The Communications, Humanities and Arts Department (CHA) offers credit and noncredit instruction leading to transfer degrees and career program certification in disciplines including visual arts and computer graphics; music and theater; digital media and television production; foreign and American Sign languages; and speech, philosophy and the humanities.

Instruction emphasizes hands-on learning, whether in the pottery studio, the television studio, the music studio or the public speaking classroom. Students develop their talents through the guidance of experienced instructors who are professionals in their areas of specialization.

The CHA department also offers enrichment opportunities to the community with a host of extra- and co-curricular arts events that take place in the Jack B. Kussmaul Theater and the Mary Condon Hodgson Gallery, both located in FCC’s Fine Arts and Student Center. 

Choose from these specializations for additional information:
 

Programs of Study

Associate of Arts (A.A.)

• Arts and Humanities

Areas of Concentration within the A.A. in Arts & Humanities

• Art Area of Concentration
• Audio Production Area of Concentration
• Communications (Speech) Area of Concentration
• Film & Video Production Area of Concentration
• Graphic Design Area of Concentration
• Music Area of Concentration
• Theatre Area of Concentration

Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.)

• Sign Language Interpreter Preparatory Program

Certificate

• American Sign Language Studies
• Audio Production 
• Computer Graphics
• Film & Video Production
• Sign Language Interpreter Preparatory Program

 

Full-time Faculty Members

Cynthia Baush	Assistant Professor, Art	240.629.7954
Kathy Brooks	Department Chair, Professor, Program Manager, Communications/Philosophy/Humanities	301.846.2635
Ivy Chevers	Assistant Professor, Creative Arts Generalist	301.846.2477
Paula Chipman, D.M.A.	Professor, Music Program Manager	301.846.2566
Laura Cordova	Assistant Professor, Spanish	240.629.7929
Jonathan Cresci, D.M.A.	Assistant Professor/Program Manager Music Technology/Audio Production	301.624.2844
David Martin	Program Manager, Assistant Professor, ESL	240.575.2299
Rich Fulton	Professor, Speech/Group Communications	301.846.2547
Jennifer Rundlett	Shield’s Scholarship Coordinator & Music Artist Series Coordinator	301.846.2642
Tad Janes	Program Manager/Assistant Professor, Drama	301.846.2515
Dave Moreland	Professor, Art	301.846.2567
Ana Maria Pinzon	Program Manager/Associate Professor, World Languages	301.624.2843
Leslie Puzio	Program Manager, Sign Language Interpreter Preparatory Program	240.629.7819
Wendell Poindexter	Program Manager/Professor, Art	301.846.2513
Jason Santelli	Program Manager/Assistant Professor, Digital Media Design/TV Production	301.846.2533
Shane Sellers	Assistant Professor, Art	301.624.2863
Lisa Sheirer	Program Manager/Associate Professor, Graphics & Photography	301.846.2637
Christian Thompson	Assistant Professor, Speech/Group Communications	301.624.2684