Agency. Belonging. Compassion. 

I am an actor, devisor, director, voice and movement coach, and intimacy director with seventeen years of experience teaching in higher education.

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I am committed to creating student-centered learning communities and rehearsal spaces based on the values of belonging, agency, and compassion. Great care is dedicated to fostering spaces where students feel like they matter.​ My teaching also combines compassionate and contemplative pedagogies with trauma-informed approaches to actor training to empower students to be dynamic performance authors and change makers.

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My research focuses on embodiment in performance, actor training pedagogy, and devised theatre for social change. Specifically, my research investigates 1) holistic approaches to performance that honor the mind-body connection, 2) compassionate, trauma-informed actor training pedagogy to foster growth, resilience, and dynamic storytelling, and 3) devised theatre focused on gender equity and social justice issues. Four distinct but interrelated methodologies support my research: Margolis Method, Lessac Kinesensics, Noh Theatre performance, and Compassionate and Contemplative Pedagogies.

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