Theatre Arts & Performance Studies

Faculty

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Learn about our faculty, visiting faculty, affiliated faculty and Emeritus faculty.

Michelle Bach-Coulibaly

Associate Teaching Professor

Michelle_Bach-Coulibaly@brown.edu
Shura Baryshnikov

Associate Professor of Practice, DGS & Head of Movement, Brown/Trinity MFA Programs in Acting and Directing

Shura_Baryshnikov@brown.edu
Jayna Brown

Professor, (on leave AY 2025-2026)

jayna_brown@brown.edu
Sarah dAngelo

Associate Professor (on leave Fall 2025), Associate Chair/DUS (Spring 2026)

Sarah_dAngelo@brown.edu
J Dellecave

Assistant Professor of the Practice

J_Dellecave@brown.edu
Renée Surprenant Fitzgerald

Assistant Teaching Professor

Renee_Surprenant@brown.edu
Leon Hilton

Associate Professor, Associate Chair/DUS (Fall 2025)

Leon_Hilton@brown.edu
Julia Jarcho

Associate Professor, Head of Playwriting

Julia_Jarcho@brown.edu
Brian Mertes

Professor of Practice, Head of Directing, Brown/Trinity MFA Program

Brian_Mertes@brown.edu
Kym Moore

Professor

Kym_Moore@brown.edu
Iván A. Ramos

Associate Professor, DGS AY 2025-2026

Ivan_Ramos@brown.edu
Patricia Seto-Weiss

Assistant Professor of the Practice, Head of Dance

Patricia_Seto-Weiss@brown.edu
Sophia Skiles

Associate Professor of the Practice & Head of Acting, Brown/Trinity MFA Programs in Acting and Directing

Sophia_Skiles@brown.edu
Sydney Skybetter

Associate Professor

sydney_skybetter@brown.edu
Barbara Tannenbaum

Teaching Professor

Barbara_Tannenbaum@brown.edu
Patricia Ybarra

Professor, Chair

patricia_ybarra@brown.edu

Shura Baryshnikov

Associate Professor of Practice, DGS & Head of Movement, Brown/Trinity MFA Programs in Acting and Directing

Shura_Baryshnikov@brown.edu
Curt Columbus

Professor of Practice & Interim Director, Brown/Trinity MFA Programs in Acting and Directing, The Laura H. Harris Artistic Director, Trinity Repertory Company

Curt_Columbus@brown.edu
Rebecca Gibel

Visiting Lecturer, Theatre Arts & Performance Studies, Brown-Trinity MFA Program

rebecca_gibel@brown.edu
Brian Mertes

Professor of Practice, Head of Directing, Brown/Trinity MFA Program

Brian_Mertes@brown.edu
Max Rosenak

Visiting Assistant Professor of the Practice & Head of Voice and Speech, Brown/Trinity MFA Programs in Acting & Directing

max_rosenak@brown.edu
Sophia Skiles

Associate Professor of the Practice & Head of Acting, Brown/Trinity MFA Programs in Acting and Directing

Sophia_Skiles@brown.edu

Kate Burton

BAI, Visiting Professor of the Practice of the Arts

Kate_Burton@brown.edu
Connie Crawford

Adjunct Lecturer

Constance_Crawford@brown.edu
Rebecca Gibel

Visiting Lecturer, Theatre Arts & Performance Studies, Brown-Trinity MFA Program

rebecca_gibel@brown.edu
Aileen McGroddy

Adjunct Lecturer, Writing is Live Festival Creative Producer

aileen_mcgroddy@brown.edu
Deborah Salem Smith

Adjunct Lecturer (Spring 2026)

Deborah_S_Smith@brown.edu
Richard K Waterhouse

Adjunct Lecturer

richard_waterhouse@brown.edu

Leticia Alvarado

Assistant Professor, American Studies

Leticia_Alvarado@brown.edu
Timothy Bewes

Professor, English

Timothy_Bewes@brown.edu
Wendy Hui Kyong Chun

Professor of Modern Culture and Media

Wendy_Hui_Kyong_Chun@brown.edu
Michelle Clayton

Associate Professor, Hispanic Studies and Comparative Literature

Michelle_Clayton@brown.edu
Joan Copjec

Professor, Modern Culture and Media

Joan_Copjec@brown.edu
Paja Faudree

Assistant Professor, Anthropology

Paja_Faudree@brown.edu
Thalia Field

Adele Seaver Kellenberg Professor of Literary Arts

Thalia_Field@brown.edu
Lina Fruzzetti

Professor, Anthropology

Lina_Fruzzetti@brown.edu
Olakunle George

Profesor of English

olakunle_george@brown.edu
Johanna Hanink

Robert Gayle Noyes Assistant Professor of Humanities

Johanna_Hanink@brown.edu
Bonnie Honig

Nancy Duke Lewis Professor of Modern Culture and Media and Political Science, Professor of Political Science, Professor of Modern Culture and Media

Bonnie_Honig@brown.edu
Lynne Joyrich

Professor, Modern Culture and Media

Lynne_Joyrich@brown.edu
Jacques Khalip

Associate Professor, English

Jacques_Khalip@brown.edu
Richard Rambuss

Professor, English

Richard_Rambuss@brown.edu
Tricia Rose

Professor, Africana Studies

Tricia_Rose@brown.edu
Joseph Butch Rovan

Associate Professor, Music

Rovan@brown.edu

Nancy Dunbar

Senior Lecturer Emerita

Nancy_Dunbar@brown.edu
John Emigh

Professor Emeritus

John_Emigh@brown.edu
Spencer Golub

Professor Emeritus, Theatre Arts & Performance Studies

Spencer_Golub@brown.edu
Julie Adams Strandberg

Distinguished Senior Lecturer Emerita

Julie_Strandberg@brown.edu
Elmo Terry-Morgan

Associate Professor Emeritus

Elmo_Terry-Morgan@brown.edu
Paula Vogel

Professor Emerita

Paula_Vogel@brown.edu