Carrie Alter
Instructor of Studio Art
Durham
Joined NCSSM in August 2016
Carrie Alter joined NCSSM as an Instructor of Studio Art in 2016. Prior to NCSSM, she was a visiting lecturer in the art department at UNC-Chapel Hill. She has also served as an adjunct professor of art at Meredith College, Elon University, Durham Technical Community College, and the William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education. Throughout her almost 20 years of teaching she has also taught classes at the Carrboro Arts Center, the Nasher Museum of Art, and the North Carolina Museum of Art. Furthermore, Carrie spent several summers teaching Area II – Western Philosophy at the Governor’s School of North Carolina.
Carrie grew up in North Miami Beach, Florida. She is a practicing artist with close ties to the Triangle-area arts and music community her husband, Matt McMichaels, is a musician. She is the mother of two boys, and a bass angler who is as passionate about fishing as she is about drawing and painting. In addition to her regular courses, Carrie is our Fine Arts Series Exhibit Curator. She encourages students to get involved with the arts regardless of course enrollment. Carrie believes practicing art builds self-confidence, a less judgmental mind, and a more optimistic attitude while unlocking creative thinking skills that are critical for innovation in every STEM field.
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Layla Aldousany
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Marcelo Aranda
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Kate Axelrod
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Erudiel Bernal
Instructor of World Languages
Jay Bonner
Instructor of American Studies
Sarah Booker
Instructor of World Languages
Michelle Brenner
Instructor of Humanities
David Cantrell
Instructor of Humanities
Jane Cantwell
Instructor of American Studies and Humanities
Kristin Connor
Instructor of Spanish
Chad Cygan
Instructor of Choral Music
Christy Davenport
Instructor of American Studies and Humanities
Katy Doll
Instructor of American Studies
David Dry
Instructor of American Studies and Humanities
Mark Dubois
Instructor of Humanities
Alexa Garvoille
Instructor of American Studies and Humanities
Fiona Gillespie
Instructor of Spanish
Neal Keesee
Instructor of American Studies and Humanities
Chad Keister
Instructor of Economics and Social Science
Jim Kirkpatrick
Instructor of Music
Fayez Kurdi
Instructor of World Languages
Scott Laird
Instructor of Music and Chair of Fine Arts (Durham/Morganton)
Hong Li
Instructor of Chinese
Courtney Long
Instructor of Visual Arts
Blake Madden
Instructor of Photography
Margaret McDowell
Instructor of American Studies and Humanities
Tatiana McInnis
Instructor of American Studies and Humanities
Lindsay Metivier
Instructor of Photography
Ormand Moore
Instructor of Humanities
Amanda Moulder
Instructor of American Studies and Humanities
Katie Moulder
Instructor of Humanities
Meredith Murphy ’02
Instructor and Chair of Humanities (Durham)
William Nessly
Instructor of American Studies and Asian-American Studies
Tess Nielsen
Instructor of Choral Music and Drama
Robert Noffsinger
Instructor of Spanish and Humanities
Javier Pabón
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Liz Peeples
Instructor of Humanities
Carolina Perez
Instructor of Music
Martha Regalis
Instructor of Humanities
Meltem Safak
Instructor of American Studies and Humanities
Adam Sampieri
Instructor of Drama
Tonya Smith ’89
Instructor of Spanish and Humanities
Marc Sprintz
Instructor of American Studies and Humanities
Keegan Storrs
Instructor of Spanish and Chair of Humanities (Durham)
Natsuko Suwa
Instructor of Japanese
Cecile Tougas
Instructor of Latin
Ying-Hua Tsai
Instructor of Chinese
Qian Wang
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John Woodmansee
Instructor of Humanities
John Zimmerman
Instructor of American Studies and Humanities and Chair of Humanities (Morganton)