Recent Ph.D. Graduate
Fatma earned her Ph.D. in Theatre History, Theory, and Literature from Indiana University in 2009 when she defended her dissertation on women in Arabian Gulf States theatre. She is currently head of the Department of Theatre in the College of Arts and Social Sciences at Sultan Qaboos University in Oman where she serves as Assistant Professor of Theatre History and Acting.
Recent Ph.D. Graduate
Jeff received his B.A. in Theatre Arts from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, and his M.S. in Education, Curriculum, and Instruction from Indiana University Bloomington. He was awarded his Ph.D. in Theatre History, Theory, and Literature from Indiana University in 2008 after defending his dissertation, "Coming Out at the Caffe Cino: Toward a Re/visioning of Homosexual Stage Representation." A winner of IU's Hubert C. Heffner Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Theatre, Jeff currently serves as assistant professor of theatre at Knox Collegein Galesburg, Illinois, where he was recently awarded a Career Enhancement Grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Recent Ph.D. Graduate
Kim received her B.A. in Russian and International Politics from Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania, and her M.A. in Russian Literature from Indiana University in Bloomington. Kim's interest in theatre blossomed after studying Russian drama during her Master's degree program. Though she remains interested in both Russian literature and theatre, her dissertation topic explores representations of sideshow freaks in modern British and American musicals and plays. During her Ph.D. coursework, Kim minored in Gender Studies, and elements of gender/queer/disability studies figure prominently in her research, alongside scholarship on actual, historical freak shows.
Recent Ph.D. Graduate
Emmy received her B.S. in Communications and Theatre from St. Joseph's College and her M.A. in theatre from Kent State University. Her research interests include theatrical performances during wartime and modern European theatre. She recently presented "With Frozen Feet You Cannot Dance: Theatrical Performance as Currency in Nazi Labor Camps" at Mid-America Theatre Conference as part of her dissertation on theatre in Nazi concentration camps. As a director and dramaturg, she has worked with Irish Theatre of Chicago (formerly Seanachai Theatre), the Strange Tree Group, and Still Point Theatre. She is also engaged in applied and devised theatre, working with incarcerated and formerly incarcerated artists. She currently teaches at City Colleges of Chicago and DePaul University.
Recent Ph.D. Graduate
Sarah received her B.A. in Theatre from the University of Missouri-Columbia and her M.F.A. in Costume Design from the University of Alabama. She earned her Ph.D. in Theatre History, Theory, and Literature from Indiana University in 2011, when she defended her dissertation, "An Empire of Collars and Corsets: Charting Body Maps on the Late-Victorian Stage." In 2011 she accepted a tenure-track position at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia, where she serves as assistant professor of theatre and head of the costume shop.
Recent Ph.D. Graduate
Noe received his B.A. in English and Theatre and Dance from Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa, and both his M.A. and Ph.D. in Theatre History, Theory, and Literature from Indiana University. His dissertation, "Staging Post-memories: Commemorative Argentine Theatre 1989--2003," discusses memory politics among Argentine theatre artists who subverted institutionalized mandates for forgetting the Dirty War. Noe has served as the Dramaturg at the Cleveland Play House and on faculties at Cleveland State University and John Carroll University. In 2011, he accepted a tenure-track position as assistant professor of theatre history, dramatic literature and criticism at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts.
Recent Ph.D. Graduate
Deana received her B.A. in Theatre and B.A. in English Education from Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas, and her M.A. in Theatre History, Theory, and Literature at Indiana University. She earned her Ph.D. in Theatre History, Theory, and Literature from Indiana University in 2012 after defending her dissertation, "Scottish Theatre and Drama in the Age of Devolution." Deana's research interests center on Scottish theatre from the 1990s to the present and its relation to devolution and post-colonial studies. She has presented on the works of such playwrights as John McGrath, Rona Munro, Sue Glover, and Gregory Burke.
Recent Ph.D. Graduate
Tom received his B.A. in History and English from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and his M.F.A. in Dramaturgy and Script Development from Columbia University in New York. He earned his Ph.D. in Theatre History, Theory, and Literature from Indiana University in 2012 after defending his dissertation, "Towards a Poetics of Violence: The Early Modern and Postmodern English Stage." Tom's research interests include Early Modern England, Contemporary Britain and Ireland, and Theatre and Violence. He has worked in the Literary Department of the Atlantic Theater Company, and holds multiple credits as a dramaturg, director, sound designer, critic, and actor from theatres in New York, Indiana, and Nebraska.
Recent Ph.D. Graduate
Tim received his B.A. in Philosophy from Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, and his M.F.A. in acting from Southen Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. His research interests include the use of magic in the Early Modern era, particularly in the plays of Shakespeare. His recent article, Dionysus in the Mirror: The Play-Within-The-Play as the Apollonian reflection of Hamlet's "Dionysian Psyche," is forthcoming in Philosophy and Literature. A member of the Actors' Equity Association, Tim has been a professional actor since 2004 and has appeared with the Tony Award-winning Utah Shakespearea Festival. Since 2014, Tim has served as assistant professor of theatre at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion and was recently appointed education director of the South Dakota Shakespeare Festival.
Recent Ph.D. Graduate
Tom received his B.A. in Theatre from Grinnell College and his M.A. in Theatre History, Theory, and Literature from Indiana University. He earned his Ph.D. from Indiana University in 2010 when he defended his dissertation titled "The Greatest Living Genius of the Race: Henrietta Vinton Davis---Elocutionist, Actress, Activist." In 2010, Tom received a tenure-track position at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois, where he serves as assistant professor of theatre and has taught such courses as directing, play analysis, integrated theatre history, african-american dramatic literature and theatre. In 2012, Tom received the Millikin's Cesar Chavez Social Justice Award for campus advocacy and activism.
Recent Ph.D. Graduate
Joe received his B.A. in Drama from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, and his M.A. in English and M.Ed. from Xavier University in Cincinnati. He completed his Ph.D. in 2016 when he defended his dissertation "A Musical of One's Own: American Women Writing Musicals 1970 1985." In 2016, he joined the faculty of the University of South Dakota's Department of Theatre as assistant professor of directing, where he oversees the M.F.A. in Directing program and teaches undergraduate courses in directing, acting, theatre history, film, and more. He has presented scholarship at the Mid American Theatre Conference, the Comparative Drama Conference, and the Pacific Ancient and Modern Languages Conference. Joe is the author of Today in History: Musicals and spent nine years as the artistic director of Ovation Theatre Company in Cincinnati. His award-winning adaptation of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale has received four professional productions. He also directed his original play Catalina at the Cincinnati Fringe Festival in 2013.
Recent Ph.D. Graduate
Neal received his B.A. in Theatre from Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina, and his M.F.A. in acting from University of Florida in Gainesville. He earned his Ph.D. from Indiana University in 2013 when he defended his dissertation titled "Stagehands: Gestures and the Embodied Actor," an exploration of how cognitive science can explains actors' use of gestures to memorize lines, disambiguate language, and expand meaning. In 2012, Neal accepted a tenure-track position as assistant professor of theatre at Juniata Collegein Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. A playwright and theatre-maker, Neal's play "second" is published in NYTE's Plays and Playwrights 2005. His newest play, "American Western," has been invited to premiere at the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival in 2013 where Neal was previously nominated for both Outstanding Production and Outstanding New Writing for his 2009 adaptation of Oscar Wildes "The Picture (of Dorian Gray)."
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