Theatre Arts at Northwestern University

27 faculty and 0 courses in Theatre Arts at Northwestern University.

Faculty

• E. Patrick Johnson, Dean of the School of Communication; Annenberg University Professor h-index 83
• Susan Manning, Professor of English, Theatre, and Performance Studies; Bergen Evans Professor in the Humanities h-index 21
• Masi Asare, Associate Professor; Director of the American Music Theatre Project h-index 3
• Alana Arenas, Assistant Professor of Instruction
• Anna D. Shapiro, Professor, Marjorie Hoffman Hagan, Class of 1934
• Bimbola Akinbola, Assistant Professor; Interim Director of Undergraduate Studies
• Cristal Chanelle Truscott, Associate Professor
• Danielle Bainbridge, Assistant Professor; Director, Interdisciplinary PhD in Theatre and Drama Program
  Black Feminist Theory - 19th-21st century Black arts and culture - Performance Studies - Theatre History - African American Literature (19th c to Contemporary) - Anglophone Caribbean Literature and Performance (18th c to Contemporary) - US & Anglophone Caribb
• Dassia N. Posner, Associate Professor, Theatre, Slavic Languages and Literatures
• Dotun Ayobade, Associate Professor
• Elizabeth W. Son, Associate Professor; Area Head, Theatre History/Literature/Criticism/Theory
• Eric Southern, Associate Professor
• Henry Godinez, Department Chair; Professor; Carlos Montezuma Professor
• Jessica Thebus, Professor; Director, MFA Directing Program
• Joseph Appelt, Professor Emeritus
• Joshua Chambers-Letson, Department Chair; Professor
• Lori D. Barcliff Baptista, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Advising; Professor of Instruction
• Mary Zimmerman, Professor; Board of Trustees Professor
• Melissa Blanco Borelli, Associate Professor; Director of Dance
• Natsu Onoda Power, Professor
• Raquel Adorno, Assistant Professor
• Sandra Marquez, Associate Professor; Director of Graduate Studies, MFA in Acting
• Shayna Silverstein, Associate Professor; Director of Graduate Studies
• Stan Brown, W. Rockwell Wirtz Professor
• Thomas F. DeFrantz, Professor
• Todd Andrew Rosenthal, Professor; Jaharis Family Foundation Professor
• Tracy C. Davis, Professor, Ethel M. Barber Professor in Performing Arts

Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-01.