Dr. Theresa Smalec is the author of Ron Vawter’s Life in Performance (Seagull Books, 2020). Her reviews and peer-reviewed essays appear in journals such as Biography, New England Theatre Journal, PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art, Postmodern Culture, Puppetry International, TDR, Theatre Journal, Theatre Survey, and Theatre Research International. Dr. Smalec is the department’s representative on the Curriculum Committee and an alternate at-large senator on Faculty Council and the BCC Senate. She is also the founder and editor of an online journal focused on Literature, Culture, and Ideas: PublicReverie.com. Her research and teaching interests are Theatre and Performance Studies, Media Studies, Gender and Politics. Dr. Smalec holds an M.A.in English from the University of Western Ontario and a Ph.D. in Performance Studies from New York University.