Alumni Highlights

Find a complete alphabetical listing of our program graduates below, spanning more than four decades and including many notable figures in Theatre and Performance Studies.

For alumni dissertations, please visit CUNY's Academic Works for dissertations from 2014-present or the Mina Rees Library for dissertations prior to 2014.

The Graduate Center's Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness makes data available on alumni through Tableau. For Theatre and Performance, data shows:

  • In recent years, an average of 7 doctoral degrees have been awarded annually.
  • The current (as of Fall 2020) median time-to-degree is 7.7 years (by graduation year) and 5.7 years (by entering cohort).
  • Graduates (2003-2016) overwhelmingly work in the education job sector (80.65%).

Name of Graduate

Graduation Date

Abbott, Erik

June, 2014

Abrams, Joshua

September, 2008

Ajello, Linell

May, 2012

Alcide, Marie Jose

May, 1988

Aleandri, Emelise F.

February, 1984

Dr. Alexander, Philip A.

February, 1999

Aliano, Kelly

September, 2014

Aman, Michael

May, 2009

Amitai, Raziel

October, 1989

Anthony-Moore, Ellen

May, 2011

Aono, Tomoko

June, 2010

Araneo, Margaret

May, 2017

Armstrong, James

May 2017

Dr. Aronson-Lehavi, Sharon

October, 2004

Asermely, Albert A.

February, 1973

Austin, Gayle M.

February, 1988

Babb, Roger N.

May, 2003

Backalenick, Irene M.

February, 1987

Bailey, Christine E.

June, 1985

Baker, Stuart Eddy

February, 1977

Basiouny, Dalia

February, 2009

Bassin, Joel

June, 2000

Baum, Marilyn V.

June, 1983

Baumrin, Seth

February, 2000

Bazzoni, Georgiana (Jana)

February, 1983

Beck, Anne E.

February, 1999

Beck, Jill L.

June, 1985

Berg, Frederic R.

May, 1990

Berkin, Nicole

February, 2015

Berkowitz, Joel B.

February, 1995

Blake, Gary

June, 1973

Bolus, Michael

June, 2004

Botuck, Wendy S.

February, 1991

Boyd, Julianne K.

May, 1986

Brater, Jessica

February, 2013

Braxton, Celia

May, 2011

Brone, Jeffery D.

May, 1990

Brussell, Judith E.

October, 1993

BurdineWarren B. Jr.

October, 1991

Burge, James C.

June, 1985

Butt, Rex W.

May, 1993

Byrne, Kevin

September, 2010

Callaghan, David S.

May, 1998

Capuana, Janice

February, 2013

Carey, Linford F.

May, 1990

Carlson, Marla

February, 2002

Carney, Saraleigh

June, 1976

Carroll, John F.

October, 1998

Cherry, James

May, 2005

Christian, Samuel

October, 1995

Clark, Constance M.

February, 1984

Clark, Richard H.

February, 1976

Coleman, Patricia

May, 2012

Conte, William

September, 2010

Contreras, Cynthia A.

May, 1989

Correa, Graca M.

June, 2010

Counts, Michael L.

June, 1983

Cramer, Michael

October, 2005

Creamer, Richard Earl

May, 1990

Crespy, David A.

October, 1998

Curry, Jane K.

June, 1991

Danby, Jennifer Renee

June, 2004

Aponte, Miriam

June, 1973

Davis, Robert

September, 2013

Dee, Edward M.

May, 1997

Del Vecchio, Jessica

June, 2016

DesRochers, Richard

September, 2013

DeZego, Frank

February, 1988

Doherty, Lynn

May, 1989

Duffy, Margaret M.

September, 2011

Edelson, Loren

May, 2006

Eisler, Garrett

September, 2012

El Zein, Rayya

June, 2016

Elliott, John Mackay

June, 1977

Erdman, Andrew

February, 2001

Fechter, Steven J.

May, 1993

Fei, Faye Chunfang

October, 1991

Ferdman, Bertie

June, 2010

Ferguson, Marcia

June, 2001

Fleischer, Mary R.

