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Theater and Dance

(formerly Dramatic Art and Dance)
Department of Theater and Dance
Division of Humanities and Fine Arts
Theater and Dance-West, Building 223
Telephone: (805) 893-3241
E-mail: theaterdance-ugradadv@theaterdance.ucsb.edu
Website: www.theaterdance.ucsb.edu
Department Chair: Irwin Appel
Vice Chair and Director of Dance: Christina McCarthy


 
Faculty
Irwin Appel, Diploma, The Juilliard School, Professor (acting, directing, music composition, sound design for theater)
Ninotchka Bennahum, PhD, New York University, Professor (dance history/performance studies, diasporic dance traditions: Hispano-Arab flamenco historiography, contemporary performance)
Michael Bernard, Continuing Lecturer
Risa Brainin, BFA, Carnegie Mellon University, Professor (acting, directing, artistic director of Launch Pad)
Leo Cabranes-Grant, PhD, Harvard University, Professor (Spanish Golden Age drama and poetry, Latin American drama, Latino and Spanish drama, intercultural studies) Joint Appointment: SP&PT
Julie Fishell, Continuing Lecturer
Letty Garcia Dahan, Assistant Professor
Valerie Huston, BFA, University of Utah, Continuing Senior Lecturer (ballet)
Davies King, DFA, Yale School of Drama, Professor (American drama and theater history, ancient theater, modern European drama)
Christina McCarthy, Lecturer SOE (modern dance, choreography)
Monique Meunier, Associate Professor (ballet)
Greg Mitchell, MFA, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Professor (design)
Michael Morgan, PhD, UC Santa Barbara, Senior Lecturer SOE (voice, speech, theater and community)
Delila Moseley, MA, UC Santa Barbara, Continuing Lecturer (student company, jazz, ballet)
Jessica Nakamura, PhD, Stanford University, Associate Professor (Asian Theater and Performance Studies)
Vickie Scott, MFA, UC Los Angeles, Senior Lecturer SOE (lighting design)
Ann Sheffield, Professor
Daniel Stein, Senior Lecturer SOE
Anne Torsiglieri, Diploma, The Juilliard School, Professor (acting, directing, theater and community)
Brandon Whited, MFA, The Ohio State University, Associate Professor (contemporary dance, choreography, improvisation, dance studies, masculinities studies)

 
Emeriti Faculty
John Chapman, PhD, Goldsmiths, University of London
Alice Condodina, Diploma, The Juilliard School
Dianne Holly, MA, San Diego State University
Peter Lackner, PhD, Institute for Theater Studies, Freie Universität, Berlin
Peter Mark, Diploma, The Juilliard School
Carlos Morton, PhD, University of Texas at Austin
Jerry Pearson, BS, University of Minnesota
Christopher Pilafian, The Juilliard School
Rona Sande, M Ed, College of William and Mary
Tonia Shimin, Royal Academy
Judith Tourney
Thomas Whitaker, MFA, Carnegie Mellon University
Simon Williams, PhD, University of East Anglia

 
Affiliated Faculty
Stephanie Batiste, PhD (English)
Alenda Chang, PhD (Film and Media Studies)
Micaela Diaz-Sanchez, PhD (Chicana and Chicano Studies)
William Fleming, PhD (East Asian Languages & Cultural Studies)
Andrew Griffin, PhD (English)
R Hellier, PhD (Music)
Ben Olguin (English)
Dwight Reynolds, PhD (Religious Studies)
Katherine Saltzman-Li, PhD (East Asian Languages & Cultural Studies)
Jenn Tyburczy, PhD (Feminist Studies)