Resume

• 1990

  University of California at Davis

  Arkansas State University

  Conway

  Arkansas

  Teaching of communication principles; group dynamics and leadership; interpersonal communication; and public speaking (COMM-1300); advanced public speaking (COMM-3310) in the Department of Communication; and dramatic literature (ENGL-2390) in the Department of English. currently serving in the UCA Faculty Senate (Academic Affairs Committee).

  Lecturer in Communications and Dramatic Literature

  University of Central Arkansas

  University of California at Davis

  University of Central Arkansas

  Public speaking

  oral interpretation

  and acting coach for the UCA forensics team; associate debate coach; teaching of communication principles

  group dynamics and leadership

  interpersonal communication

  and public speaking;

  Director of Individual Event Forensics

  Conway

  Arkansas

  Teaching of experiential and discursive writing; oral communication principles; group dynamics and leadership; interpersonal communication; and public speaking;

  Writing and Communications Instructor

  University of Central Arkansas

  Arkansas State University

  Letter of Commendation

  Received in recognition of directorial work on an NEA-sponsored Readers Theatre production of Fitzgerald's _The Great Gatsby_.

  Arkansas State Library

  Selection Committee

  Excellence in Teaching Award 2012-2013

  Named by the Dean of the College of Fine Arts to the five-person selection committee for the Excellence in Teaching Award.

  University of Central Arkansas College of Fine Arts

  University of California Regents Fellowship

  Highest institutional award for a student in the Graduate School of the University of California.

  University of California Board of Regents

  Coach of 2014 SCFT Quadrathon Award Winner

  This award is given at the yearly SFCT to the Arkansas Overall Champion in Individual Events.

  Southern Forensics Championship Tournament

  Hattiesburg

  MS

  Commendation for Excellence

  Awarded for work in organizing the National Critics Institute of KC-ACTF Region XI.

  Kennedy Center-American College Theatre Festival

  Coach of 2014 Arkansas Champion in Poetry Interpretation

  Joanna Averill

  a member of the UCA individual event forensics team

  won the award at the SFCT as Arkansas Champion in Poetry Interpretation.

  Southern Forensics Championship Tournament

  Hattiesburg

  MS

  Coach of 2014 Arkansas Champion in Persuasive Speaking

  Joanna Averill

  a member of the UCA individual event forensics team

  won the award at the SFCT as Arkansas Champion in persuasive speaking

  qualifying her as the Arkansas representative at the oldest American public speaking contest

  the Interstate Oratory Contest

  which began in 1874 and this year was held at James Madison University. Unfortunately

  funds were not available to allow her to compete.

  Southern Forensics Championship Tournament

  Hattiesburg

  MS

  Guest Prologue Lecturer

  Invited to give a series of lectures during May and June on the drama of Tennessee Williams concurrent with the theatre's all-black production of _The Glass Menagerie_.

  Sacramento Theatre Company

  Coach of 2014 Arkansas Champions in Duet Acting

  Sara Sharos and Brent Welch

  members of the UCA individual event forensics team

  won the award at the SFCT as Arkansas Champions in Duet Acting.

  Southern Forensics Championship Tournament

  Hattiesburg

  MS

  Faculty Senator for College of Fine Arts and Communication

  Elected to represent the faculty of the various departments of the College of Fine Arts and Communication. Term of office runs through 2016-2917 academic year.

  Election by Colleagues

  Chair's Award for Teaching Excellence in Communication Studies 2012-2013

  Received the departmental Award for Teaching Excellence presented by the Chair of the Department of Communication.

  University of Central Arkansas Department of Communication

  Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition

  Presented \"in recognition of outstanding and invaluable service to the community\" for scholarly activities in support of the Veterans History Project of the Library of Congress.

  United States Congress - Representative Marion Berry

  Coach of 2014 Arkansas Champion in Impromptu Speaking

  Joanna Averill

  a member of the UCA individual event forensics team

  won the award at the SFCT as Arkansas Champion in Impromptu Speaking.

  Southern Forensics Championship Tournament

  Hattiesburg

  MS

  Ph.D

  Actor

  director

  and playwright; taught Drama 10 (Beginning Acting) and Drama 20 (Introduction to Drama); teaching assistant in four upper-division Dramatic Art courses (1991-1994); research assistant in the Theatre Collection in Special Collections at Shields Library (1994-1996); teaching assistant and reader for five courses in the Medieval Studies and History departments(1995-1999); taught courses as adjunct instructor in art

  history

  and theatre at National University-Sacramento (1997-1999)

  Dramatic Art (Literature

  Playwriting

  and History)

  Regents Fellowship

  California State Graduate Fellowship

  Graduate Research Award

  Guest Prologue Lecturer-Sacramento Theatre Company

• 1981

  none

  Dramatic Art

  Member of the Resident Acting Company\nTaught DRA-300 (Introduction to Theatre and Film)

  The University of Georgia

• 1975

  B.A.

  Theatre Arts

  English

  Phi Kappa Phi

  Alpha Psi Omege

  Neal Memorial Scholar

  Finalist-1979 U/RTA National Auditions

  Columbus

  Ohio

• 1968

  Aviation; Electronics; Engineering; Cryptographic encoding/decoding; Metrology

  US Naval and Department of Defense Schools

• Higher Education

  Curriculum Design

  Acting

  Creative Writing

  Teaching

  Literature

  University Teaching

  Art

  Curriculum Development

  Public Speaking

  Theatre

  History

  Copy Editing

  Research

  Technical Writing

  Drama

  Social Media

  Leadership

  Grant Writing

  Editing

  Dilday

  Larry

  Dilday

  University of Central Arkansas