Humanities Faculty

All JALC employees have an email that uses the following format: firstnamelastname@jalc.edu (using their first and last name, lowercase, with no space in between).

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Gayle Pesavento – Department Chair, Associate Professor of Speech

Gayle Pesavento
  • Advanced Graduate Work, Southern Illinois University
  • M.A., Eastern Illinois University
  • B.S., Eastern Illinois University

Nathan D. Arnett – Choral Director, Instructor of Music, and Applied Lessons Coordinator

Nathan D. Arnett
  • M.M., Southern Illinois University
  • B.M.E., Murray State University
  • A.A., John A. Logan College

Natalie Branca – Term Instructor of Speech

  • M.S., Southern Illinois University
  • B.S., Southern Illinois University
  • A.A., John A. Logan College

Hilary Chandler – Term Instructor of Art History and Humanities

  • M.F.A., Southern Illinois University
  • B.S., Lake Forest College

Charlene DeHoet – Term Instructor of French and Japanese

Charlene DeHoet
  • Office: C220
  • Phone: Ext. 8779
  • M.A., University of Iowa
  • B.A., Southern Illinois University

Charles “Chuck” Epperly – Instructor of Religion

Charles Epperly
  • Doctor of Minister, Northern Seminary
  • Masters of Divinity, Northern Seminary
  • B.A., Judson University

Richard Gardner – Term Instructor of Music

  • Office: B44
  • Phone: Ext. 8792
  • Ph.D. Candidate, Northwestern University
  • M.M., Northwestern University
  • Ecole Normale de Musique, Paris
  • M.M., Southern Illinois University
  • B.M., Southern Illinois University

Stephen Delano Gusentine – Term Instructor of Art and Art History

Stephen Delano Gusentine
  • Office: B44
  • Phone: Ext. 8715
  • Atelier Neo-Medici, Paris, 1979-1980
  • M.S., Southern Illinois University
  • B.A., Southern Illinois University

Maudie L. Graham – Professor of Logic and Speech Communication

  • Advanced Graduate Study, University of Illinois
  • M.A., University of Northern Colorado
  • B.A., University of Northern Colorado

Stephanie Chaney Hartford – Instructor of Speech Communication

Stephanie Chaney Hartford
  • Ph.D., Southern Illinois University
  • M.S., Southern Illinois University
  • B.S., Southern Illinois University

Gary W. Kent, PhD – Term Instructor of Speech

Gary W. Kent
  • Office:
  • Phone: Ext. 8749
  • Ph.D. Southern Illinois University
  • M.A., Eastern Illinois University
  • B.S., Eastern Illinois University

Fredric J. Kisak – Term Instructor of Speech/Sociology/Humanities

Fredric J. Kisak
  • Office:
  • Phone: Ext. 8781
  • M.A., Southern Illinois University
  • B.S., Southern Illinois University

Mike Kowalewski – Instructor of Philosophy

Mike Kowalewski
  • Office: E111A
  • Phone: Ext. 8296
  • Ph.D., Southern Illinois University
  • M.A., University of Arizona
  • B.A., University of Arizona

Judy Kuehner – Term Instructor of Art

Judy Kuehner
  • Advanced Graduate Work, Southern Illinois University
  • M.S., University of Tennessee at Martin
  • B.A., Union University

Darby Ortolano – Associate Professor of Art

Darby Ortolano
  • Office: B40
  • Phone: Ext. 8310
  • M.F.A., Southern Illinois University
  • B.F.A., Kansas City Art Institute
  • B.A., City College of New York

Kem Pinto – Instructor of Spanish

Kem Pinto
  • Office: C220
  • Phone: Ext. 8717
  • M.A., Southern Illinois University
  • B.A., Southern Illinois University
  • A.S., John A. Logan College

DeSande R – Term Instructor of Art

DeSande R
  • Office: B44
  • Phone: Ext. 8758
  • M.F.A., Southern Illinois University
  • B.F.A., Southern Illinois University & Northern Illinois University

Jane Rendon – Term Instructor of Spanish

  • Post graduate study, Southern Illinois University
  • B.A., Southern Illinois University

Mike Seagle – Associate Professor of Speech and Theatre

Mike Seagle
  • M.F.A., University of Illinois
  • B.A., Southern Illinois University

Brian Stanfield – Term Instructor of Philosophy

Brian Stanfield
  • Ph.D. candidate, Southern Illinois University
  • M.A., Northwest Missouri State University
  • B.A., Northwest Missouri State University

Bob Swearingen – Term Instructor of Music

  • Office:
  • Phone: Ext. 534-5363
  • Additional Graduate Study, Sangamon State University and Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
  • M.R.E., Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
  • B.A., University of Alabama

Arnold Taylor – Term Instructor of Spanish

  • Advanced Graduate Study, Southern Illinois University
  • M.A., Southern Illinois University
  • B.S., Southern Illinois University
  • B.A., Southern Illinois University

Marva Watson – Term Instructor of Music, Applied Lessons Instructor

Marva Watson
  • Office: B53
  • Phone: Ext. 8819
  • B.M., Southern Illinois University

Heather Wilburn – Term Instructor of Philosophy

  • Office:
  • Phone: Ext. 8806
  • Ph.D., Candidate, Southern Illinois University
  • M.A., Oklahoma State University
  • B.S., Oklahoma State University