About
Directing the Center for 21st Century Studies at UWM.
Experimenting with structures and processes to support the collaborative creation of knowledge to address the pressing issues of our time. The issues that we live, study deeply, and act on to change.
My roots are in ensemble theater – so my efforts in and yearning for collaborative knowledge creation comes from that core. Education
BA in English at Colorado College
MA in Theatre Studies UWMadison
PHD in Theatre Studies UMN-Twin Cities
Learned from / with over years and in various workshops (in no order whatsoever and growing):
Augusto Boal, Ping Chong, Michael Rohd, Maureen Towey, Beth Meyer Arnold, Robert Butlers, Kathleen Woodward, Rose Dobrof, Helen Kivnick, Bobby Martin, Angie MacAllister, Jeff Becker, Iega Jeff, Dasha Kelly Hamilton, Elinor Fuchs, Christopher Bayes, Susan McFadden, Gulgun Kayim, Stephen Katz, Jason Karlawish, Kate de Medeiros, Margaret Gullette, Liz Lerman, Vijay Gupta, MT Connelly, Jan Cohen Cruz, Carrie Sandahl. Projects
Care Showers (creating rituals to support and acknowledge elder caregiving)
Care in Public (essays / vignettes on care)
C21 – experimenting with forms to sustain collaborative knowledge creation