CURRICULUM VITAE >> Click Here for Printable Version OFFICE ADDRESS Department of Theatre and Film Studies Telephone: 706–542–2089 HOME ADDRESS 264 Dearing Street Telephone: 706–227–1780 EDUCATION Ph.D. - Michigan State University - 1966 MFA - University of Oklahoma - 1961 BFA - University of Oklahoma - 1960 EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
ACADEMIC RESPONSIBILITIES As faculty member and Head of the Department of Drama and Theatre, University of Georgia (as well as that of Chair of the Department of Theatre Arts, University at Stony Brook and the Department of Theatre, Michigan State University) my duties have fallen into four major categories—administrative, teaching, directing, and committee work. AdministrativeBeginning in Fall 1999 I assumed the duties as Director of the Center for Asian Studies where I have continued to serve until today. The objective of the Center has been to expand the activities of the Center and to broaden its base in the area of South Asian Studies. Beginning July 1, 1997 I assumed the position of Head of the Department of Drama and Theatre, University of Georgia. In this short period, the faculty has begun a process of reorganization and self assessment which has included restructuring the standing committees, developing a process of election to the committees, reassessment of the function of the committees, and developing department bylaws. In addition, the production program has begun to attract a wider range of audiences and to build the substantial subscription base. Beginning in September 1987 I assumed the position of Chair of Theatre Arts at Stony Brook charged to revitalize the program and to focus its academic and production missions. Since that time the department was admitted to NAST, formed a mission statement identifying multi-cultural concerns and interactive media as its focus, revised its undergraduate curriculum, shaped a Ph.D. proposal, expanded its undergraduate and graduate enrollments, added dance and increased the number of full time faculty, expanded the size of its audience base and increased attendance at the productions several fold, opened a fully computerized classroom and innovation lab connected directly to the World Wide Web, created a joint venture with the Departments of Art and Music to develop a creative lab for development of art and performances using the computer, became active in the Humanities Institute, increased the number of adjunct professional teachers from Manhattan, and began an active program of placement of our graduates in New York theatre organizations. At Michigan State I helped to inaugurate a new 20.1 million dollar performing arts center of which the Department of Theatre was a principal user; we developed new bylaws and policy statements; and I supervised a highly successful, primarily student operated, free theatre program during the summer. In the Summer of 1987 we inaugurated a second summer theatre at Blue Lake, Michigan on a five year grant which I negotiated with a summer camp for over $100,000. I personally oversaw the development and review of documents seeking admission to NAST. Michigan State was admitted to NAST in 1988. TeachingAt the University of Georgia I have taught Drama 2000, the most popular theatre course on campus serving almost fifteen hundred students per year. I have also taught classes in Asian theatre and Indian theatre, as well as those in script analysis and directing. At Stony Brook I regularly taught Understanding Theatre, our largest class with over 150 students, as well as Asian Theatre and Drama on the undergraduate and graduate levels. At Michigan State I taught a wide range of courses, including Introduction to Theatre, Beginning and Intermediate Acting, Basic Direction, and many courses in Asian theatre to BA, MA, MFA, and Ph.D. students. DirectingI have directed a wide range of plays, a representative list of which is included at the end of this vitae. Committee ResponsibilitiesUntil recently, I served as a representative the Center of Humanities and Arts, as well as a committee to promote the study of South Asia and India on campus and in the community. Recently, I served on the University Tenure Committee. At the University at Stony Brook, I served on numerous committees, including the Advisory Board of the Humanities Institute, the Executive committee of the Staller Center for the Arts, and the Academic Senate. In 1996–97 I served as faculty representative on the Faculty, Staff, Student Annual retreat and the International Conference on African Literature. Along with a professor of Linguistics, I helped to form the Center for Indian Studies and develop the minor and major in Indian Studies. I also served on the board of the India Society of Stony Brook. On the state level I served on a planning committee for the 1996 Faculty and Academic