Faculty

Please note: due to budget constraints, TDPS faculty no longer have phones in their offices. They can best be reached by email or you may leave a brief message with the front office at 510-642-1677.

BRANDI WILKINS CATANESE, Associate Professor
Performance Studies, African American Studies

CATHERINE COLE, Professor
African Studies, Human Rights, Gender Studies

ABIGAIL DE KOSNIK, Assistant Professor
Performance and Technology, New Media

PETER GLAZER, Department Chair & Associate Professor
Directing, Performance Studies

JOE GOODE, Professor
Performance Workshop, Lab Run, Choreography, Interdisciplinary Performance

MEL GORDON, Professor
Directing, Acting, History of Theater

MARK GRIFFITH, Professor
Classics

SHANNON JACKSON, Professor
Rhetoric, Performance Studies

SANSAN KWAN, Assistant Professor
Dance, Performance Studies

ANGELA MARINO, Assistant Professor
Latin American and U.S. Theater and Performance, Performance and Politics in the Americas, Popular Fiesta and Carnival

SHANNON STEEN, Associate Professor
American Studies, Race Theory, Performance Studies

LISA WYMORE, Assistant Professor
Modern Dance Technique, Choreography

Lecturers

MARTIN BERMAN, Lecturer
Acting

KWAME BRAUN, Lecturer
Filmmaking

LURA DOLAS, Lecturer
Acting

DAVID K.H. ELLIOTT, Lecturer
Lighting Design

CHRISTOPHER HEROLD, Lecturer
Acting, Directing

JENEFER JOHNSON, Lecturer
Dance History

KATHERINE MATTSON, Production Manager
Production

DEBORAH SUSSEL, Lecturer
Acting, Voice, and Speech