Congratulations to Professor Lynne M. Koscielniak and Associate Professor Jonathan Shimon on the publication of their new book Bringing Set and Costume Designs to Fruition: Made by Teams, co-authored with Jennifer Dasher, Assistant Professor of Costume Design in the College of the Arts at The University of Florida.
As we begin a new academic year, the Department of Theatre and Dance is pleased and excited to welcome new faculty and staff members, as well as announce the promotion of current personnel. 2023-2024 also represents the department's second year under the leadership of Eero Laine, PhD.
“I want to combine my interest in pedagogy with experiences to ask, as a teacher, what are the best practices to foster emotional wellness? How do we as teachers not just help students to become good dancers but to be resilient and healthy and successful people in the world?"
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Ariel Nereson, PhD, on her acceptance as a participant in the Sawyer Seminar Reimagining the American Landscape: Race and the Future of Public History.
Congratulations to Associate Professor and Director of Theatre BA Meredith Conti, PhD, on the publication of her most recent book Theatre and the Macabre, co-edited with Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.
Congratulations to assistant professor Ariel Nereson, PhD, on the publication of her most recent book Democracy Moving: Bill T. Jones, Contemporary American Performance, and the Racial Past.
