Teaching

Director of Theatre, Full Professor at Newman University
2011 - Present

• Promoted to Full Professor 2023
• Tenured 2015, promoted to Associate Professor
• Created new Theatre Major by 2013. Established curriculum, advised students, hired adjunct professors, direct a major production each semester
• Taught classes in Acting, both beginning and advanced using body, voice, &
  internal and external methods for stage and screen
• Taught Introduction to Theatre as a gateway to the art form – interactive and
  participatory
• Taught beginning, intermediate, and advanced directing courses
• Taught Theatre History, both in classroom and online
• Taught Dramatic Literature as a flipped class
• Taught Playwriting – 1 student awarded 2nd in the nation for Undergraduate playwrights
• Taught Voice & Diction
• Taught Oral Communication
• Team taught courses in general education, Inferno, Stories in Performance, Ancient Quarrel, and Theology and Entertainment (online)

Assistant Professor of Theatre, Tenure Track at St. Andrews University
2007 - 2011

• Taught classes in Acting, both beginning and advanced, using body, voice, & internal and external methods for stage and screen
• Public Speaking – Covered elements of prepared and impromptu speeches.
• Topics in Theatre – Focused on basics of collaboration and production
• Early Modern Drama – An in depth study using history, literature, and hands-on activities to probe the London Theatre scene in Shakespeare?s time
• Introduction to Theatre & Film – Team taught course on both disciplines using lecture style and hands-on activities.
• Introduction to Theatre – a gateway course into to the art of theatre, encompassing elements of Acting, Directing, Playwriting, Theatre History, Dramatic Literature and Tech Theatre.
• Directing – Taught directing course that led students through steps in production and culminated with a student directed one-act festival
• Playwriting – Taught the basics of play construction and creation
• Tech Theatre – Taught the basics of design for sets and lights
• Humanities – Taught course in world civilizations and literature, using ancient Greek and Mesopotamian texts, the Bible, and works by Dante, & Shakespeare
• Development and Teaching Team Leader for Interdisciplinary Humanities Course that interweaves history, religion, philosophy, literature, and the arts
• London, Shakespeare & Beyond – a trip to London, Oxford, Stratford and Scotland with students focusing on Shakespeare, history, literature, & archaeology
• Screenwriting – taught techniques for writing scripts for motion pictures.
• On-line version of Human Culture & Thought – a study of ancient cultures and literature in an 8 week on-line course

The Ezra Pound Center for Literature at Brunnenburg Museum & Study Center
Tirolo, Italy - fall 2010

• Lead a group of American students for a semester abroad. Took them on field trips to Verona, Venice, Florence, Munich, and Rome.
• Taught a course in International Dramatic Literature where we studied the plays of Shakespeare, Moliere, Schiller, Pirandello, and Havel. The course culminated in a staged reading at Schloss Tirol, a castle in the Alps.

Instructor at James Madison University
Spring 2007

• Introduction to Theatre – Taught 40 students in a gateway theatre course that included hands on production and study of dramatic literature

Assistant Professor at Blue Ridge Community College
Spring & Summer 2007

• Introduction to Speech/Communication – Taught students basic communications skills and public speaking

Faculty at Stuart Hall Prep School
Spring 2007

• Taught a dramatic literature course to middle school students that focused on Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet.

Instructor/Internship Supervisor at Mary Baldwin College
Spring 2006

• Taught Children’s Theatre for MFA candidates, mentored, and oversaw graduate student interns in acting, writing, set design, stage management, lighting, scene painting, props & costume construction.

Guest Instructor at James Madison University
Fall 2005

• Introduction to Theatre – Critiqued student projects and instructed students in acting, directing, and playwriting.

Guest Lecturer at Mary Baldwin College
Fall 2005

• Shakespeare – Taught students King Lear in an interactive environment.

Director at The Enrichment Academy for the JCC of Greater Orlando
2001 - 2003

• Selected and supervised instructors and support staff, established budgets, developed curriculum, scheduled classes, generated publicity, and coordinated use of facility.
• Developed children’s and teen theatre program
• Implemented and produced Teen Film Festival
• Taught Acting for K-12 and adults
• Instituted Community Service/Internship program
• Designed several Enrichment classes, including: Acting, Dance, video production, sculpture, cartooning, and voice