Dec 05, 2025  
2025-2026 Graduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Graduate Catalog

Theatre Faculty


Chair

Brandt, Kirsten

Associate Professor; B.A., University of California, San Deigo; M.F.A., Goddard College. Rebel since 2023.

Graduate Coordinator

Saldivar, Norma 

Professor, B.F.A., Illinois Wesleyan University; M.F.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rebel since 2017.

Graduate Faculty  

Boselli, Stefano

Assistant Professor; M.A., Catholic University, Milan Italy; M.F.A., School of Dramatic Art “Paolo Grassi” Italy; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison; Ph.D., The Graduate Center, City of University of New York. Rebel since 2022.

Boyd, Sean

Assistant Professor; B.S., East Central University Ada, OK; M.F.A., University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Rebel since 2020.

Bynum, Joe Nathan

Professor; B.S., Bowie State College; M.F.A., Southern Illinois University. Rebel since 1999.

Hubbard, Philip J. 

Professor; B.A., University of California, Riverside; M.F.A., Southern Methodist University. Rebel since 1999.

Lugering, Michael 

Professor; B.S., Florida State University; M.F.A., University of Utah. Rebel since 1991.

Mellen, Kymberly

Professor; B.F.A., Bringham Young University, M.F.A., The Theatre School at DePaul University; M.A., Arts Management, Southern Utah University. Rebel since 2019.

McDonough, Ann 

Professor; B.A., College of St. Catherine; M.A., Ph.D., University of Minnesota. Rebel since 1990.

Ryerson, Judith A. 

Associate Professor; B.F.A., West Virginia University, M.F.A., University of Utah. Rebel since 2005.

Shiner, M. William

Assistant Professor; B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.F.A., University of California, San Deigo. Rebel since 2023.

Shouse, David

Assistant Professor; B.A., North Carolina State University; M.F.A., University of Memphis. Rebel since 2019.

Watanabe, Christina

Assistant Professor; B.S.B.A., University of Florida; M.F.A., New York University, Tisch School of the Arts. Rebel since 2024.

Williams, Dana Moran 

B.A., Whitman College, M.F.A., New York University. Rebel since 2009.

Professors Emeriti  

Aldridge, Joe 

Emeritus Professor; B.A., Texas Tech University; M.A., University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Rebel since 1989.

Burgan, Robert N. 

Emeritus Professor; B.A., University of Nevada, Las Vegas, M.F.A., Ohio University. UNLV Emeritus 1972.

Frayer, Brackley 

Emeritus Professor; B.A., New England College; M.F.A., Yale School of Drama. Rebel since 1995.

Koep, Jeffrey

Emeritus Professor, College of Fine Arts; B.A., Moorhead State University; M.A., Bowling Green State University; Ph.D., Washington State University. Rebel since 1989.

Sumpter, Shannon 

Associate Professor; B.F.A., Adelphi University; M.F.A., Yale School of Drama. Rebel since 1999.