Office of the Dean
R. Joseph Dieker, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College
R. Joseph Dieker began his duties as vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college on July 1, 2004. He came to Culver-Stockton College in 1989 after serving nine years on the music faculty at Warner Pacific College in Portland, Oregon. His responsibilities at C-SC have included conducting the Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble, teaching applied woodwinds and courses in music theory and arranging. In 1993, he was the recipient of the Burlington Northern Foundation Award for Excellence in Teaching. Under his direction, the Wind Ensemble became known for its outstanding level of performance and in 1997 was selected to perform for the Missouri Music Educators Association Conference. He served as chair of the Fine Arts Division from 2001-04, overseeing the departments of art, music and theater. Under his leadership, the music department was accepted as an accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Music.
A native of Portland, Ore., Dieker received his bachelor of arts degree (summa cum laude) in applied music from Warner Pacific College. He completed a master of music degree in clarinet performance and literature from the University of Oregon and earned a doctor of musical arts degree in instrumental music from Arizona State University. Dieker has completed post-graduate work in conducting at Indiana University and in educational management at DePaul University. As a scholar, he has published articles on the role of Victor Herbert as an American bandmaster and march composer. His modern band arrangements of Herbert’s marches have been published by Theodore Presser and Educational Music Services.
Dieker is well known as a conductor and clarinetist throughout the region. He has served as conductor of the Quincy Area Youth Orchestra and as a guest conductor of the Quincy Symphony Orchestra, the Quincy Park Band and several high school honor bands. He is the principal clarinetist for the Quincy Symphony Orchestra and performs with the Quincy Park Band and Quincy All-Star Clarinet Choir. He has appeared as a soloist in many recitals and in major concerto performances with the Portland Chamber Orchestra, Quincy Symphony Orchestra, Truman State University Wind Symphony and the Northwest Missouri State University Wind Symphony.
Dieker and his wife, Mary, live in the Poulton House in Canton. They have two daughters, Nicole and Emily. The Poulton house was given to the college by Ellison Poulton, a 1919 graduate of the college, and was used for many years as the president’s residence.
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