Meet the new faculty members in the College of Fine Arts for 2025–26

Associate Professor of Practice 
Associate Director of Choral Activities 

Butler School of Music 

Dalrymple’s career has focused on training future choral educators through courses in pedagogy, conducting, vocal pedagogy and music literacy. She was most recently an associate professor and director of choral activities at Southwestern University. Dalrymple has conducted honor choirs across the U.S. and internationally, earning notable invitations such as a PBS feature with the Bel Canto Treble Choir at the University of Wyoming. She is passionate about elevating treble ensembles and promoting vocal techniques and literacy. She currently conducts the Saengerrunde Damenchor in Austin and the Faith Lutheran Choir in Georgetown. Dalrymple holds a D.M.A. in Choral Conducting from the University of North Texas, an M.M. in Choral Conducting from The University of Texas at Austin, and a B.M. in Music Education from Texas State University.

Assistant Professor in Acting
Department of Theatre and Dance
Fine is an actor, writer, director and teacher who has taught in actor training programs throughout the country. He most recently taught at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Fine is the recipient of the 2015 Helen Hayes Award for his work in Fiasco Theater Company’s The Two Gentlemen of Verona, and his Broadway credits include China Doll with Al Pacino. Fine holds an M.F.A. from the University of Tennessee and a B.A. (Summa Cum Laude) from Oberlin College. He also has trained in Paris at the renowned Ecole du Philippe Gaulier.
 

Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing
Department of Art and Art History
Fooladi was born in Tehran, Iran, during the political transition from monarchy to Islamic Republic and theocracy. Her upbringing in post-revolutionary Iran profoundly shaped her artistic approach, particularly her exploration of displacement, memory and the transformation of civic spaces due to social and political shifts. She taught most recently at the University of Houston, and she holds an M.F.A. from Penn State University.

Assistant Professor in Music and Human Learning
Head of the String Project
Butler School of Music
Guarriello’s research focuses on the intersection of music industry education in K-12 music programs and the inclusion of creative activities in secondary ensemble classrooms. Most recently, she was the Visiting Assistant Professor of String Music Education and the director of the string project at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where she oversaw a successful program that similarly aimed to expand music education in the community. She was named one of Yamaha’s “40 Under 40” Music Educators for the United States in 2025. Guarriello holds a Ph.D. in Music Education from Indiana University, an M.A. in Music from the Eastman School of Music and a Bachelor of Music Education from Penn State University. 
 

Assistant Professor in Theatre History
Department of Theatre and Dance
Moss’ scholarship focuses on performances of Jewishness in Poland across the past century, in close relation to changing political and identity narratives and memory work. She has an extensive background in international research, dramaturgy and the study of performance in historical and cultural contexts, and she was a 2018-19 Fulbright Student Research Fellow in Poland and the 2022 recipient of the International Federation for Theatre Research New Scholars' Prize. Moss has taught at universities both nationally and internationally, most recently serving as the Murray W. and Mildred K. Finard Visiting Chair in Jewish Studies and a Visiting Assistant Professor of Theater at Colgate University. She holds a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Theatre and Drama from Northwestern University, an M.A. in Theatre and Drama from Northwestern University, an M.A. in Theatre History and Criticism from CUNY Brooklyn College and a B.A. in Theatre from University of California, Santa Cruz.

Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing
Department of Art and Art History
Rosales-Silva’s studio practice considers the vernacular culture in the American Southwest, the Western canon of art history, and the political and cultural connections and disparities between them. Rosales-Silva’s work has been exhibited throughout Texas and in Mexico City, New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, Chicago and Kansas City. He has been an artist in residence at Abrons Art Center in New York, Residency Unlimited in New York (2020), Artpace in San Antonio, Texas (2018) and at Pioneer Works in New York (2017). He holds an M.F.A. from the School of Visual Arts and a B.F.A. in Studio Art from The University of Texas at Austin.

Assistant Professor of Voice
Butler School of Music
Santelli is an opera singer with a career that includes winning the 2018 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. He has performed with many opera companies, including San Diego Opera, Dayton Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Houston Grand Opera and Minnesota Opera. He is a graduate of the Los Angeles Opera’s Young Artist Program. Santelli holds an M.M. from the University of Michigan and a B.M. from Oberlin Conservatory of Music.