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Dr. Gail Humphries

Dr. Gail Humphries, Dean, College of Fellows of the American Theater-current; Likhachev/ Yeltsin Cultural Fellow, St. Petersburg, Russia; Fulbright Senior Scholar, Prague, CZ; Dean Emerita, Stephens College; Professor Emerita, American University.
Dr. Gail Humphries’ broad experience encompasses academic administration, curricula and program development, fundraising, and the direction of over 180 productions, including drama, musical theatre, children’s theatre, the classics, and new works. She has taught master classes in theatre and arts administration and directed in countries including Greece, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, the UK, and the Czech Republic. She has served on multiple boards for non-profit arts organizations. Gail has been awarded several outstanding teaching, faculty, and directing awards, and has published articles in multiple professional journals.
She is the coeditor and contributing author to the book titled Arts Integration in Education: Theory, Research, and Practice (Intellect Books Ltd. 2016; 2018). She has contributed chapters to two books published by Routledge -The Power of Witnessing: Reflections, Reverberations and Traces of the Holocaust (2012) and The Courage To Fight Violence Against Women (2018). She has developed curricula and new degrees in arts administration and arts education for various colleges and universities. Finally, her presentations have included nearly 100 panel discussions, workshops, and keynote addresses at various conferences ranging from the Association for Theatre in Higher Education, the Association for Arts Administration Educators, to the International Psychoanalytical Association and the Women’s Bar Association of Maryland.
She is currently co-editing and contributing to new books with Dr. Karen Berman – Stories of the Holocaust Art for Healing and Renewal Vol. 1 On Stage and in Concert; Vol. 2 On Screen and in the Gallery., to be published by IPbooks.

 


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  • Denise Young
    published this page in Advisory Board 2024-08-28 13:23:36 -0700