February, 1998

Frank, Felicia Nina

September, 1976

Frank, Glenda K.

October, 1992

Friedman, Andrew

June, 2016

Fuchs, Elinor

February, 1995

Fuller, John (Zack)

September, 2017

Galella, Donatella

May, 2015

Galton (Pettinelli), Frances

May, 1988

Garber, Michael G.

May, 2006

Gehlawat, Ajay

May, 2007

Gerson, Lydia A.

October, 1990

Goldfarb, Alvin

February, 1978

Goldstein, Imre

February, 1975

Goldstein, Julia

May, 2017

Gonsher, Debra Ann

June, 1980

Gouryh, Admer

June, 1983

Gray Jr., Alfred R.

May, 1994

Green, Amy Susan

February, 1991

Green, Sharon L.

October, 1999

Greene-Hough, Alexis

October, 1987

Gross, Brenda S.

February, 1989

Guterman, Gad

May, 2011

Hart, Steven E.

February, 1982

Heinze-Bradshaw, Roxane

May, 2013

Helfer, Richard H.

May, 1990

Hemingway, Alan E.

February, 1991

Herrera, Patricia

October, 2007

Hill, Holly

June, 1977

Hill, Lyn Stiefel

February, 1982

Hodess, Kenneth Mark

June, 1978

Hodges, Peter Britt

February, 1991

Holmstrom, Bethany

September, 2013

Horn, Barbara L,

September, 1982

Horowitz, Susan N.

February, 1988

House, Jane Ellen

May, 1988

Hrkach, John J.

May, 1990

Huff, Helen Mary

June, 2000

Huff, Stephen

May, 2012

Hughes, Amy

May, 2009

Hurley, Erin J.

June, 2000

Ilson, Carol R.

June, 1985

Israel, Mary Catherine

September, 1979

Jones, Eugene H.

May, 1984

Jones, Richard L.

May, 1984

Jones, Stefanie

May, 2017

Jordan, Julie A.

June, 2001

Just, Alexandra Sascha

May, 2017

Justesen, Joel L.

September, 1982

Kandel, Gerald

September, 1978

Kaplan, Zoe C.

June, 1979

Karten, Harvey S.

June, 1991

Keramidas, Kimon

May, 2008

Kim, Deukshin

October, 1987

Kim, Moonki

October, 2001

Kirle, Bruce S.

February, 2002

Klein, Sabine Macris

February, 2000

Knapp, Margaret M.

February, 1982

Kobialka, Michal A.

February, 1987

Koolsbergen, William

May, 1989

Kotzamani, Marina A.

October, 1997

Kovacs, George

February, 1981

Laine, Eero

February, 2016

Larsen, June (Bennett) F.

June, 1982

Legon, Elisa

May, 2011

Lerman, Philip

February, 1985

Levitt, Harold N.

June, 1972

Lewis, Barbara B.

June, 2000

Lieberman, Joseph A.

February, 1981

Liepe-Levinson, Katherine

February, 1993

Lin, Yu-Shian (Ivy)

September, 2009

Lingan, Edmund

February, 2006

Livingston, Lindsay

February, 2013

Lo, Wai Luk

October, 1994

Loayza, Milton

May, 2008

Luber, Stephen

September, 2013

Maggiar, Michael

October, 1990

Malague, Rosemary

June, 2001

Mann, Martin A.

February, 1974

Marlis, Alan P.

September, 1974

Martinez, Ana

February, 2013

Masters, James M.

May, 1996

McCullough, Jack W.

June, 1981

Meacham, Thomas

September, 2012

Medoff, Richard B.

October, 1993

Merwin, Edward P.

May, 2002

Miller, Henry D.

February, 2003

Miller, Hillary

May, 2013

Mintz, Marilyn L.

February, 1990

Mobley, Jennifer Scott

June, 2010

Mollinedo, Maria T.

October, 1991

Monos, James

June, 1981

Morrison, Michael A.

October, 1992

Mytilinaki, Maria

May, 2017

Nadler, Paul D.

