School of the Arts Faculty
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- Associate Professor
B.A. University of Chicago; Ph.D. Yale University
E-Mail: jonathan_aaron@emerson.edu
- Stage and Production Manager-in-Residence
B.F.A. Adelphi University
E-Mail: debra_acquavella@emerson.edu
- Assistant Professor
B.S. Valparaiso University; M.S.Sp. Emerson College
E-Mail: mary_ellen_adams@emerson.edu
- Senior Distinguished Producing Director-In-Residence
B.A. Brown University; M.F.A. University of California, San Diego
E-Mail: benny_ambush@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. Simmons College; M.A. Boston University; Ph.D. Boston University
E-Mail: c_andrade_watkins@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.F.A. Tufts University; M.F.A. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
E-Mail: pierre_archambault@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
E-Mail: jabari_asim@emerson.edu
- Assistant Professor
B.A. Stanford University; M.A. University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
E-Mail: miranda_banks@emerson.edu
- Assistant Professor
B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design; M.F.A. University of California, San Diego
E-Mail: anya_belkina@emerson.edu
- Professor and Chair
B.A. Brown University
E-Mail: melia_bensussen@emerson.edu
- Senior Publisher/Writer-In-Residence
B.A. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; M.S. Columbia University
E-Mail: william_beuttler@emerson.edu
- Assistant Professor
B.A. Western Washington University; M.A. New York University
E-Mail: harlan_bosmajian@emerson.edu
- Executive Artist-In-Residence
B.A. Emerson College
E-Mail: kevin_bright@emerson.edu
- Senior Writer-In-Residence
B.A. Harvard University; M.F.A. University of Iowa
E-Mail: ben_brooks@emerson.edu
- Senior Artist-in-Residence
B.A. University of West Florida; M.F.A. Boston University
E-Mail: amelia_broome@emerson.edu
- Senior Writer-in-Residence
B.A. New York University; M.A. University of Virginia; M.F.A. Warren Wilson College
E-Mail: christine_casson@emerson.edu
- Assistant Professor
B.A. Yale University; M.Phil. Yale University; Ph.D. Yale University
E-Mail: yu_jin_chang@emerson.edu
- Senior Artist-in-Residence
Prof. Training University of Rhode Island; Prof. Training Trinity Repertory Conservatory
E-Mail: kenneth_cheeseman@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director, Director of Teacher Education
B.A. University of Michigan; M.A. Eastern Michigan University; Ed.D. Harvard University
E-Mail: robert_colby@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.S. Emerson College; M.F.A. Emerson College
E-Mail: martie_cook@emerson.edu
- Professor
B.A. Harvard University; M.A. University of Toronto; Ph.D. University of Toronto
E-Mail: thomas_cooper@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director for Publishing & Writing
B.A. Tufts University; M.S. Boston University
E-Mail: lisa_diercks@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. University of Calgary; M.A. McGill University; Ph.D. Stanford University
E-Mail: william_donoghue@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. University of Texas; M.F.A. University of Iowa
E-Mail: kathleen_donohue@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. St. Lawrence University; M.A. University of Virginia; Ph.D. University of Minnesota
E-Mail: david_emblidge@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. University of California, Berkeley; M.A. Hunter College; Ph.D. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
E-Mail: robin_fast@emerson.edu
- Senior Scholar-In-Residence
B.S. Emerson College; M.A. Emerson College; Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin
E-Mail: ken_feil@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
A.B. Princeton University; M.F.A. New York University
E-Mail: l_marc_fields@emerson.edu
- Senior Distinguished Writer-in-Residence
B.A. Roger Williams College; M.F.A. University of Iowa
E-Mail: maria_flook@emerson.edu
- Senior Scholar-In-Residence
B.A. Dublin City University; M.A. University College, Dublin; Ph.D. University of Massachusetts, Amherst
E-Mail: peter_flynn@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. University of California, San Diego; M.F.A. University of Colorado, Boulder
E-Mail: john_craig_freeman@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. Bowling Green State University; M.A. Bowling Green State University; Ph.D. The Ohio State University
E-Mail: donald_fry@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. University of New Hampshire; M.F.A. Massachusetts College of Art
E-Mail: daniel_gaucher@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.F.A. California Institute of the Arts; M.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
E-Mail: john_gianvito@emerson.edu
- Musical Director
B.A. Brandeis University
E-Mail: jonathan_goldberg@emerson.edu
- Professor
B.A. California State University, Northridge; M.A. Pennsylvania State University; Ph.D. Yale University
E-Mail: flora_gonzalez@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. University of California, Santa Cruz; Ph.D. University of Southern California
E-Mail: eric_gordon@emerson.edu
- Senior Writer-in-Residence
B.A. Syracuse University; M.F.A. Bennington College
E-Mail: lise_haines@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. St. Mary-of-the-Woods College; M.A. Tufts University; Ph.D. Boston College
