Faculty
Faculty in the Ph.D. Program in Theatre and Performance are distinguished scholars and critics of professional theater, and are made up of core faculty who teach exclusively at The Graduate Center, and affiliate faculty who also teach at one or more CUNY colleges. Program faculty also teach courses in the Film Studies Certificate.
Faculty serve as mentors and advocates for student professional and career opportunities.
View our faculty and emeritus faculty below.
Our Faculty
Peter Eckersall
Professor
- Theatre and Performance
Sean F. Edgecomb
Associate Professor
- Theatre and Performance
Mira Felner
Professor
- Theatre and Performance
Bertie Ferdman
Associate Professor
- Theatre and Performance
Jean Graham-Jones
Lucille Lortel Professor
- Theatre and Performance
Professor
- Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures
Frank Hentschker
Executive Director and Director of Programs
- Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
Associate Professor
- Theatre and Performance
Jonathan Kalb
Professor
- Theatre and Performance
Erika T. Lin
Associate Professor
- Theatre and Performance
Associate Professor
- English
Affiliated Faculty
- Medieval Studies
Affiliated Faculty
- Global Early Modern Studies
Edward Miller
Professor
- Theatre and Performance
Professor
- Film Studies
Hillary Miller
Assistant Professor
- Theatre and Performance
Claudia Orenstein
Professor
- Theatre and Performance
Melinda Powers
Associate Professor
- Theatre and Performance
Annette J. Saddik
Distinguished Professor
- Theatre and Performance
David Savran
Vera Mowry Roberts Chair in American Theatre
- Theatre and Performance
Distinguished Professor
- English
Distinguished Professor
- American Studies
Maurya Wickstrom
Professor
- Theatre and Performance
James Wilson
Executive Officer and Professor
- Theatre and Performance
Professor
- Africana Studies
Elizabeth L. Wollman
Professor
- Theatre and Performance
Emeritus Faculty
Marvin Carlson
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- Theatre and Performance
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- Comparative Literature
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- Middle Eastern Studies
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- Global Early Modern Studies
Judith Milhous
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- Theatre and Performance
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- English
James Saslow
Professor
- Art History
Professor
- Theatre and Performance
