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President Al Goldfarb

President Al Goldfarb - Vita

I. Professional Preparation

Ph.D., City University of New York, Theatre (9/73 - 1/78)

• Graduate Center Thesis: "Theatre and Drama and the Nazi Concentration Camps"

M.A., Hunter College of C.U.N.Y., Theatre and Cinema (9/72 - 8/73)

• Thesis: "Selected Late Plays of Tennessee Williams: A Re-Evaluation"

B.A., Queens College of C.U.N.Y., Theatre and Mass Communications (1/68 - 6/72)

II. Administrative Experience

• President, Western Illinois University, 7/1/2002 - present
• Provost and Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Illinois State University, 8/98-6/2002
• Dean, College of Fine Arts, Illinois State University, 9/88 -7/98.
• Acting Dean, College of Fine Arts, Illinois State University, Spring, 1986
• Chair, Department of Theatre, Illinois State University, 7/81 - 8/88
• Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Theatre, Illinois State University, 7/80 - 8/81

III. Teaching Experience

Illinois State University

• Professor, Department of Theatre (7/86 - present)
• Associate Professor (8/80 - 7/86)
• Assistant Professor (8/77 - 7/80)

St. John's University

• Adjunct - Part-time, Department of Communications (9/76 - 5/77)

City College of C.U.N.Y.

• Adjunct - Part-time, Department of Speech (9/75 - 5/77)

Hunter College of C.U.N.Y.

• Adjunct - Part-time, Department of Theatre and Cinema (Summer 1975)

Queens College of C.U.N.Y.

• Adjunct - Part-time, Department of Drama and Theatre (Summer 1975)

IV. Publications

A. Books and Monographs

• Living Theater: A History. Third and Expanded Edition. Co-authored with Edwin Wilson. (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000).
• Living Theater: A History. Second and Expanded Edition. Co-authored with Edwin Wilson. (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1994).
• Living Theater: An Introduction to Theatre History. Co-authored with Edwin Wilson (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1983).
• Teacher's Guide to Shakespeare on Stage. Co-authored with Calvin Pritner. Videotape series produced by the Illinois Shakespeare Festival and distributed nationally to educational television networks.
• Theater: The Lively Art. Fourth Edition. Co-authored with Edwin Wilson (New York: McGraw Hill, 2001).
• Theater: The Lively Art. Third Edition. Co-authored with Edwin Wilson (New York: McGraw Hill, 1999).
• Theater: The Lively Art. Second Edition. Co-authored with Edwin Wilson (New York: McGraw Hill, 1996).
• Theater: The Lively Art. Co-authored with Edwin Wilson (New York: McGraw Hill, 1991).
• Theater: The Lively Art: A Brief Edition. Co-authored with Edwin Wilson. (New York: McGraw Hill, 1993).
• Theatrical Performance during the Holocaust: Texts, Memoirs, and Documents. Coedited with Rebecca Rovit. (Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999).

