Faculty Directory

Dance Faculty

Melanie Aceto, MFA

aceto@buffalo.edu

Associate Professor

Department of Theatre and Dance

College of Arts and Sciences

Research Topics: Modern and Choreography

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Anne Burnidge, MFA

burnidge@buffalo.edu

Department Chair

Associate Professor

Department of Theatre and Dance

College of Arts and Sciences

Research Topics: Modern and Laban Movement Analysis

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Jenna Del Monte, MFA

jd272@buffalo.edu

Clinical Assistant Professor

Department of Theatre and Dance

College of Arts and Sciences

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Jeanne Palmer-Fornarola, MA

jpf2@buffalo.edu

Clinical Associate Professor

Department of Theatre and Dance

College of Arts and Sciences

Research Topics: Ballet and Dance History

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Ariel Nereson, PhD

anereson@buffalo.edu

Associate Director of Graduate Studies

Director of Graduate Dance

Assistant Professor

Department of Theatre and Dance

College of Arts and Sciences

Research Topics: Dance Studies

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Thomas Ralabate

ralabate@buffalo.edu

Artistic Director Zodiaque Dance Company

Professor

Department of Theatre and Dance

College of Arts and Sciences

Research Topics: Jazz; Tap; Ballroom/Social Dance

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ralabate@buffalo.edu

Kerry Ring, MFA

kring2@buffalo.edu

Clinical Associate Professor

Artistic Director of Zodiaque Dance Company

Department of Theatre and Dance

College of Arts and Sciences

Research Topics: Ballet; Modern

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Theatre Faculty

Dyan Burlingame, MFA

dlo@buffalo.edu

Director of Design and Technology

Clinical Assistant Professor

Department of Theatre and Dance

College of Arts and Sciences

Research Topics: Sustainability & Greener Theatre practices

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Meredith Conti, PhD

maconti@buffalo.edu

Assistant Professor

Affiliate, UB Gender Institute

Department of Theatre and Dance

College of Arts and Sciences

Research Topics: Theatre and Performance Studies

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Alison D’Amato, PhD

agdamato@buffalo.edu

Lecturer

Department of Theatre and Dance

College of Arts and Sciences

Research Topics: Music Theatre

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Erich Frank, BA

ekfrank@buffalo.edu

Assistant Technical Director

Clinical Assistant Professor

Department of Theatre and Dance

College of Arts and Sciences

Research Topics: Technical Theatre

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Kathleen Golde, MFA

golde10@buffalo.edu

Clinical Assistant Professor

Department of Theatre and Dance

College of Arts and Sciences

Research Topics: Movement

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Maria S. Horne, MFA

marhorne@buffalo.edu

Associate Professor

Department of Theatre and Dance

College of Arts and Sciences

Research Topics: Acting and Literature

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Lindsay Brandon Hunter, PhD

lhunter@buffalo.edu

Director of Undergraduate Studies

Director of Theatre BA

Assistant Professor

Department of Theatre and Dance

College of Arts and Sciences

Research Topics: Performance Studies; Acting; Digital Media

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Lynne Koscielniak, MFA

lk2@buffalo.edu

Professor

Department of Theatre and Dance

College of Arts and Sciences

Research Topics: Scenography

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Eero Laine, PhD

eerolain@buffalo.edu

Director of Graduate Studies

Director of Graduate Theatre

Assistant Professor

Department of Theatre and Dance

College of Arts and Sciences

Research Topics: Theatre Studies

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Melinda Lamoreux, BA

lamoreux@buffalo.edu

Clinical Assistant Professor

Department of Theatre and Dance

College of Arts and Sciences

Research Topics: Stage Management

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Nathan R. Matthews, MM

nrm3@buffalo.edu

Director of Music Theatre

Associate Professor

Music Director

Department of Theatre and Dance

College of Arts and Sciences

Research Topics: Music Theatre

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Catherine Norgren

norgren@buffalo.edu

Professor

Department of Theatre and Dance

College of Arts and Sciences

Research Topics: Costume Design

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Vincent M. O’Neill

vinco@buffalo.edu

Director of Theatre Performance

Associate Professor

Department of Theatre and Dance

College of Arts and Sciences

Research Topics: Acting and Mime

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Danielle Rosvally

drosvall@buffalo.edu

Clinical Assistant Professor

Department of Theatre and Dance

College of Arts and Sciences

Research Topics: Theatre

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Jonathan Shimon, MFA

jrshimon@buffalo.edu

Assistant Professor

Department of Theatre and Dance

College of Arts and Sciences

Research Topics: Theatre Technology

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Tatyana Wilds, MFA

twilds@buffalo.edu

Visiting Professor

Department of Theatre and Dance

College of Arts and Sciences

Research Topics: Scenography

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