Resume

Education

Ph.D.
1994 

New York University, New York, NY
Dept. of Performance Studies, Tisch School of the Arts

Dissertation: "Representations of Utopia: The Politics of Women’s Group Theaters 1969-1991."

M.A.
1987

Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
Department of Theater – Directing New Works

B.A.
1985

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Major:  Political Science; Minor: Acting Specialist

Teaching

2004-present

Faculty, MFA- Interdisciplinary Arts Program
Goddard College, Plainfield, VT

Advise Master’s students who come from a variety of artistic disciplines.  Requires a broad and deep knowledge of theory, history and the skill to encourage students toward intellectual competence and disciplinary rigor.

1991-2003

Adjunct Professor, Department of Drama and Dance
Macalester College, St. Paul, MN

Teach History of Western Theater as scheduled. Serve as guest lecturer and hold workshops in various special historical topics including Augusto Boal and Feminist Performance.

1994-2001

Adjunct Professor, Department of Theater
University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN

Teach Introduction to Theater from a historical and literary perspective.

1996-1998

Instructor
Center for Performing Arts, Minneapolis, MN

Facilitated 8-week workshops in Theories of Performance which considered the work of local artists in relationship to a range of performance theories including feminism, postmodernism, flow, and queer theory.

1994

Visiting Scholar, Center for Advanced Feminist Studies
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN

Research and lecture on the longest running women’s theater group in the U.S.,  "At the Foot of the Mountain: Setting the Stage", whose archives are at the University of Minnesota.

1987

Faculty
New College of California, San Francisco, CA

Taught subjects in women in theater and new performance through the auspices of the Julian Theater.