Mortimer Ennis, Interim Dean

Mortimer Ennis serves as the Interim Dean of Instruction for Arts, English, Communications, and Languages Divisions. Since joining LSC-Kingwood in 2017, he has taught English and served in several academic leadership roles. With more than two decades of experience in higher education, Ennis is passionate about supporting faculty, creating opportunities for student success, and building a collaborative academic community.

He earned a Master of Arts in English Literature from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and bachelor's degrees in English and Political Science from St. Mary's University. He enjoys working with faculty and students to advance innovative teaching, meaningful learning experiences, and academic excellence.

Phone: 281.312.1727
Email: Mortimer.ennis@lonestar.edu
Office: APA 109I

Dr. Todd Miller, Department Chair

Todd R. Miller, professor of music and chair of the visual and performing arts, joined LSC-Kingwood in 1994. Miller earned a Bachelor of Music degree in voice performance from the University of Louisville. He also obtained a Master of Music degree in voice performance from the University of Arizona. In addition, he holds a doctoral degree in voice performance and conducting from the University of Houston.

Miller has presented a number of papers. He presented, "Carlisle Floyd and Susannah" at the University of Southern Mississippi in 2005. He has also performed with the Houston Symphony, the Houston Choral Society, Houston Chamber Choir, Greenbriar Consortium, the San Antonio Symphony, and Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Opera in the Heights, and three Carnegie Hall performances.

In 2003, he was honored with the LSC-Kingwood Faculty Excellence Award. Miller has also been nominated twice for the Piper Professor Award.

"I have a passion for music and its importance in human society and I have a passion for students who want to make music their life's vocation," Miller explained. "Kingwood has been very supportive of my dreams as an educator and as a performer, and the students have benefitted from that support."

Phone: 281.312.1485
Email: Todd.R.Miller@lonestar.edu
Office: MUS 115
Website: Website

Cory Cryer, Lead, Art Department

Cory Cryer, professor of art, joined LSC-Kingwood in 2006. Cryer earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Teaching from Sam Houston State University and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Texas Woman's University.

"I teach ceramics because of its long history and ability to transcend cultural boundaries," explained Cryer.

Phone: 281.312.1663
Email: Cory.R.Cryer@lonestar.edu
Office: CLB 100C
Website: Website

Mari Omori, Faculty

Born and raised in Chiba-Prefecture, Japan, Mari Omori is a multi-media artist, art educator, lecturer, and curator who received her MFA from UCLA and BA from California State University Northridge. Working in diverse materials such as book design, fiber, bronze, video projection, her installations explore the notions of identity, materiality, transformation, and time.  

Ms. Omori has received several awards including the Sabbatical Research Grant with AIR (Artist-in-Residence) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia in 2018, Mino Culture Art Project AIR, Japan, in 2008, Palm Beach County Cultural AIR Grant, FL, in 2006, Faculty International Exploration Grant and Sabbatical Research Grant, both in 2008. 

She has exhibited her work in numerous one-person and group exhibitions in Germany, Japan, Mexico, Taiwan, Thailand, and the states of California, Georgia, Massachusetts,  North Carolina, Oregon, and Texas, and a number of her works are in private and public collections including The Museum of Fine Arts Houston (Houston, TX), Art Museum of South Texas (Corpus Christi, TX) and the Mino Washi/Paper Museum (Gifu-Prefecture, Japan).  

Mari Omori is currently a Professor of Art at Lone Star College-Kingwood, a position she has held since 2001. 

Phone: 281.312.1583
Email: Mari.Omori@lonestar.edu
Office: CLB 100B
Website: Website

Andres Machin, Faculty

Phone: 281.312.4369
Email: Andres.machin@lonestar.edu
Office: CLB 100R
 

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