I taught my first university course–called ‘Expository Writing,’ in 1976 at the University of Guelph.  Since then, at the undergraduate level I have taught courses in theatre and performance history, theatre and performance theory, dramatic literature, acting, directing, and cinema studies, embracing the belief that in undergraduate teaching, all faculty are–and should be–generalists.  At the graduate level, I have taught core courses in theatre history, performance studies, theory, preparatory courses for the PhD qualifying examinations, and courses in my own area of research, the performance of race.  A full accounting of my teaching and supervisions can be found in the CV.  What follows is an edited version.

CO-CURRICULAR TEACHING

1998+  Supervisor of numerous Research Assistantships, Work-Study Positions, and other variously funded positions employing senior undergraduates, MA/PHD students in on-going research. Sample descriptions of student duties: Project Manager, organizing research team, assigning research duties, following up on reports and results; Database Manager, organizing and entering data from research team, liaison with database software specialists, web designer; Research Assistants, searching 19th century periodicals, recording and scanning results, writing analysis and reports. See also research and publications sections on this site.

GRADUATE COURSE DEVELOPMENT AND INSTRUCTION

2017-2018       DRAMA 2011H5F Traditions of Performance Theory (required for PhD)

DRAMA 5000Y5  MA Projects (second half; required for MA)

Last graduate courses taught.

2016-2017       On leave

2016-2017       DRAMA 4092H Directed Reading (Nerd-lesque Culture and Popular Performance (half course spread over full year)

2015-16           DRAMA 2011H Traditions of Performance Theory (required for PhD)

DRAMA 5000H Theatre and Performance Praxis (co-taught with Xing Fan; required for MA)

DRAMA 6000Y Professional Skills (required for PhD; PhD2)

DRAMA 4092H Directed Reading: Theatre Architecture and Performance in Toronto

DRAMA 4092H Directed Reading: Playwrighting and Disability Theatre

DRAMA 4092H Directed Reading: Indigenous/Queer Theatre (co-taught with Jill Carter)

2014-15           DRAMA 1003H Introduction to Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies (required for MA; co-taught with Nikki Cesare Schotzko)

DRAMA 6000Y PHD1 Research Seminar/Professional Skills:  (required for PhD)

DRAMA 6000Y PHD2 Research Seminar/Professional Skills (required for PhD)

[Note:  on leave July-December 2014; taught second half of Y courses]

DRAMA 4092H Directed Reading: Clown Practice and the Theatre

DRAMA 4092H Directed Reading: Race and Sexuality in the Queer Theatre of Toronto

2013-14           DRAMA 1011H Traditions of Performance Theory (required for PhD)

DRAMA 6000Y PHD1 Research Seminar/Professional Skills:  (required for PhD)

DRAMA 6000Y PHD2 Research Seminar/Professional Skills (required for PhD)

[Note:  on leave July-December 2013; taught second half of Y courses]

DRAMA 4092H Directed Reading: Horror and the Theatre

2012-13           DRAMA 5001Y Theatre Practice 2 (required for PhD)

2011-12           DRAMA 5001Y Theatre Practice 2 (required for PhD)

DRAMA 6000Y Research Seminar/Professional Skills (required for PhD)

2010-11           DRAMA 1003Y Introduction to Theatre, Drama and Performance Studies (required for MA; with M. Revermann, B. Freeman)

DRAMA 5000Y Theatre Practice 1 (required for MA; with B. Barton)

DRAMA 5001Y Theatre Practice 2 (required for PhD)

DRAMA 6000Y Research Seminar/Professional Skills (required for PhD)

2009-10           DRAMA 1003Y Introduction to Theatre, Drama and Performance Studies (required for MA; with M. Revermann)

DRAMA 5000Y Theatre Practice 1 (required for MA; with B. Barton)

DRAMA 5001Y Theatre Practice 2 (required for PhD)

DRAMA 6000Y Research Seminar/Professional Skills (required for PhD)

DRAMA 4092H Directed Reading (3 students; Winter 2010)

2008-2009       DRAMA 1003Y Introduction to Theatre, Drama and Performance Studies (required for MA; with N. Copeland)

DRAMA 5000Y Theatre Practice 1 (required for MA; with B. Barton)

DRAMA 5001Y Theatre Practice 2 (required for PhD)

DRAMA 6000Y Research Seminar/Professional Skills (required for PhD)

DRAMA 1011H Traditions of Performance Theory (required for PhD)

DRAMA 4092H Directed Reading: Stage Design and the Historical Avant-garde (1 student; Winter 2009)

2007-2008       DRAMA 1010Y Theory of Drama (required for PhD)

DRAMA 4063H Topics in Performance and Popular Culture

DRAMA 6000Y Research Seminar (required for PhD)

DRAMA 4063H Topics in Performance and Popular Culture: Performance in/of the City (Summer 2008; taught jointly with undergraduate course)

2006-2007       DRAMA 1010Y Theory of Drama

DRAMA 4063H Topics in Performance and Popular Culture:                    Contexts for Blackface Minstrelsy

2005-2006       DRAMA 1010Y Theory of Drama

DRAMA 4091S Directed Research (one student)

2004-2005       DRAMA 1010Y Theory of Drama

2003-2004       DRAMA 1010Y Theory of Drama

DRAMA 4091S Directed Research (one Student)

2002-2003       DRAMA 1010Y Theory of Drama (second term)

2001-2002       DRAMA 1010Y Theory of Drama

2000-2001       DRAMA 1010Y Theory of Drama

DRAMA 4090S Directed Theatre Research (three students)

1999-2000       DRAMA 1010L Theory of Drama

DRAMA 4090Y Directed Theatre Research (two students)

DRAMA 4090F Directed Theatre Research (one student)

1999                DRAMA 4061S American Theatre History and Dramaturgy

1998                DRAMA 4061S American Theatre History and Dramaturgy