B.M. (Vocal Performance), Central Michigan University; M.M., Ph. D. (Vocal Performance), Florida State University.

Alissa Walters Deeter coordinates voice and opera at SFSU with responsibilities that include private voice, vocal literature, vocal pedagogy, and opera workshop. An active performer, she has sung with many of America¶s foremost opera companies, singing numerous opera and operetta standards. She also keeps an active recital and is a member of the Centraline Trio. Dr. Deeter is actively involved in the study of therapeutic massage and its subsequent benefits for vocalists. She was invited to give a guest presentation on massage therapy at the National Association of Teachers of Singing voice pedagogy workshop in January of 1999. Her interests in body awareness and musculo-skeletal structure led her to become a nationally certified massage therapist.