Faculty

Meet the Theatre Faculty

Neil Blackadder, Chair
Associate Professor of Theatre
Ph.D., Princeton University, 1994

Elizabeth Carlin-Metz
Professor of Theatre
M.F.A., Temple University, 1983
"I seek to integrate physical theatre techniques with more traditional Western theatre practices so as to discover new levels of expressiveness and meaning in theatre of all styles and genres and, thus, in the world."

Craig Choma
Associate Professor of Theatre
M.F.A., Carnegie- Mellon University, 1996
[working in Chicago]"provides students with unique opportunities to work on professional Chicago productions while maintaining their studies at Knox."

Jennifer Smith
Assistant Professor of Dance
M.F.A., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2007
"Recently I have been exploring multi-media performance work by combining dance with video projection."

Kelly Lynn Hogan
Visiting Instructor of Theatre
M.A., New York University, 1995
"I practice a teaching methodology derived from the belief that our human bodies always, already intrinsically possess a deep, mythic power to make and display meaningful artistic forms."

Kathleen Ridlon
Assistant Professor of Dance, Coordinator of Center for Community Service
M.F.A., Smith College, 1998
"The work and research that I do in the local community creates opportunities for students to further develop their dance experiences through internship and independent study."

Jeff Grace
Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre
Ph.D., Theatre History, Theory, and Literature, Indiana University, 2008
"My dissertation examines representations of homosexual visibility that occurred in plays presented at the Caffe Cino, a small New York coffeehouse that pioneered the 1960s Off-Off-Broadway movement."

Lecturers
Nancy Crossman
Lecturer in Speech
M.A., Western Illinois University, 1974

Margo Shively
Lecturer of Theatre
B.F.A., Art Institute of Chicago, 1969

Cooperating faculty from other programs
Lori Schroeder Haslem
Associate Professor of English
Ph.D.,University of Denver, 1990
"I am also now researching and writing on the representation of children and children's voices on Shakespeare's stage."

Emeritus Faculty
Ivan H. Davidson
Professor Emeritus of Theatre

Donald L. Torrence
Professor Emeritus of Speech

Robert C. Whitlatch
Robert M. & Katherine Arnold Seeley Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Theatre

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Knox Among Top Colleges for Fulbright Scholar Awards in 2009-10

Knox College is one of the top liberal arts colleges in the nation for Fulbright Scholar grants awarded to faculty during 2009-2010. Karen Kampwirth is studying feminism and politics at the University of Buenos Aires, and Jeremy Day O'Connell is conducting musicology and linguistics research at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Music Concerts and Recitals

The Knox-Sandburg Community Concert Band, Knox Wind Ensemble, and individual music students perform in concert and recital, November 13 through 17 at Knox College.

Knox College Jazz Ensemble November 7

The Knox Jazz Ensemble's Fall Concert will include works featuring arranger Yumi Kusunoki, vocalist Devan Cameron and clarinetist Michael Yu.

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