.edu, 513-529-3270

Department Chairs

Department Chairs coordinate all department activity and connects the department to the College of Creative Arts and Miami University. Take your ideas about department initiatives and departmental concerns to this office.

• Architecture and Interior Design: Graham Cairns, Chair and Professor, cairnsgj@miamioh.edu, 513-529-6431
• Art: Rob Robbins, Chair, robbinrv@miamioh.edu, 513-529-2900
• Music: Christopher Tanner, Interim Chair, tannerc@miamioh.edu, 513-529-3082
• Theatre: Julia Guichard, guichajm@miamioh.edu, 513-529-3053
• Interactive Media Studies: Murali Paranandi, Interim Director, murali.paranandi@miamioh.edu, 513-529-7086

Divisional Advisors

Divisional Advisors can assist with university academic questions, academic actions such as probation, suspension or dismissal, liberal education or transfer courses, inter-departmental proposals or international education questions.

• CCA Divisional Advisor: Gretchen Radler, radlergb@miamioh.edu, 513-529-2209
• CCA Academic Advisor: Chad Reynolds, reynolcc@miamioh.edu, 513-529-1517

Note to Parents

The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act, commonly known as FERPA, provides students with a right of access to their education records, permits students to challenge the accuracy of the records, and prohibits the non-consensual release of such information except in limited circumstances. In order to comply with Federal Law, we can only release records to parents if students are claimed as dependents on Federal income taxes, or with written consent of the student. Miami’s FERPA policy is Appendix M of The Student Handbook.