Faculty

Omofolabo
Ajayi-Soyinka
Associate Professor
Also appointed in Women's Studies
Ph.D., University of Ife, Nigeria
Nigerian Theatre, Poststructuralism, Postcolonialism
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Michael Baskett
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Japanese Film/Media, Asian Film, Film History
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Leslie Bennett
Assistant
Professor
M.F.A., Boston University
Movement, Acting
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Chuck Berg
Professor
Ph.D., University
of Iowa
Film/Television History, Theory and Criticism; American Pop Culture, Music and
Media
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Henry Bial
Graduate
Director and Assistant Professor
Ph.D., New York University
Theatre History and Criticism; Performance Theory; Religious Performance; Jewish
Popular Culture
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Dennis
Christilles
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Kansas
Scenography and Greek Theatre
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Tamara Falicov
Associate
Chair and Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
Latin American Film, Video Production, Media and Society
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John Gronbeck-Tedesco
Professor
Ph.D., University of Iowa
Theory, Criticism, Directing
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Robert Hurst
Assistant
Professor
M.F.A., University of Iowa
Film and Video Production
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Matthew Jacobson
Associate
Professor
M.F.A., University
of Southern California
Film and Video Production
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Jeanne Klein
Associate
Professor
Ph.D., University of Kansas
K-12 Theatre, Audience Studies
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Madison Davis Lacy
Associate
Professor
B.A., Washington State University
Documentary Film/Video Production, History, and Criticism
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Mechele Leon
Assistant
Professor
Ph.D., Cornell University
Theatre History, Molière, and Theatre of the French Revolution
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Paul Meier
Professor
Professional certification, Rose Bruford College and University of
London
Acting and Vocal/Dialect Training
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Catherine Preston
Associate
Professor
Ph.D., University
of Pennsylvania
Film Theory and Visual Culture
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Mark Reaney
Artistic
Director and Professor
M.F.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Scenography, Technology, Computers
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Delores Ringer
Associate
Professor
M.F.A., Pennsylvania
State University
Scenography, Women's Studies
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Edward Small
Professor
Ph.D., University of Iowa
Film Production and Theory, Experimental Film/Video
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John Staniunas
Chair
and Associate Professor
M.F.A., University of Arizona
Musical Theatre, Acting, Directing
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John Tibbetts
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Kansas
Film Theory and Criticism
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Delbert Unruh
Professor
M.A., Northwestern University
Scenography, Design Theory
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Kevin Willmott
Associate
Professor
M.F.A., New York University
Screenwriting, Film and Video Production Management
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Jack B. Wright
Professor
Ph.D., University
of Kansas
Acting, Directing, American Theatre History
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