Ann Marie Elder (MFA Ohio University) is an Associate Professor at WNMU and has been teaching since 2002. She first served as the Production Manager for the Fine Arts Theatre and taught technical classes as well as mask making, make-up for the stage, and introduction to theatrical design. In 2006 took over as head of the Theater Discipline and helped to create the Interdisciplinary Expressive Arts Program focusing on Performance, Digital Media and Sound. In 2010 she served for 2 years as Chair of the Expressive Arts Department.

Her most recent professional credits include servingas the Sound Designer and Production Stage Manager for Mark Medoff’s new playcalled

atthe Rio Grande Theatre in Las Cruces. Mark Medoff is a playwright, screenwriter, film and theatre director,actor, and professor at New Mexico State University.