Computing Technology conference organized by SUNY’s Office of Educational Technology. Along with representatives from many units on campus I helped to shape the 5-Year Plan submitted to our president. At Michigan State for a time I served as faculty liaison to the Board of Trustees representing the University committee on Faculty Tenure. The duties of this committee included serving on two dismissal hearings for cause of tenured faculty members and formation of policy statements concerning tenure in times of financial stress and exigency. I was involved in numerous committees of the university, college, and the Asian Studies Center, where I served as Assistant Director for South Asian Studies from 1979 to 1981. On a professional level, I am a member of the Board of the World Vedic Association and Past President of the Southeast Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, as well as a founding member of the Association for Asian Performance created in 1965 which is affiliated to ATHE. I served as Chair of the organization for a time. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Books: Plays of Provocation. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1999. Theatre, The Collaborative Art: A Worktext with Readings by Prominent Experts. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 2000. Second Edition. Revised Printing. Indian Theatre: Traditions of Performance with Darius L. Swann and Phillip B. Zarrilli. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1990. CD-ROM: Kutiyattam: Sanskrit Theater of India (CD-ROM). Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 2002. Books Edited and Co-edited: Contributing Editor for South Asian Theatre terms: An International Dictionary of Theatre Language. General Editor: Joel Trapido. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1985. Chapters in Books: “Contemporary Indian Theatre,” Theatre Companies of the World. Edited by William C. Young and Colby H. Kullman. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1985. “Suggestions for Directors of Sanskrit Plays,” Sanskrit Drama in Performance. Edited by Rachel Van M. Baumer and James R. Brandon. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1981. 74-109. Articles: “The Production of Holy Water: The Contribution of Puppeteers
to Balinese Life Cycle Rituals,” with I Nyoman Sedana. Southeast
Review of Asian Studies, Vol. 27 (2005), 159–171 and online at
www.uky.edu/Centers/Asia/SECAAS/Seras/2005/2005TOC.html. “On the Margins of Time and Space: Performance and Performance Sites of Hindu Temples,” with I Nyoman Sedana. Chandigar: Panjab University Press, 1999 and The Puppetry Yearbook, ed. James Fisher, The Edwin Mellen Press, Vol. 5, 2002, 1-32. “Kutiyattam: Marriage of an Ancient Art and the New Technology,” Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 24, 2 (1995-96), 165-171. “The Multiple Dimensions of Time and Space in Kutiyattam, the Sanskrit Theatre of Kerala,” with Yasmin Richmond, Asian Theatre Journal, 2.1 (Spring, 1985), 50-60. “The Rites of Passage and Kutiyattam,” Sangeet Natak 50 (Oct.–Sept., 1978), 27-36. Also published in The Communication of Ideas. Edited by J.S. Yadava and Vinayshil Gautam. New Delhi: Concept Publishing Co., 1980. 25-38. “Indian Theatre at Michigan State University,” Sangeet Natak 32 (April-June 1974), 40-47. “The Visnava Drama of Assam,” Educational Theatre Journal (May, 1974), 145-163. “The Political Role of Theatre in India,” Educational Theatre Journal 25, 3 (October 1973), 318-334. “Selected Crafts of Traditional Indian Theatre,” The Times of India Annual, 1972, 29-36. “The Social Role of Theatre in India,” Sangeet Natak 25 (July–Sept. 1972), 64-81. “Some Religious Aspects of Indian Traditional Theatre,” The Drama Review, XV, iii (Spring 1971) 122-131. “Purulia Chhau: An Introduction,” Keli (Cochin, Kerala) viii (1971) 15-21. Later published as a brochure by The Asia Society, New York. “Sanskrit Plays Abroad, The Times of India Annual, 1971, 39-48. Book Reviews: Staging A Sanskrit Classic: Bhasa’s “Vision of Vasavadatta” (Sarabhai and Mitchell) for the Asian Theatre Journal, Fall, 1993. Production of a Play in Kutiyattam (Venu) for the Asian Theatre Journal, Fall, 1992. The Story of the Calcutta Theatres: 1753–1980 (Mukherjee) for the Asian Theatre Journal, Fall, 1987. At Play with Krishna (Hawley) and Javanese Wayang Kulit (Van Ness and Prowirohardja) for Comparative Drama, Fall, 1982. Indian Dances: Their History and Growth by Rina Singha and Regionald Massey for Modern Drama.. Kathakali: The Dance-Drama of Kerala by Clifford and Betty True Jones for The Journal of the American Oriental Society. The Miracle Plays of Mathura by Norvin Hein for the Journal of the American Oriental Society. CREATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS:
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