Education and Training

Degrees Awarded

  • Master of Fine Arts – Directing from The Pennsylvania State University (1990)
  • Bachelor of Arts – Theatre Arts from Glassboro State College (1987)

Leadership Training

  • The Fundraising School at Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy – 2013
  • WMU Higher Education Leadership Program – 2013
    • Coursework: Higher Education Finance, Equity and Diversity, Systems Thinking, and Higher Education & The New Technological Frontier
  • Coursera – 2013
    • Coursework: Emotional Intelligence and Leadership, Gamification, and Innovation and Entrepreneurship
  • ATHE Leadership Institute, Washington DC (Invited Speaker) – 2012
  • ATHE Leadership Institute, Chicago, IL (Mentor) – 2011
  • American Council on Education’s Department Chairs Workshop – 2004
  • ATHE Leadership Institute, Chicago, IL – 2001
    • Mentor – Dr. Michael Tick, Chair of Theatre LSU
  • Association of Professional Arts Presenters Intensive  – 1993
    • Budget Management, Audience Development, Strategic Planning, Capital Campaign Planning, Board Training
  • Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation – Executive Director Training – 1992

Academic Excellence Training

  • Council on Undergraduate Research – 2005
    • Participant: “Institutionalizing Undergraduate Research”
  • Searle Institute for Teaching Excellence, Northwestern University – 2000
    • Participant: “What the Best College Professors Do”

Performance Training

  • Shakespeare & Company –  2001
    • Dennis Krausnick & David Dempke – Trainers
  • Advance Stage Combat Training, Irish Creek Academy – 1986
    • Joseph Martinez – Fight Master
  •  Society of American Fight Directors – 1985
    • Certification With Recommendation Of Excellence
    • David Leong – Fight Master

Intermedial Training

  • Troika Ranch Live-I Workshop – 2009
    • Composition for Media and The Stage
    •  Mark Coniglio and Dawn Stoppiello – Instructors
    • Blog URL: http://live-i-workshop.blogspot.com/2009/06/workshop.html
  •  Live Design Projection Master Class – 2006
    • Bob and Colleen Bonniol – Instructors