College welcomes new faculty
B RYC E A L L E N Assistant Professor of Theatre in the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film Allen joined the faculty as technical director/production manager. He comes to us from Weber State University where he was technical director/production manager since 2014. Allen worked as technical director, carpenter or designer at Utah Festival Opera, Insight Theatre, Stages St. Louis and The Black Rep, among others.
The Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts welcomes the following new faculty. For more on our new faculty, visit go.unl.edu/xqze.
He received his M.F.A. in theatre from Southern Illinois University/ Carbondale, with an emphasis in technical direction and a second emphasis in sound design. Allen received a B.F.A. in theatre arts from Utah State University with emphases in stage management and theatre technology.
SUNA GUNTHER Assistant Professor of Music in Voice in the Glenn Korff School of Music
PAU L A C L A R E H A R P E R Assistant Professor of Musicology in the Glenn Korff School of Music
Gunther previously served as assistant professor
Harper was formerly a postdoctoral teaching fellow at Washington
and coordinator of voice at the College of Saint
University in St. Louis. She will teach courses in music history,
Rose in Albany, New York. Gunther received her
ethnomusicology and popular music, as well as special topics
Bachelor’s degree from Northwestern
courses. Harper completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in English
University as a double major in
and music from the University
voice and opera performance and
of Chicago in 2010, followed by
instrumental music education with
a Master of Arts in music history
an emphasis in alto saxophone. She
from the University of Washington.
received her Master’s and Doctoral
In 2019, she completed her Ph.D.
degrees from Indiana University’s
at Columbia University.
Jacobs School of Music in vocal performance, with minors in music
ship on pop stars Beyoncé and
history and literature.
Taylor Swift, the video platform
Gunther has spent the past decade as a “cultural ambassador” of
62
Harper has produced scholar-
TikTok and various internet
the U.S. State Department. On the behalf of embassies and consul-
musical genres. She recently
ates, she has performed concerts representing the past century of
co-organized the 2021 virtual
American music and given workshops to local musicians.
Taylor Swift Study Day.
HIXSON-LIED COLLEGE of FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS | FALL 2021
