Expertise

Research Interests:

  • Documenting how drama therapy and other creative art therapies in gerontology settings enhance quality of life, daily living skills, and life review
Communities
Ecology, Dance, Dance, Theatre, Theatre, Music, Music
Degrees
MSW, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Clinical Social Work, 1998
MFA, Trinity University, Directing and Playwriting, 1981
BFA, University of Texas at Austin, Directing, 1976
Keywords
drama therapy arts and humanities creative writing drama playwriting or screenwriting dramatic or theatre arts creative arts developmental disabilities intellectual disabilities drug abuse prevention drug abuse treatment geriatrics & gerontology creative arts creative arts therapies expressive arts therapies
Languages
English
Honors

Teaching Excellence Award, North American Drama Therapy Association, 2018

Distinguished Book Award for Barrier-Free Theatre, American Alliance for Theatre in Education, 2011

Gertrud Schattner Award, North American Drama Therapy Association, 2006

Distinguished Service in Arts and Disabilities, Accessible Arts and Kansas Board of Education, 2007

Promoting an Accessible Campus Award, Kansas State University, 2011

Service Award, North American Drama Therapy Association, 2005

Associations
North American Drama Therapy Association
American Alliance for Theatre in Education
Drama Therapy Fund