Emerson College

Performing Arts Faculty

Mary Ellen Adams
Assistant Professor (1969)
B.S., Valparaiso University; M.S.Sp., Emerson College

Ms. Adams teaches in the design/ technology area with a specialty in makeup, crafts and puppetry. She received her training in make up for theatre from Jack Stein, and for film, television and special effects with Vincent Kehoe at the Research Council of Makeup Artists. Her professional work includes design responsibilities at major Boston television stations, historical productions for Sudbury Militia and Minuteman National Park in Lexington, Massachusetts. She continues to serve as consultant to local educational, community and regional theatre companies. She has also conducted workshops for the Puppeteers of New England and New England Theatre Conference. At the College she has designed and executed costumes, specialty headgear, makeup and puppets for department productions.


Full Time Faculty

Melia Bensussen, Chair and Associate Professor

Robert Colby, Graduate Program Director, Director of Teacher Education and Associate Professor

Mary Ellen Adams, Assistant Professor

Benny Sato Ambush, Distinguished Producing Director-In-Residence

Amelia Broome-Silberman, Artist-in-Residence

Kenneth Cheeseman, Artist-in-Residence

Kathleen Donohue, Associate Professor

Mary Harkins, Associate Professor

J. Ted Hewlett, Artist-in-Residence

Sarah Hickler, Assistant Professor

Timothy Jozwick, Associate Professor

Fredericka King, Music Historian-In-Residence

David Krasner, Associate Professor


Scott LaFeber, Associate Professor

Craig Mathers, Assistant Professor

Robbie McCauley, Professor

Leonidas Nickole, Professor Emeritus of Performing Arts

Robert Orchard, Stephen G. Langley Chair in Theatre Management and Production

Scott Pinkney, Assistant Professor
On Leave

Joshua Polster, Assistant Professor

Magda Romanska, Assistant Professor

Roxanne Schroeder-Arce, Assistant Professor

Maureen Shea, Professor

Stephen Terrell, Head of Musical Theatre and Artist-in-Residence

Scott Wheeler, Associate Professor

Marlena Yannetti, Artist-In-Residence

Part Time Faculty
Debra Acquavella
Joseph Antoun
Bonnie Baggesen
Gina Beck
Brynna Bloomfield
Gail Burton
Nicole Cerra
Andrew Clarke
Keith Cornelius
Brian Cronin
Ronald De Marco
Jose Delgado
Richelle Devereaux Murray
Gary Durham
Sean Edgecomb
Benjamin Evett
Jennifer Farrell
Nancy Finn
Bridget Frey
Richard Gilman
Jonathan Goldberg
Todd Gordon
Margaret Gorrill
Kathryn Hassinger
Julie Hennrikus
Stephanie Heroux
Eric Hofbauer
Rafael Jaen
Raht Ketusingha
Michael Kreutz
Anna Lantz
Sabrina Learman
William LeBow
Wendy Lement
Shawn Mahoney
Zachary Nazar
Alison Neill
Bethany Nelson
Scott Nicholas
Courtney O'Connor
Brendan Pajak
Anthony Phelps
Nicole Pierce
David Piper
Mara Radulovic
Adriana Repetto Mead
Daniel Rodriquez
Eric Rollins
Jacqueline Romeo
Nancy Rosenberg
Karen Ruymann
Mehmet Sanlikol
Robert Serrell
Sunil Swaroop
Lawrence Switzky
Cheryl Turski
Spiro Veloudos
Eric Weiss
Steven Yakutis
Holly Zagaria
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