B. Articles and Notes

• "Adolf Hitler as Portrayed in Drama and Film During His Lifetime." Journal of Popular Culture, 13 no. 1 (Summer 1979), 55-56.
• "Annotated Bibliography of Holocaust Dramatic Literature." Staging the Holocaust. Edited by Claude Schumacher. (London: Cambridge University Press, 1998).
• "Art of the Theatre." In: New Lincoln Library Encyclopedia. Columbus, Ohio: Frontier Press, 1982.
• "Arthur Miller: A Critical Survey." American Playwrights from 1945. ed. Philip Kolin (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1989).
• "Biblical and Religious Imagery and the Question of Theodicy in Holocaust Drama." Theatre Annual, 36 (1981), 41-51.
• "Bibliography of Holocaust Dramatic Literature." Plays of the Holocaust. ed. Elinor Fuchs (New York: TCG Publications, 1987).
• "Early London Productions of Chekhov, 1911-1930." Southern Theatre, 23 no. 1 (Winter 1979), 15-21.
• "The Emperor of Atlantis: Satire in the Nazi Concentration Camps." Theatre Journal, 32 (October 1980), 386-87.
• Entries for The Academic American Encyclopedia published by Arete Publishing company in 1980.
• Entries on Lee J. Cobb, Berta Gersten, David Kessler, and Paul Muni for American National Biography(Oxford University Press, 2000).
• Entries on the Folksbiene, Yiddish Art Theatre and Jewish Art Theatre, ed. American Theatre Companies, ed. Weldon Durham (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1987).
• "Gigantic and Miniscule Actors on the Nineteenth-Century American Stage." Journal of Popular Culture, 10 no. 2 (Fall 1976), 267-79.
• "Greek Tragedy in the Nazi Concentration Camps: Charolotte Delbo's Qui Rapportera ces Paroles? and Alberto Moravia's Il Dio Kurt." Exchange 6 no. 3 (Fall, 1980), 1-10.
• "Holocaust on the Air: The Radio Plays of the Writers' War Board. " Journal of American Drama and Theatre, 8 no. 2 (Spring 1996), 48-58.
• "Inadequate Memories: The Survivor in Plays by Mann, Kesselman, Lebow, and Baitz." In: Staging the Holocaust, ed. Claude Schumacher (London: Cambridge University Press, 1998).
• "Josef Szajna's Metaphorical Representations of the Nazi Concentration Camps." Exchange, 6 no. 2 (Spring-Summer 1980), 1-14.
• "More Questions About 'Non-Academic' Creative Activities in Theatre." ACA Bulletin, no. 43 (January 1983), 26-29.
• "Period of Adjustment and the New Tennessee Williams." In: Tennessee Williams: A Tribute (University of Mississippi Press, 1977), pp. 310-17.
• Rachel Crothers: Bloomington-Normal's Native Daughter in the Broadway Theatre." Bloomington-Normal Magazine, 1 no. 3 (March 1979), 8-9.
• "Roar China in a Nazi Concentration Camp," Theatre Survey, 21 (November 1980), 184-85.
• "Theatrical Activities in Nazi Concentration Camps." Performing Arts Journal, 1 no. 2 (Fall 1976), 3-11.
• "The Theatrical Life of Sherlock Holmes." North Light Repertory program, April 1981, Evanston, Illinois.
• "Theories of Tragedy" and "Theories of Comedy" In: The Theatre Experience. Fifth Edition. By Edwin Wilson. (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1991).
• "Thomas William Robertson: Actor." Theatre Survey, 20 (November 1979), 64-67.

C. Reviews

• "Books in Review: Theatre of the Holocaust and Indelible Shadows: Film and the Holocaust," Theatre Journal (October 1983).
• "Books in Review: Bright Star of Exile." Performing Arts Journal, 2 (Winter 1977-78).
• "Books in Review: The Habima -- Israel's National Theatre, 1917-1977." Theatre Journal, 32 (October 1980), 405-06.
• "Books in Review: Vagabond Stars." Educational Theatre Journal, 30 (March 1978), 1933-34.
• Review of Israeli Holocaust Drama, edited by Michael Taub. Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies, (Fall 1998).
• "Theatre in Review: "Bent." Theatre Journal, 32 (October 1980), 398-99.
• "Theatre in Review: "The Theatre of Peretz." Educational Theatre Journal, 28 (October 1976), 417-18.

