DAVID SPANGLER, Ph.D.(Program Administrator/Artistic Director)

Dr. Spangler graduated from Carnegie-Mellon University with post-graduate work at the University of Pittsburgh and Kansas State University and at The Union Institute and University, where he currently serves as an Adjunct Professor of Theatre. He has worked professionally in theatre, film, and television as a director, writer, composer, and performer. His Broadway credits include The Magic Show, Seesaw, and Elizabeth I. In New York, he has directed Brothers at the LaMama Theater, and Goodbye, Harry at the Ballroom. He has also written and directed for numerous regional theaters including the Papermill Playhouse, the Lenox Art Center, Barter Theatre, Village Theatre, and is a past recipient of a Carbonell Award for “Best New Work.” In addition, Dr. Spangler directed Mame for the grand opening of the Jerry Herman Ring Theater at the University of Miami, and has composed music for several major Hollywood feature films. He has also written and produced 35 songs for the Emmy Award winning Romper Room & Friends (9 CBS/Fox videos achieving “Gold” status) and produced numerous television commercials for Hallmark, Folger’s, and Mercedes Benz, AT&T and other national accounts. Dr. Spangler is founder and artistic director of the internationally known Lovewell Institute, a not-for-profit arts education methodology for creating original educational works in theatre, music, dance, design, and video. As an Interdisciplinary Arts administrator and consultant, he has served in various capacities with the Miami City Ballet, Walt Disney World Entertainment, the Theatre League of South Florida, the Arts Advisory Committee for the Broward Public Schools, and was appointed by the Florida Secretary of State to serve as a grant panelist and evaluator for the State Division of Cultural Affairs.

Contact Information:
David Spangler, Ph.D.
Interdisciplinary Arts Program
Fischler School of Education and Human Services
1750 NE 167th Street
North Miami Beach, FL 33162
954-262-8363
davids@nova.edu

NORMAN J. FEDDER, Ph. D.

NORMAN J. FEDDER, Ph. D. is University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Theatre, Kansas State University; and now serves as Associate Director/Academic Coordinator and teaches in the Interdisciplinary Arts Program (IAP) of Nova Southeastern University. A member of the Kansas Theatre Hall of Fame, he is the author of a book on Tennessee Williams, many articles on dramatic literature, and 25 produced plays. He is Vice President of the Association for Jewish Theatre which he was instrumental in founding. He is also a Registered Drama Therapist/Board Certified Trainer, active in the National Association for Drama Therapy. He was honored by NADT by receiving its initial Raymond Jacobs Diversity Award and its Gertrude Schattner Award –– the highest honor the association can bestow. He founded Kansas State University’s renowned Drama Therapy Program and has developed and directs a Drama Therapy concentration within the IAP.

Tom Pearson, Ph.D.

Dr. Tom Pearson is the Arts Education Administrator for the Palm Beach County School District, and a twenty-nine-year veteran in the field of education. For twenty of those years, he taught band at the elementary, middle, and high school levels, and conducted two community bands. Dr. Pearson is a Past President of the Mississippi Bandmasters Association, where he taught band for 12 years before moving to Florida. Since moving to Florida, he has served as District Chairman for FBA District 14 and Chairman of the FBA Ethics Committee for two terms.
Dr. Pearson was the Magnet/Choice Program Specialist and Acting Director for the School District of Palm Beach County. His responsibilities included administration of the Magnet Schools Assistance Grant, student recruitment, and student assignment for magnet and choice programs. Dr. Pearson has been a presenter for student recruitment/assignment, and partnership and funding at the International Network of Schools for the Advancement of Arts Education and Magnet Schools of America. He has been an adjunct professor for Palm Beach Community College and Nova Southeastern University. Dr. Pearson has adjudicated for the Florida Bandmasters Association, Bands of America, and bands, winter guards, and drum corps throughout the United States.
He has served as the Governmental and Community Relations Chair for the Florida Music Educators’ Association, and as the ACE/FAAE Vice-President for Governmental Relations.  Dr. Pearson is currently serving as the President of the Florida Music Supervision Association, Vice-President for Coalitions for the Florida Alliance for Arts Education/Arts for a Complete Education, President of the Palm Beach County School District Staff Association, board member of the Florida Music Education Association, and board member of the Florida School Music Association.  He also serves on the education boards of The Norton Museum of Art and the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts.
Dr. Pearson earned his Bachelor of Music Education degree and Masters Degree in Music Education from the University of Southern Mississippi. He earned an Education Specialist degree in Educational Leadership and a Doctorate in Education from Nova Southeastern University.

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