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Ph.D. in hand, longtime theater director starts a second act
A 2022 graduate turns from the stage to the lecture hall.
Graduate Center Students Win Prestigious Dissertation Fellowships
Ph.D. candidates secure highly competitive grants for their dissertation projects.
‘Broadway Bodies’ Lays Down the Gauntlet Against Conformity in Casting
A new book by Graduate Center alum Ryan Donovan, fueled by his own experiences of auditioning, argues for making the theater industry inclusive beyond the “hyper fit” Broadway ideal.
Teaching and Learning Center Fellows Find Fulfilling Careers
The TLC provides a space for Graduate Center students to grow as educators and to prepare for the academic job market.
Marvin A. Carlson Is Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The distinguished professor is best known for his scholarship on dramatic theory and theater history.
Theatre and Performance Ph.d. Alumni Find Bigger Stages
After teaching theater and performance studies online during the pandemic as a visiting professor at Governors State University, alumna Alison Walls (Ph.D. ’20, Theatre and Performance), got back into the job hunt. This September, she returned home to New Zealand...
Nearly $1.5 Million in Graduate Center Dissertation Fellowships Awarded to 66 Doctoral Candidates
The 2021-2022 awards, ranging from $5,000 to $25,0000 each, will support doctoral candidates in successfully completing their dissertations.
Staging Social Justice: Ash Marinaccio on The Thought Project
A Ph.D. student in Theatre and Performance talks about using theater as a tool for social justice and her experience as a first-generation college student and becoming a documentarian and activist.
Why the World Needs Humanities Ph.D.s Right Now
In her new book, Katina Rogers addresses how to turn humanities Ph.D.s into fulfilling employment and ways to make the degrees more equitable, just, and relevant.
Theatre Program Faculty & Alumna Honored by the Association for Theatre in Higher Education
Program faculty Jean Graham-Jones and Claudia Orenstein and alumna Donatella Galella have been announced as award finalists in two categories.