Faculty Directory

Kenda Greenwood Moran

MFA in Screenwriting, AFI
Kenda has worked in television for two decades. She was a showrunner on the first four seasons of MTV’s acclaimed documentary series Teen Mom, a producer/director on ABC’s Wife Swap, and an Executive Producer on Lifetime’s Married at First Sight and Bravo’s Love Without Borders. As a VP of Development at MTV, Kenda shepherded multiple unscripted and comedy series including The Middle of the Night Show. Kenda wrote the sci-fi short, Progeny, which won best student short at Screamfest 2019, and which she subsequently adapted into a feature which is in development with Buffalo 8 Productions. Her pilot script Tammany won the AFI Writer’s Room Ready Award in 2020, and she currently has an action-comedy series in development with Robert Cort Productions. For the Screenwriting Department in LA, she teaches Unscripted Storytelling, The Business of Screenwriting, Scene Study, and Television Workshops.

Michael Mott

MICHAEL MOTT is an internationally critically acclaimed award winning composer/ lyricist, songwriter, vocal producer and educator with over 15 million streams to his name. Heralded one of Playbill’s “Contemporary Musical Theatre Songwriters You Should Know,” his work has appeared on multiple television networks and has been performed by some of the best vocalists, musicians, symphony orchestras and concert bands around the world.

Mr. Mott’s original musicals include In The Light, A Faustian Tale, Sometimes Love, Mob Wife, A Mafia Comedy and Riding Out The Storm, a ten minute musical, which has been adapted into a short film and won “Best Musical Film” from several international film festivals, including the New York International Film Awards and the Oniros Film Awards in New York City, the Reale Film Festival in Milan, Italy and the Monza Film Festival in Monza, Italy. Additionally, Mott was commissioned to write the music and lyrics to Lucifer as well as the score to the dance short film, Sundown. He is currently writing two new stage musical projects.

Best known for his recording studio work, Mott’s discography includes the LPs “Where The Sky Ends,” “In The Light, A Faustian Tale (Highlights from the World Premiere Studio Cast Recording)” [which debuted at #8 on the Billboard Musical Theatre charts], and “Abandoned Heart,” all distributed by Grammy Award Winning label, Broadway Records. In 2016, Mott started his own independent label, Motta Music, and has released various EPs and singles, including “The Only One,” (feat. Pia Toscano, Blaine Krauss and Ciara Renee), “Here and Now” (feat. Pia Toscano), “Christmas, Will You Stay?” (feat. Laura Osnes), “The Impossible” (feat. Matt Bloyd), “Fly High” (feat. Aisha Jackson) and “To All A Goodnight” (feat. Jessica Vosk), to name a few. He has written original award winning material for NYC’s The Boy Band Project, including “Get Behind My Love” and “Jingle My Bells” (Winner – Best Original Song, 2020 Broadway World Cabaret World Award).

As an educator, Mott has had the great fortune of working with some incredibly passionate and talented vocalists. Current and previous voice students have been seen in the Broadway and touring productions of & Juliet, A Chorus Line, Aladdin, Chicago, Moulin Rouge, Newsies, Hamilton (Chicago company), Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Rock of Ages, Rocktopia, School of Rock, The Light in the Piazza, The Mastery of Edwin Drood, West Side Story (Broadway revival & 2021 Film), and Wicked.

Mr. Mott is currently an Adjunct Voice Instructor at both Fordham University and the New York Film Academy in New York City, Advanced member of the BMI Musical Theatre Writer’s Workshop, proud member of The Dramatists Guild, Actor’s Equity Association, and Voting member of the Recording Academy.

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

Jennafer Newberry

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

Alex Ngo

Ester Meyer Nunes

Matteo Nurizzo

Kristen Nutile, ACE

Kim Ogletree