School of Theatre Faculty

The following list reflects the 2010/2011 faculty. Adjunct faculty are part-time faculty normally employed outside the University.

• Judy Braha
  Assistant Professor, Acting and Directing
  BFA, Carnegie Mellon University; MFA, Boston University
• Joel Brandwine
  Assistant Professor, Technical Production
  BFA, Boston University
• Nancy Brennan
  Lecturer, Costume Crafts
• Ilana M. Brownstein
  Lecturer, Dramatic Literature, Dramaturgy
  MFA, Yale University
• Mary V. Buck
  Guest Lecturer, Film and Television
  
• Judith Chaffee
  Associate Professor of Movement
  BS, Skidmore College; MFA, Smith College
• Mark Cohen
  Assistant Professor, Acting
  BA, Yale University; MA, Brown University; MFA, George Washington University
• John Cuff
  Lecturer, Vectorworks
  
• Lydia R. Diamond
  Assistant Professor, Playwriting
  BS, Northwestern University
• Ben Emerson
  Lecturer, Sound Design
  MFA, Boston University
• Diane Fargo
  Lecturer, Scene Painting
  MFA, Brandeis University
• Sidney J. Friedman
  Adjunct Professor, Dramatic Literature and Directing
  AB, Princeton University; MA, PhD, University of Iowa
• Adam Godbout
  Lecturer, Auto. CAD
  BFA, Boston University
• Kirsten Greenidge
  Lecturer, Playwriting
  BA, Wesleyan University; MFA, University of Iowa
  
• Christine Hamel
  Assistant Professor, Voice and Speech
  BA, Williams College; MFA, Boston University
• Michael Hammond
  Assistant Professor, Acting
  BA, University of Iowa
• Katherine Herzig
  Lecturer, Electrics
  College of St. Benedict
• Clay Hopper
  Lecturer, Directing
  BFA, University of North Carolina School of the Arts; MFA. Boston University
  
• Michael Kaye
  Assistant Professor, Acting
  BFA, MFA, Boston University
• Paula Langton
  Associate Professor, Voice and Speech
  MFA, Boston University
  
• Nancy Leary
  Assistant Professor, Costume Design and Production
  BA, Tufts University; MFA, Boston University
• Michael Maso
  Associate Professor, Theatre Management
  BA, State University of New York at Stony Brook; PhD, Cornell University
• James McCartney
  Lecturer, Sound Systems
  BFA Studies, Ithaca College and SUNY-Purchase
• Roger L. Meeker
  Assistant Professor, Production Management and Lighting Design
  BA, University of Northern Iowa
• Rob Najarian
  Lecturer, Stage Combat
  BA, Bowdoin College; MFA, The Shakespeare Theatre’s Academy for Classical Acting at George Washington University
• James Noone
  Assistant Professor, Scene Design
  BFA Studies, Boston University
• Jim Petosa
  Professor, School of Theatre
  BA, MA Studies, Catholic University
• Penney Pinette
  Lecturer, Costume Production
  BA, Chamberlayne School of Design at Mount Ida College
• Betsy Polatin
  Senior Lecturer, Alexander Technique
  BA, State University of New York; MFA, Boston University
• Jon Savage
  Assistant Professor, Scene Design
  BA, Utah State University; MFA, North Carolina School of the Arts
• Leslie Sears
  Lecturer, Stage Management
  BFA, Boston University
• Mark Stanley
  Associate Professor, Lighting Design
  BA, College of William and Mary; MFA, University of Wisconsin, Madison
• Micki Taylor-Pinney
  Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dance
  BA, University of Massachusetts at Amherst; MFA, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
  
• Cristina Todesco
  Lecturer, Scene Painting
  BFA, MFA, Boston University
• Joel Turnham
  Lecturer, Lighting Design
  BFA, Boston University
  
• Elaine Vaan Hogue
  Assistant Professor, Theatre Arts
  BA, University of Southern California. MFA, Boston University
• Mariann Verheyen
  Associate Professor, Costume Design
  BA, St. Norbert College; MFA, University of Wisconsin
• Denise Wallace
  Lecturer, Costume Crafts
  BA, Bridgewater State College

Emeriti

• Sidney Bennett
  Professor Emeritus of Theatre, Lighting Design
  BS, MFA, Boston University
• Joseph Gifford
  Professor Emeritus of Theatre, Movement
  AB, AM, University of Michigan
• William J. Lacey
  Professor Emeritus of Theatre, Voice, Speech, and Acting
  BA, Boston Conservatory of Music; MA, Boston University