Julia Schmitt
Associate Professor of Theatre Arts
After receiving my Masters and Ph.D. in theatre from Bowling Green State University, I worked as an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Lon Morris College, a liberal arts college in Texas. In 2004, I accepted a position to teach theatre and direct theatre productions here at Stetson University, and in 2010 I was promoted to Associate Professor. I currently serve as Chair of the Department of Communication Studies and Theatre Arts and direct two stage productions each year. My primary area of expertise falls within the realms of theatre history, theatre theory and dramatic literature.
Education
- Ph.D., Theatre Arts, Bowling Green State University
- M.A.,Theatre Arts, Bowling Green State University
- B.A., Theatre Arts, Stetson University
Research
- Feminist studies, Renaissance and Jacobean dramatic literature, and theatre pedagogy.
Courses
- Introduction to Theatre
- Theatre History: Foundations
- History of Non-Western Theatre
- History of Musical Theatre
- Dramatic Theory
- Costume and Make-Up
- First Year Seminar: Turning Points in Drama
- First Year Seminar: Musical Theatre and the Construction of American Identity
- Junior Seminar: The Comedienne – A Study of Female Comics of the 20th Century
Publications
- “Tenth-Century Drama in the Twenty-first Century: Staging Hrotsvit of Gandersheim at Stetson University (2005).” In Quidditas (Volume 5: 2006).
- Shakespeare’s Late Style by Russ McDonald and The Staging of Romance in Late Shakespeare: Text and Theatrical Technique by Christopher J. Cobb. Theatre Journal (Volume 61.1: 2009) [Book Review]