E-Mail: mary_harkins@emerson.edu
- Professor
A.B. Amherst College; M.A. Harvard University; Ph.D. Harvard University
E-Mail: dewitt_henry@emerson.edu
- Senior Artist-in-Residence
B.A. University of California, Irvine; M.F.A. Brandeis University
E-Mail: ted_hewlett@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.F.A. Massachusetts College of Art; M.F.A. Boston University
E-Mail: sarah_hickler@emerson.edu
- Lecturer
B.A. University of Massachusetts, Amherst; M.F.A. Emerson College
E-Mail: steven_himmer@emerson.edu
- Senior Writer-in-Residence
B.A. Fordham University; M.F.A. Goddard College
E-Mail: richard_hoffman@emerson.edu
- Assistant Professor
B.F.A. University of Bridgeport
E-Mail: hassan_ildari@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. St. Vincent College; M.F.A. Carnegie Mellon University
E-Mail: timothy_jozwick@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. University of Oregon; M.F.A. University of Virginia; Ph.D. University of California, Davis
E-Mail: roy_kamada@emerson.edu
- Lois and Henry Foster Chair in Contemporary Art Theory and Practice and Distinguished Curator-in-Residence
B.A. Indiana University; M.A. Indiana University
E-Mail: joseph_ketner@emerson.edu
- Senior Music Historian-In-Residence
B.M. Boston Conservatory; M.M. New England Conservatory
E-Mail: fredericka_king@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
M.A. University of Birmingham, England
E-Mail: tom_kingdon@emerson.edu
- Visiting Screenwriter-in-Residence
B.A. University of California, Los Angeles; M.F.A. Goddard College
E-Mail: walter_klenhard@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. Davidson College; M.F.A. California Institute of the Arts
E-Mail: brooke_knight@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. Rutgers University; M.A. City University of New York; Ph.D. Temple University
E-Mail: cheryl_knight@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. University of Southern California; M.A. Antioch College; M.F.A. New York University
E-Mail: c_kotz_cornejo@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. University of Melbourne; M.A. University of Melbourne; Ph.D. Stanford University
E-Mail: maria_koundoura@emerson.edu
- Lecturer
B.A. Mary Washington College; M.F.A. Emerson College
E-Mail: mary_kovaleski@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. Colgate University; M.F.A. University of Texas, Austin
E-Mail: scott_lafeber@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.F.A. Drake University; M.A. University of Massachusetts, Amherst
E-Mail: diane_lake@emerson.edu
De-nin LeeAssistant ProfessorB.A. University of California, Berkeley; M.A. Williams College; Ph.D. Stanford University
E-mail: denin_lee@emerson.edu
- Distinguished Director in Residence
B.A. Tufts University; M.F.A. New York University
E-Mail: theodore_life@emerson.edu
- Distinguished Writer-in-Residence
B.A. University of York, England
E-Mail: margot_livesey@emerson.edu
- Publisher-in-Residence
B.A. Trinity College; M.A. Boston University
E-Mail: gian_lombardo@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. University of Akron; M.F.A. Yale School of Drama
E-Mail: james_macak@emerson.edu
- David MageeJane and Terry Semel Chair in Screenwriting
B.A. Michigan State University; M.F.A. University of Illinois
E-mail: david_magee@emerson.edu
- Assistant Professor
B.S. Northwestern University; Ph.D. Arizona State University
E-Mail: christina_marin@emerson.edu
- Lecturer
B.S. Pepperdine University; M.A. University of California, San Diego; Ph.D. University of California, San Diego
E-Mail: tamera_marko@emerson.edu
- Assistant Professor
A.B. Harvard University
E-Mail: megan_marshall@emerson.edu
- Assistant Professor
B.A. Bates College; M.F.A. Yale School of Drama
E-Mail: craig_mathers@emerson.edu
- Senior Distinguished Writer-in-Residence
B.A. Smith College; M.A. Lesley College
E-Mail: gail_mazur@emerson.edu
- Professor
B.A. Howard University; M.A. New York University
E-Mail: robbie_mccauley@emerson.edu
- Assistant Professor
A.B. Duke University
E-Mail: kimberly_mclarin@emerson.edu
- Professor
A.B. Georgetown University; M.A. Georgetown University
E-Mail: pablo_medina@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
M.A. Brown University
E-Mail: maurice_methot@emerson.edu
- Theatre Educator-in-Residence
B.S. Emerson College; M.Ed. Harvard University; Ph.D. The University of Warwick
E-Mail: bethany_nelson@emerson.edu
Leonidas NickoleProfessor Emeritus of Performing ArtsA.B. Emerson College; A.M. Emerson College; M.A. Columbia University
E-mail: Leo_Nickole@emerson.edu
- Senior Writer-In-Residence
B.A. Hampshire College; M.F.A. Indiana University; Ph.D. Indiana University
E-Mail: william_orem@emerson.edu
- Professor
B.A. Pennsylvania State University; M.A. University of Illinois
E-Mail: pamela_painter@emerson.edu
- Senior Writer-In-Residence
B.A. York University; M.F.A. Sarah Lawrence College
E-Mail: jon_papernick@emerson.edu
- Lecturer
B.A. Pennsylvania State University; M.F.A. Emerson College
E-Mail: elizabeth_parfitt@emerson.edu
- Senior Director-In-Residence
B.A. Boston University; M.S. Boston University
E-Mail: r_patton_spruill@emerson.edu
- Visiting Faculty in Civic Media
B.A. Santa Clara University; M.A. Northwestern University; Ph.D. Northwestern University
