Joan Herrington
Western Michigan University
1903 W Michigan Ave
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5360 USA
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- Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
- M.A., City University/Hunter College
- B.A., Wesleyan University
Dr. Joan Herrington is chair of the Department of Theatre at Western Michigan University. She is a contemporary theatre scholar whose research is focused on the pedagogy and practice of theatre in the last twenty years. She is the author of four books that examine the creative process of playwrights and directors. Herrington has also written more than a dozen book chapters and journal articles appearing in Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism, American Drama and The Drama Review and she served as editor of the prestigious publication, Theatre Topics. Through her research and practice, she has explored modern theatre around the world and engaged theatre artists from Japan to Great Britain to Nigeria.