Performing Arts Faculty
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- Professor and Chair
B.A. Brown University
E-Mail: melia_bensussen@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
- 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
- Senior Artist-in-Residence
B.A. University of West Florida; M.F.A. Boston University
E-Mail: amelia_broome@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
B.A. University of Texas; M.F.A. University of Iowa
E-Mail: kathleen_donohue@emerson.edu
- Musical Director
B.A. Brandeis University
E-Mail: jonathan_goldberg@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
- 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
- Associate Professor
B.A. St. Vincent College; M.F.A. Carnegie Mellon University
E-Mail: timothy_jozwick@emerson.edu
- Senior Music Historian-In-Residence
B.M. Boston Conservatory; M.M. New England Conservatory
E-Mail: fredericka_king@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. Colgate University; M.F.A. University of Texas, Austin
E-Mail: scott_lafeber@emerson.edu
- Assistant Professor
B.S. Northwestern University; Ph.D. Arizona State University
E-Mail: christina_marin@emerson.edu
- Assistant Professor
B.A. Bates College; M.F.A. Yale School of Drama
E-Mail: craig_mathers@emerson.edu
- Professor
B.A. Howard University; M.A. New York University
E-Mail: robbie_mccauley@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
- 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
B.A. Stanford University; M.A. Cornell University; Ph.D. Cornell University
E-Mail: magda_romanska@emerson.edu
- Professor
B.A. Clark University; M.A. University of Connecticut; Ph.D. The Ohio State University
E-Mail: maureen_shea@emerson.edu
- Senior Artist-in-Residence and Head of Musical Theatre
E-Mail: stephen_terrell@emerson.edu
- Professor
B.A. Amherst College; M.F.A. Brandeis University; Ph.D. Brandeis University
E-Mail: scott_wheeler@emerson.edu
- Senior Dancer-In-Residence
B.S. Boston University
E-Mail: marlena_yannetti@emerson.edu
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