E-Mail: jessica_philippi@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.F.A. Boston University; M.A. Emerson College
E-Mail: scott_pinkney@emerson.edu
- Assistant Professor
B.S. Ohio University; M.A. Ohio University; Ph.D. University of Washington
E-Mail: joshua_polster@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor and Director of the BFA Program
B.A. Evergreen State College; M.F.A. Temple University; Graduate Certificate Temple University; Ph.D. Temple University
E-Mail: kathryn_ramey@emerson.edu
- Director & Editor-In-Chief of Ploughshares and Distinguished Publisher-In-Residence
B.A. University of Nebraska, Lincoln; M.A. University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Ph.D. University of Nebraska, Lincoln
E-Mail: ladette_randolph@emerson.edu
- Professor
B.A. Princeton University; M.F.A. University of California, Irvine
E-Mail: frederick_reiken@emerson.edu
- Distinguished Producer-in-Residence
B.F.A. Antioch College; M.F.A. San Francisco Art Institute
E-Mail: linda_reisman@emerson.edu
- Professor and Graduate Program Director
B.A. University of Delaware; M.F.A. Temple University
E-Mail: jan_roberts_breslin@emerson.edu
- Electronic Publisher-In-Residence
B.A. Skidmore College
E-Mail: john_rodzvilla@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. Stanford University; M.A. Cornell University; Ph.D. Cornell University
E-Mail: magda_romanska@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.S. Northwestern University; M.F.A. Northwestern University
E-Mail: robert_sabal@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor and Associate Chair
B.A. Webster University; M.A. University of Texas, Austin; Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin
E-Mail: eric_schaefer@emerson.edu
- Professor
B.A. University of Rochester; M.A. University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
E-Mail: murray_schwartz@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.S. University of Texas; M.A. University of Texas; Ph.D. Northwestern University
E-Mail: michael_selig@emerson.edu
- Professor
B.A. Indiana University; M.A. University of Wisconsin, Madison; Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison
E-Mail: jane_shattuc@emerson.edu
- Professor
B.V.A. Georgia State University; M.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design
E-Mail: lauren_shaw@emerson.edu
- Professor
B.A. Clark University; M.A. University of Connecticut; Ph.D. The Ohio State University
E-Mail: maureen_shea@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. Cornell University; M.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
E-Mail: james_sheldon@emerson.edu
- Professor and Associate Chair
B.A. Fairfield University; M.A. University of Iowa; M.F.A. University of Iowa
E-Mail: john_skoyles@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.S. Boston University; M.F.A. Goddard College
E-Mail: jean_stawarz@emerson.edu
- Senior Artist-in-Residence and Head of Musical Theatre
E-Mail: stephen_terrell@emerson.edu
- Professor and Interim Dean of the School of the Arts
B.A. Iona College; M.T.S. Harvard University; M.F.A. Warren Wilson College; Ph.D. University of Virginia
E-Mail: daniel_tobin@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. Tufts University; B.F.A. School of the Museum of Fine Arts; M.F.A. Tufts University
E-Mail: robert_todd@emerson.edu
- Professor
B.A. State University of New York, Albany; M.A. Boston University
E-Mail: jessica_treadway@emerson.edu
- Professor
B.A. Stanford University; M.A. State University of New York, Buffalo; Ph.D. State University of New York, Buffalo
E-Mail: john_trimbur@emerson.edu
- Assistant Professor
B.A. Hampshire College; M.F.A. Massachusetts College of Art
E-Mail: paul_turano@emerson.edu
- Professor and Chair
B.A. Essex University; M.F.A. University of California, Los Angeles
E-Mail: jonathan_wacks@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor and Chair
B.A. University of Iowa; M.F.A. University of Iowa; Ph.D. University of Iowa
E-Mail: jerald_walker@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. Brown University; M.A. University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D. University of California, San Diego
E-Mail: wendy_walters@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. The Chinese Culture University, Taiwan; M.S. Indiana University; Ph.D. University of Maryland, College Park
E-Mail: shujen_wang@emerson.edu
- Senior Publisher/Editor-In-Residence
B.A. Earlham College
E-Mail: daniel_weaver@emerson.edu
- Professor
B.A. Amherst College; M.F.A. Brandeis University; Ph.D. Brandeis University
E-Mail: scott_wheeler@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. University of Massachusetts, Amherst; M.F.A. University of Massachusetts, Amherst
E-Mail: douglas_whynott@emerson.edu
- Senior Dancer-In-Residence
B.S. Boston University
E-Mail: marlena_yannetti@emerson.edu
- Professor and Graduate Program Director for Creative Writing
B.A. University of Mississippi; M.A. University of Mississippi; M.F.A. University of Arkansas
E-Mail: steve_yarbrough@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. Columbia University; M.Phil. Oxford University; Ph.D. University of Michigan
E-Mail: mako_yoshikawa@emerson.edu
emerson college at a glance
- 3,453 full-time undergraduates
- 837 full-and part-time graduate students
- 45 states
- 40 countries
