academic

Assistant Professor of Voice and Acting
School of Theatre
Boston University

 

certifications

Muscle Music/Fox Method
Certification in Nervous System Education for the Performing Artist
(expected June 2024) 

Certified Divine Sleep® Mindfulness and Meditation Leader (2019)

Michael Chekhov Association (MICHA)
Teacher Training Certificate of Completion, Chekhov Acting Technique (2016)    

Designated Linklater Voice Teacher (2007)

Trinity College, London
Performer’s Certificate in Speech and Drama (2002)

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selected talks

Co-presented with Ann J. Cahill, “A Critical Phenomenology of Voice: Intervocality and Possibilities for Vocal Justice” [refereed presentation], (Inter)Disciplinary Bodies International Conference, Brunel University London, UK. 27 June, 2024.

Co-presented with Ann J. Cahill, “A Critical Phenomenology of Voice: Intervocality and Possibilities for Vocal Justice” [refereed presentation], Us And Them: Phenomenological Perspectives in Dialogue Conference, Center for Subjectivity Research, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DK. 6 October, 2023

Co-presented with Ann J. Cahill, “Philosophizing About/With the Voice: Deploying Theory to Deepen Practices Committed to Vocal Justice” [Keynote Presentation], Hemispheric Integrations: theoretical frameworks for the future of vocal practice and pedagogy, Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA) 2023 Conference, in collaboration with Centro de Estudios el Usa do la Voz (CEUVOZ), La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. 12 July, 2023

“Sounding Bodies in Practice” [invited talk], Royal Central School for Speech and Drama, London, UK. 15 June, 2023

Co-presented with Ann J. Cahill, “Sounding Bodies: Identity, Injustice, and the Voice,” Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) Research Collective, Spring Lecture and Inaugural Common Reading, Elon University, Elon, NC. 8 March, 2022. Full video here.

“Testing the Traditions”, [Invited Panelist], Linklater Training Then and Now: A Perspective from 1965 to the Present, Pt. 2, KLVC (Kristin Linklater Voice Center), 25 July, 2021 (virtual)

"Speaking Truth to Power: A Feminist Ethics in Fem Shakes’ Richard III” [Invited Talk], Northeastern University, Department of English, Boston, MA. 26 September, 2017

“Femina Shakes: Elizabethan Performance Practice, Gender Parity, and Contemporary Theatre Practice,” [Invited talk] BU Women's Guild, Boston, MA, 12 September, 2016. Full text here.

education

MFA, Theatre Education
Boston University 2005

GPC (Graduate Performer’s Certificate), Voice Performance
Boston Conservatory 2000

BA, Williams College
English and Studio Art 1995

Research interests

  • Social, political, ethical aspects of voice

  • Politics of listening

  • Anti-oppressive acting pedagogy

  • Emotion and Affect Theory

  • Feminist and Critical Race Theory

  • Gender-Affirming Voice

  • Nervous system regulation for actors

  • Solo Performance/Devising

  • Psychophysical Acting

  • Song Performance

  • Clowning, power, and politics

courses taught

Theatre 425: Acting Shakespeare (Boston University)
Theatre 412: Voice/Senior Thesis (Boston University)
Theatre 311: Heightened Text (Boston University)
Theatre 224: Fundamentals of Acting Imagery (Boston University)
Theatre 222: A Physical Approach to Acting (Boston University)
Theatre 217: Music Theatre Performance Skills (Boston University)
Theatre 215: Singing for the Actor (Boston University)
Theatre 212: Dialects (Boston University)
Theatre 211: IPA and Speech (Boston University)
Theatre 114: Exploring Voice (Boston University)
Theatre 111: Experiencing Voice (Boston University)
Drama 185A: Granada Seminar: Actor as Storyteller (UC Davis)
Graduate Voice and Speech 3 (Boston Conservatory)
Theatre 124: Acting 2: Voice and Text (Emerson College)

Awards

Granada-Artist-in-Residence Award, 2022 – University of California Davis
Created Alone/Together and a 5-week narrative storytelling masterclass

Teacher-Scholar Award, 2022 - Michael Chekhov Association (MICHA)
Developed The Gesture of the Breath workshop for MICHA and Shanghai Theatre Academy

Nominated - Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) Award - 2018
Best Supporting Actress, Ideation, New Repertory Theatre

Artist Fellowship Award, 2016-2019 - St. Botolph Club