D. Convention Papers and Other Convention Duties

• "Adolf Hitler As Depicted in Drama and Film." Midwest Popular Culture Association Convention, October 1979, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio.
• "Biblical Imagery in Holocaust Drama." American Theatre Association convention, Dallas, August 1981 and Illinois Theatre Association convention, Chicago, Illinois, October 1981.
• "Children's Theatre in the Holocaust." Illinois Theatre Association convention, Chicago, Illinois, September 1984.
• "Course Loads in Theatre." National Association of Schools of Theatre convention, August 1988, San Diego.
• "Defending the Theatre in the Next Millennium." Illinois Theatre Association, keynote address, Chicago, Illinois, September, 1998.
• "Drama and the Nazi Concentration Camps: Attempts to Stage the Unstageable." Illinois Theatre Association convention, Peoria, Illinois, 1979 and American Theatre Association, August 1980, San Diego.
• "Giant and Dwarf Actors on the Nineteenth-Century British and American Stage." Popular Culture Association, April 1976, Chicago.
• "The Place of the M.A. degree in the Theatre Department." National Association of Schools of Theatre convention, August 1989, Chicago, Illinois.
• "Popular Entertainments in Colonial America." American Society for Theatre Research, November 1975, Washington, D.C. (In collaboration with Rita Plotnicki.)
• "Relationship Between University and Secondary School Theatre." National Association of Schools of Theatre convention, Chicago, August 1987.
• "Strategies for Teaching Theatre History to Undergraduates." American Theatre Association convention, Minneapolis, August 1983.
• "Survival of Popular Entertainments in the Nazi Concentration Camps." Popular Culture Association, Cincinnati, April 1978.
• "Survivor in American Drama." Shoah and Performance conference, University of Glasgow, September 1995.
• "Teaching the Holocaust through Dramatic Texts." Association for Theatre in Higher Education, San Antonio, Texas, August, 1998.
• "Tenure Standards for Design/Technical Faculty." Association for Theatre in Higher Education convention, August 1991, Seattle, Washington.
• "Testimony as Theatre or Theatre as Testimony." Association for Theatre in Higher Education, Chicago, August 1997.
• Chair, "The Dark Side of Popular Culture" panel, Popular Culture Association, Cincinnati, April 1978.
• Chair, Current Research in Theatre History," American Theatre Association convention, Dallas, August 1981.
• Chair, Competitive Panel in Theatre History, American Theatre Association convention, San Francisco, August, 1984.
• Chair, "Baroque Stage Design," American Theatre Association convention, Toronto, August 1985.
• Chair, "Spanish-American theatre," American Society for Theatre Research, New York, November 1985.
• Chair, "Current Research in Theatre History," Association for Theatre in Higher Education, San Diego, August, 1988.

V. Professional Offices and Significant Committee Assignments

• National Association of Schools of Theatre Evaluator, 1986 to present.
• Chair, Educating Illinois: An Action Plan for Distinctiveness and Excellence at Illinois State University, 2000-2001.
• Chair, President's Task Force on Administrative Efficiency, Illinois State University, 1990-1991.
• Member (Governor appointed), Illinois Arts Council, 1996-2000.
• Member, President's Strategic Planning Task Force, Illinois State University, 1989-1990.
• President, Illinois Alliance for Arts Education, 1997- 1999.
• Regional Chair, ACTF Region III-West, 1985-1988.
• Referee, Central States Speech Journal, 1982-84.
• Regional Chair, ACTF Criticism competition, 1983-85.
• Editorial Consultant, "Theatre in Review." Theatre Journal, 1981-1983.
• ACTF Regional critic, 1981-1989.
• Expert Reader, Theatre Journal, articles on the Holocaust and Theatre.
• Referee, BHE-PSC Research Grant for the City University of New York, December, 1978.
• Research Assistant, see acknowledgement in A.H. Saxon's The Life and Art of Andrew Ducrow (Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books, 1978).

VI. Honors and Grants

• Alumni Achievement Award, City University of New York Graduate School and University Center, 2001.
• Service Award, Illinois Alliance for Arts Education, 1993.
• Town and Gown Lecturer, Ball State University, October 1992.
• Outstanding Contribution Award, University Theatre, Illinois Theatre Association, 1991.
• Fell Trust Grant, "Virtual Reality conference," 1991 ($5000).
• Guest Lecturer, University of North Carolina--Asheville, 1990 and 1991.
• Kennedy Center Medallion for ACTF, Region III, 1989.
• Illinois Arts Council grant, "Building by Design," 1991 ($3800).
• Illinois Arts council grant, "Building by Design," 1987 ($10,000).
• Illinois Arts Council grant, "Illinois Shakespeare Festival," 1987 and 1988 ($10,400 & $8,200).
• Instructional Development Program Grant, Illinois State University, Summer 1981.
• International "Who's Who in Education," 1979.
• City University Graduate Fellowship, 1974-75.
• Phi Beta Kappa, June 1972.
• Graduated Queens College "magna cum laude," June 1972.
• Queens College's Deans' List.
• New York State Regents' Scholarship, 1968-72.

Office of the President
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E-mail: A-Goldfarb@wiu.edu