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).
Click here to view the condolences page of our past Department Chair Edgar Montaño
Gayle Pesavento – Department Chair, Associate Professor of Speech
- Office: C235E
- Phone: Ext. 8366
- Click here to view Gayle Pesavento’s biographical information.
- 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
- Office: B41
- Phone: Ext. 8269
- Click here to view Nathan D. Arnett’s biographical information.
- M.M., Southern Illinois University
- B.M.E., Murray State University
- A.A., John A. Logan College
Natalie Branca – Term Instructor of Speech
- Office:
- Phone: Ext.
- Click here to view Natalie Branca’s biographical information.
- 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
- Office: B44
- Phone: Ext. 8101
- Click here to view Hilary Chandler’s biographical information.
- M.F.A., Southern Illinois University
- B.S., Lake Forest College
Charlene DeHoet – Term Instructor of French and Japanese
- Office: C220
- Phone: Ext. 8779
- M.A., University of Iowa
- B.A., Southern Illinois University
Charles “Chuck” Epperly – Instructor of Religion
- Office:
- Phone: Ext. 8804
- Click here to view Charles Epperly’s biographical information.
- 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 Constantine – Term Instructor of Art and Art History
- 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
- Office: C258F
- Phone: Ext. 8688
- Click here to view Maudie L. Graham’s biographical information.
- 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
- Office: C285C
- Phone: Ext. 8687
- Click here to view Stephanie Chaney Hartford’s biographical information.
- Ph.D., Southern Illinois University
- M.S., Southern Illinois University
- B.S., Southern Illinois University
Gary W. Kent, PhD – Term Instructor of Speech
- 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
- Office:
- Phone: Ext. 8781
- M.A., Southern Illinois University
- B.S., Southern Illinois University
Mike Kowalewski – Instructor of Philosophy
- 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
- Office: B43
- Phone: Ext. 8762
- Click here to view Judy Kuehner’s biographical information.
- Advanced Graduate Work, Southern Illinois University
- M.S., University of Tennessee at Martin
- B.A., Union University
Darby Ortolano – Associate Professor of Art
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Office:
- Phone: Ext. 8877
- Click here to view Jane Rendon’s biographical information.
- Post graduate study, Southern Illinois University
- B.A., Southern Illinois University
Mike Seagle – Associate Professor of Speech and Theatre
- Office: B36
- Phone: Ext. 8654
- Click here to view Mike Seagle’s biographical information.
- M.F.A., University of Illinois
- B.A., Southern Illinois University
Brian Stanfield – Term Instructor of Philosophy
- Office: C220
- Phone: Ext. 8833
- Click here to view Brian Stanfield’s biographical information.
- 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
- Office:
- Phone: Ext. 8750
- Click here to view Arnold Taylor’s biographical information.
- Advanced Graduate Study, Southern Illinois University
- M.A., Southern Illinois University
- B.S., Southern Illinois University
- B.A., Southern Illinois University
Drew Tucker – Instructor of Art
- Office: B40
- Phone: Ext. 8234
- Click here to view Drew Tucker’s biographical information.
- M.F.A., School of Visual Arts
- B.F.A., Cornish College of the Arts
Marva Watson – Term Instructor of Music, Applied Lessons Instructor
- Office: B51B
- Phone: Ext. 8819
- Click here to view Marva Watson’s biographical information.
- M.M., Southern Illinois University
- 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