October, 1995

Nicholson, David B.

June, 1982

Nielsen, Alan W.

February, 1989

Nielsen, Ken

February, 2011

Niles, Richard

October, 1993

Nunes, Luiz Arthur

February, 1987

O'Leary, Deirdre

May, 2005

Orani, Aviv

October, 1986

Parker, James Walter

September, 1974

Parker-Starbuck, Jennifer

May, 2003

Pederson, Nadine D.

October, 2004

Pereira, John

October, 1986

Plotnicki, Rita

February, 1979

Plum, Jay

October, 2005

Pope, Deborah

May, 2002

Potts, Kathleen

May, 2015

Pourchot, Eric E.

May, 1999

Powell, Susana

May, 1988

Price, David Miles

June, 1978

Prosser, William L.

September, 1977

Ramirez, Jason

May, 2009

Ramirez, Kimberly

September, 2009

Recondo, Juan

May, 2018

Roarty, Robert C.

May, 2002

Rood, Arnold

February, 1981

Roost, Alisa C.

June, 2001

Rosenberg, Hilllary

September, 2010

Rosten, Bevya

February, 1998

Dr. Rotte, Joanna H.

February, 1983

Rowen, Sarah Bess

May, 2018

Ruff, Felicia J.

June, 1991

Russell, Martin R.

October, 1997

Ryzuk, Mary S.

February, 1986

Schachter, Beth A.

June, 2000

Schildcrout, Jordan

May, 2005

Schlatter, James F.

June, 1992

Schwartz, Jerry M.

October, 1999

Scott-Giles, Freda Lavonia

May, 1990

Seymour, James C.

May, 1997

Sfyris, Panagiotis

February, 1998

Shanks, Samuel

February, 2008

Sigel, David L.

June, 1982

Sloan, Ronna E.

June, 1983

Soleo-Shanks, Jenna

February, 2009

Somerville, Paul

February, 1997

Spatz, Benjamin

September, 2013

Spergel, Mark J.

May, 1990

Standing, Sarah

May, 2008

Stein, E. Jimmee

September, 1976

Stern, Kenneth A.

June, 1983

Stevenson, Jill

May, 2006

Stoller, Terry E.

October, 2003

Stryk, Lydia D.

February, 1992

Stuart, Roxana

May, 1993

Stubbs, Naomi

February, 2012

Sutton, Dana R.

February, 1999

Swain, Elizabeth

May, 1984

Swift, Christopher

May, 2012

Szalczer, Eszter

October, 1997

Taav, Michael

February, 1997

Tackel, Martin S.

September, 1982

Tanner, Jo

October, 1989

Taroff, Kurt

October, 2005

Taylor, Betty S.

June, 1985

Tenneriello, Susan

June, 2004

Troy, Shari S.

February, 2002

Unger, Roni Joyce

February, 1979

Vasquez, Eva C.

June, 2001

Vey, Shauna A.

October, 1998

Venning, Daniel R.S.

June, 2016

Waldinger, Barbara M.

February, 1999

Walters, Scott E.

October, 1998

Dr. Watt, Kenn

February, 2016

Weingarten, Aaron

June, 1972

Weiss, Rosemary S.

February, 1985

Weisstuch, Mark W.

June, 1982

Wickstrom, Maurya E.

February, 2002

Willinger, David P.

February, 1980

Wilson, James F.

June, 2000

Wilson, Katherine

September, 2012

Wilson, Marion

October, 2005

Winson, Alan

September, 2013

Wong, Melissa Wansin

May, 2017

Woods, Chrisita J.

October, 1992

Woods, Jeannie M.

May, 1989

Worth, Jennifer

May, 2011

Wylie, Mary Kathryn

September, 1984

Wynn, Nancy

June, 1982

Young, Catherine

June, 2016

Zaytoun, Constance

September, 2011

ZazzaliPeter

September, 2012

Zeid, Wagdi Ahmed

May, 1989

Zukerman, Robert

September, 1981

Zvonchenko, Walter W.

October, 1987

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