Edward Schaefer has served the College of Fine Arts at UF as Associate Dean
for Academic and Student Services since 2007. He oversees all undergraduate and
graduate curricular matters for the college’s three schools, three centers and
one institute, as well as student advising and all other student services. He
also directs the college’s work with the affiliate New World School for the Arts
in Miami. His assistant is Jennifer Hodges, (352) 273-1492.
Schaefer holds a certificate in advanced leadership studies from Gonzaga
University, the DMA in liturgical music from The Catholic University of America,
and MM, MSM, and BM degrees from Southern Methodist University.
Dr. Schaefer’s research is focused on Gregorian chant and the music of the Roman
Catholic Mass. Prior to coming to UF, Dr. Schaefer chaired the department of
music at Gonzaga University for 12 years, and he directed a choral program at
Gonzaga that distinguished itself with invitations to perform at state, regional
and national conventions of music educator and choral director associations –
two to perform at the national convention of the American Choral Directors
Association.
Timothy S. Brophy is Associate Professor of Music Education at the University of
Florida. Brophy is also Assistant Dean for Research and Technology.
A highly awarded classroom music teacher, he received an Ashland Teacher
Achievement Award (1996), a Memphis Rotary Club Rotary Award for Teacher
Excellence, and was the first elementary music teacher to be honored at the
Disney American Teacher Awards in Los Angeles in 1998. As a college teacher, he
has been named the 2004 Hillsborough County Elementary Music Educator of the
Year (Tampa, Florida), inducted into the Carl Lampert Music Hall of Fame at the
University of Kentucky as a distinguished alumnus, and is the Florida Music
Educator Association’s 2006 Collegiate Music Educator of the Year.
His research has focused on the development of children’s melodic improvisations
and music assessment. He is the immediate past Research Chair for the Florida
Music Educators Association (FMEA), and chair of the Florida Music Assessment
Task Force.
Raised in Tasmania, Australia, Kelly Drummond Cawthon joined the faculty of the
University of Florida School of Theatre and Dance in 1999. As an associate
professor, she teaches modern dance technique, composition and repertory,
collaborates with the Digital Worlds Institute, and is the artistic director of
the professional training company, the Florida MOD Project. She is Assistant
Dean for administrative affairs.
Appearing in performances on five continents, in seven nations and most of the
50 states, Cawthon's professional career spans over two decades in performance,
choreography and teaching. She has been honored to work as a performer and
rehearsal director for Shapiro & Smith Dance since 1993.
Kelly's choreography has been produced in Australia, the United States, Canada,
Bulgaria, Edinburgh, Russia and Korea. She has received fellowships and grants
from the University of Florida, Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Trust, and The
South Australian Department for the Arts.
