As a lifelong theatre practitioner, I find joy in developing inquisitive, collaborative artist-scholars. I prepare students to work in an ever-evolving field, and equip them with the vision and creativity necessary to grapple with questions facing an interconnected global society.
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Making It In the Arts (MIITA)
From 2019-2023 I led the interdisciplinary MIITA series sponsored by the Piper Center for Vocation and Career at St. Olaf College.
Our programming includes invited talks and networking opportunities with alumni and working arts professionals in theatre, music, visual arts, and dance. It also includes the annual Minneapolis Arts Connections trip touring creative organizations and institutions in the Twin Cities.
"Building A Bigger Tent: Cultural Engagement and Community Outreach through the Arts"
Dr. Carra Martinez | Fusebox Festival, Austin; Former Director of Community Engagement at the Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis
Dr. Jessica Lopez Lyman | Electric Machete Studios, Multi-Disciplinary Artist and Organizer in the Twin Cities
Workshops
Laban Movement Guest Workshop (Pictured)
"Leadership through Improvisation," City University of New York, Baruch College
Other workshops include:
“Music as Performance,” Brigham Young University, Theater and Media Arts
“Acting Shakespeare,” University of Minnesota, English
“Anthropology of the Body,” Carleton College, Sociology and Anthropology
Course Development
"Performance and Space"
"Performance and Space"
University of Minnesota
"Race and the Supernatural in Performance"
"Race and the Supernatural in Performance"
William and Mary / St. Olaf College
"Who Owns the Arts?"
"Who Owns the Arts?"
St. Olaf College
Other courses
"Avant Gardes of the Global South"
“British Political Drama”
“History of Theater 1700 to Present”
“History of Theater to 1700”
“Arts Management”
"Theatre for Social Change"
“Acting for the Lyric Stage”
“Text and Performance”
“Introduction to Acting”
“Acting for Non-Majors”
“Introduction to Theater”
"Modernity, the Nation-State, and Capitalism: Theoretical Approaches to Global Studies" (TA)
"Knowledge, Power, and the Politics of Representation in Global Studies" (TA)
"Introduction to African American Literature and Culture" (TA)
Student Mentorship
I have been honored to mentor exceptional students doing ambitious creative and applied work.
Recent projects include Maren Findlay's "Thank You, Five" podcast exploring radical adaptations in the theatre, and Lerato Mensah-Aborampah's Basotho Artists Digital Directory.
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