Karen Lindebrekke

STEM/Q Center Coordinator

• Phone: 309-794-8076
• Email: karenlindebrekke@augustana.edu

Specializations: Learning Commons

Marlon Jackson he/him/ellos

Area Coordinator

• Phone: 307-732-3883
• Email: marlonjackson@augustana.edu
• Office: Westerlin Hall

Specializations: Residential Life

Gail L. Baldwin

Part-time Instructor, Piano, and Choral Accompanist

• Phone: 309-794-8967
• Email: GailBaldwin@augustana.edu
• Office: Bergendoff Studio

Gail Baldwin teaches private piano at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois. She earned her Bachelor's degree (cum laude) from St. Ambrose College in Davenport, Iowa and a Master of Science degree in music education from the University of Wisconsin at Platteville. Ms. Baldwin has taught high school music in Melbourne, Australia, where she was music director for community theatres and high school musicals. She has also taught music and directed choirs in Fort Madison, Iowa.

Currently, she is organist and handbell choir director at Asbury United Methodist Church in Bettendorf, Iowa. She also serves as accompanist for various soloists, recitals and musical theatre groups in the Quad City area. She was pianist for the Opera at Augustana productions of Dido and Aeneas and Down in the Valley, and rehearsal accompanist for Pirates of Penzance and The Tender Land. She has also been pianist for other Opera at Augustana productions including Amahl and the Night Visitors, The Little Sweep and Die Fledermaus.

Specializations: Piano

Madelyn Beverlin

Manager of Campus Scheduling and Event Strategy

• Email: madelynbeverlin@augustana.edu
• Office: Bergendoff Hall

Specializations: Communication and marketing

Specializations: Residential Life

Ramin Roshandel he/they

Part-Time Assistant Professor of Music

• Email: raminroshandel@augustana.edu
• Office: Bergendoff 138B

Ramin Roshandel is a composer and setar player. His composition has been described as “Brutally Persian,” and his performance on the setar has been considered “Masterful”.

Roshandel's compositions have been performed by Benjamin Coelho, Anna Elder, Nicole Esposito, Will Fried, Daniel Schreiner, The JACK Quartet, University of Iowa Center for New Music Ensemble, Ensemble Dal Niente, Kamratōn Ensemble, and LIGAMENT duo. His compositions have been either featured or performed in Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS), NYC Electroacoustic Improvisation Summit, MOXSonic, TurnUp Multimedia Festival, and Cleveland Uncommon Sound Project’s Summer Sounds. Roshandel was the setar soloist in Jean-François Charles’ opera, Grant Wood in Paris, in its premiere.

Roshandel has two analytical papers about Hossein Alizadeh’s Neynavā and Elliott Carter’s Dialogues published in Persian journals. Ramin’s collaborative album (Jamshid Jam) with Jean-François Charles was nominated in the World Music and Crossover Productions categories of Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik (German Record Critics’ Award).

He holds a Ph.D. in Music Composition from the University of Iowa.

More at: ramin-roshandel.com

Yoonji Kim

Assistant Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders

• Phone: 309-794-7583
• Email: yoonjikim@augustana.edu
• Office: Brodahl 202

Yoonji Kim, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Augustana College. Dr. Kim teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in motor speech disorders, acquired cognitive-communication disorders, and aphasia. Dr. Kim’s research interests include human vocal behaviors in typical adults and individuals with acquired neurological disorders. Her work examines the mechanisms underlying speech motor control in individuals with dysarthria caused by neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson’s disease and cerebellar ataxia. Dr. Kim is also a licensed speech-language pathologist with experience in tracheostomy and ventilator management, augmentative alternative communication, and school-based practice.

Lakshmanan Chokalingam

Part-Time Instructor of Data Analytics

• Phone: 309-716-4063
• Email: lchokalingam@augustana.edu
• Office: Evald 118

Laks brings over 27 years of corporate experience across diverse domains including Supply Chain, Marketing, Sales, and Industrial Software Engineering. As an experienced software architect, Laks has contributed to numerous software projects across multiple industries and clients. In his spare time, Laks teaches the Tamil Language and serves as a school principal, he also enjoys playing badminton, volleyball and pickleball.

Specializations: Software engineering, Data analytics, Supply chain, Sales and distribution