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Matthew Modine

Actor Matthew Modine became a star for his performances in Full Metal Jacket and other successful films. Matthew moved to New York City as a teenager to pursue an acting career and studied at the Stella Adler School. He hit his stride in the 1980s with starring turns in such films as Birdy (1984), Vision Quest (1985) and Full Metal Jacket (1987). Matthew remains busy with a variety of film, television and theater roles, and is an avid environmentalist.

Matthew made his feature film debut in John Sayles’ Baby it’s You (1983), soon becoming one of Hollywood’s hottest young actors with his contributions to three Vietnam War-era films. The first was Robert Altman’s Streamers (1983), in which he played a soldier preparing for decampment to battle, followed by a starring turn as the mentally unstable titular character of Alan Parker’s Birdy (1984). In perhaps the most recognizable role of his career, he narrated the horrors of war as the independent-minded Private Joker in Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket (1987). During this period, Modine also starred as a high school wrestler in Vision Quest (1985), and as an FBI agent in Married to the Mob (1988).

Re-teaming with Altman, Modine played Dr. Ralph Wyman opposite Julianne Moore in Short Cuts (1993), which won a Golden Globe for best ensemble performance. He earned Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for his portrayal of Dr. Don Francis in the HBO movie And the Band Played On (1993), and received another Golden Globe nomination for his role as Sammy Ayers in the Hallmark movie What the Deaf Man Heard (1997).

Matthew made his feature directorial debut with the crime drama If … Dog … Rabbit (1999), and earned recurring parts in the television series The Bedford Diaries and Weeds in subsequent years. He also became more active on the stage, portraying legendary playwright Arthur Miller in Finishing the Picture during the Goodman Theater’s 2004-05 season, and tackling the iconic role of Atticus Finch in a Hartford Stage production of To Kill a Mockingbird in 2009. He made his Broadway debut in the revival of The Miracle Worker in 2010, and contributed supporting roles in The Dark Knight Rises (2012) and the Sundance darling Jobs (2013).

Most recently, Matthew won the SAG Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series award for the role of Dr. Martin Brenner in the Netflix original series Stranger Things, and appears in the Sicario sequel Soldado, the thriller 47 Meters Down, and the British comedy of manners The Hippopotamus.

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Chris Modoono

Keshav Moodliar

Eddy Moon

Michel Moon

Mark J. Mooney

Anne Moore Chair of Performing Arts Department

Kenda Greenwood Moran

Denise Mullen

Stephen Nachamie

Silvi Naçi

Jackie Neale

Kristi Nelson (Board Chair)

Kristi Nelson retired in 2015 from the University of Cincinnati, where she served as the senior vice provost for academic affairs. She was awarded professor emeritus status by the UC board of trustees. As senior vice provost, Kristi was the provost’s chief advisor and representative for academic affairs, strategic planning and partnerships with academic units and other internal and external partners. She was a key member of the provost’s leadership team and represented the office across campus and to the Ohio Board of Regents. Kristi had major responsibility for ensuring that academic planning was an integrated process taking into consideration faculty support, academic objectives, fiscal resources, and physical space. From November 2013 to December 2014, she served as the interim dean of the McMicken College of Arts and Sciences, where she had responsibility for 8000+ students, 45+ degree programs, over 450 faculty, and a $100M budget. In 2012 she served as the on-site administrator for the College of Nursing. She helped lead the creation of the UC’s Academic Master Plan, and chaired the academic committee for many years. She also served on the fiscal coordinating committee and the president’s budget advisory committee. She has provided oversight for both institutional and specialized accreditation and served as the University’s point person to the Ohio Board of Regents for new programs and transfer and articulation.

Kristi was instrumental in establishing a women’s leadership program at UC along with other women leaders on campus and was active for many years with the Ohio Women’s Network where she served as state co-coordinator. Over the years she has mentored many women at UC interested in advancing their professional careers in a variety of ways.

Kristi taught honors study abroad classes for a number of years and enjoys taking students to Italy. She holds a Ph.D. in art history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an undergraduate degree from Florida State University. Prior to joining the provost office, she served as associate dean in the College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning. She has served as the president for the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) and on several committees with the College Art Association. Her specialty in art history is in the area of Dutch and Flemish art; she has published “Jacob Jordaens: Design for Tapestry” and curated and wrote the catalogue for Dutch Drawings and Watercolors from the Kharkiv Museum of Art, which was exhibited at the Taft Museum of Art in Cincinnati. She received the University of Cincinnati President’s Award for Excellence in August 2015, the Excellence in Teaching and Distinguished Service Award from the University Honors Program in April 2015, and the Distinguished Service Award from the National Association of Schools of Art and Design in October 2015.

Eric Nelson

Till Neumann

David Lewis Newman Associate Chair of Film Arts Department (Filmmaking)