Joint ASTR-ATHE Committee on National Research Council

Mission and Work of the Committee
The joint ASTR/ATHE Committee on the National Research Council (NRC) was initially formed to promote the inclusion of the disciplines of Theatre and Performance Studies in the NRC's periodic assessment of research doctoral programs in the United States. The committee includes leading Theatre and Performance Studies scholars from doctoral programs around the country. Following the achievement of that initial goal in 2004, the committee has worked with individual members, doctoral programs, and Theatre and Performance Studies departments to disseminate information about and assist programs to participate in this first NRC assessment process for our field, now underway. The committee anticipates remaining actively involved with the current assessment process through its final publication of data and program ratings, anticipated at the end of 2007.

J. Ellen Gainor, Chair
J. Ellen Gainor is Professor of Theatre and Associate Dean of the Graduate School at Cornell University. She has served as ATHE's Vice President for Research and Publication as well as Focus Group Representative for Theory and Criticism. In 2004, she was appointed by the Presidents of ASTR and ATHE as the chair of their joint National Research Council committee, taking over from committee founder Tom Postlewait.

Committee Members
J. Ellen Gainor, Chair
jeg11@cornell.edu

Karen Berman (ex officio)
KBermanTh@aol.com
bermankj@georgetown.edu

Charlotte Canning (ex officio)
CharlotteCanning@mail.utexas.edu

Marvin Carlson
MCarlson@gc.cuny.edu

Tracy Davis
tcdavis@northwestern.edu

Jill Dolan
jdolan@uts.cc.utexas.edu

Laura Edmondson
ledmonds@mailer.fsu.edu

Frank Hildy
hildy@umd.edu

Bruce McConachie
bamcco+@pitt.edu

Thomas Postlewait
Postlewait.1@osu.edu

Laurence Senelick
Laurence.Senelick@tufts.edu

Barry Witham
bwitham@u.washington.edu

Bill Worthen
wbw@umich.edu

Haiping Yan
yan@tft.ucla.edu