Lurana O'Malley:

Curriculum Vitae

Teaching, Research, Grants, and Professional Activities

 

Current Position
Associate Professor, Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Hawai'i at Manoa.

Education
Ph.D. 1991. Theatre History and Criticism Program, The University of Texas at Austin
"Masks, Pierrots, and Puppet Shows: Commedia dell'arte and Experimentation on the Early Twentieth Century Russian Stage." Dissertation. Director: Oscar G. Brockett
M.A. 1987. Theatre History and Criticism Program, The University of Texas at Austin "Dramatists Prefer Blondes: Marilyn Monroe as Dramatic Character." Thesis. Director: Oscar G. Brockett
B.A. 1986 with Distinction. Drama/English. University of Virginia "'The Play is Memory': Theatre as the Union of Past and Present in the Drama of Tennessee Williams." Undergraduate Thesis. Director: Sharon Davie


Teaching and Research Positions Held
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Theatre and Dance
1991-1996 Assistant Professor
1996-present Associate Professor

University of Texas at Austin
1989-90 Instructor: Theatre History to 1600
1990-91 Instructor: Theatre History, 1600-1900
1990-91 Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Drama
1986-88 Teaching Assistant: Theatre History to 1600
1987-89 Teaching Assistant: Theatre History, 1600-1900
1988-89 Research Assistant, The New Variorum Edition of Julius Caesar, Annotated Bibliography (Supervisor: Dr. John Velz)

Professional Activities
Founding Editor Theatre Insight: A Journal of Contemporary Performance Thought
Editorial Board Theatre Studies
Board Member VORTEX Repertory Theatre, Austin TX (1989-1991)
Faculty Advisor Late Night Theatre, Honolulu, HI
Elected member of Nominating Committee, American Society for Theatre research (1997-99)
Listowner: EKATERINA-L, RUSSTHEA-L
Member:
American Society for Theatre Research
Women and Theatre Program
Association for Theatre in Higher Education
American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
Association for Women in Slavic Studies

 

Honors and Awards

UHM Presidential Citation for Meritorious Teaching (1993-94)

Nominated for UH Excellence in Teaching Award (1994-95)

Spring 1995 Fellow of the Center for Arts and Humanities. Project Title: "A Monarch's Reflections of Russia: The Dramatic Endeavors of Catherine the Great" College-wide competition for teaching release time.

Associate of the 1994 Summer Research Laboratory on Russian and Eastern Europe. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. July 1994.

University Fellowship (UT-Austin) 1986-87

Continuing University Fellowship (UT-Austin) 1988-89

Continuing University Fellowship (UT Austin) 1989-90

American Society for Theatre Research Fellow 1989

Roy Crane Certificate of Merit in the Performing Arts, 1990

Graduate Development Award (UT Austin) 1988

Maurice J. Schaded Scholarship (UT Austin) 1990

University of Virginia Echols Scholar

University of Virginia Graduate with Distinction in English

Phi Beta Kappa

Phi Kappa Phi

 

 

External Grants

International Research and Exchanges Board Short-Term Travel Grant 1996 (research trip to archives in Moscow and St. Petersburg). ($3080)

International Research and Exchanges Board Arts Exchange grant 1989-90 (research visit to Moscow) ($2500)

 

Internal UH Grants

"Video Projector for Courses in Department of Theatre and Dance." Educational Improvement Fund Award, 1999-2000. ($5000)

"The African Tragedian: A Performance by Robin Scott Peters." President's Diversity and Equity Initiative Grant, 1999-2000. ($650)

"Developing a Hypertext History of World Theatre." Instructional Development Projects. 1995-96. Co-authors James Brandon and Robert Petersen.

UHM Research and Training Revolving Fund Award, 1994-95 ($3620)

UHM Research Relations Fund Award, Spring 1993 (research visit to Moscow). Project Title: "Moscow and its Theatres: The Effects of Recent Political Change" ($2850)


UHM Travel Grants

UHM Office of Research Services Grant: travel to 1999 International Congress on the Enlightenment, Dublin, Ireland to present a paper. ($1977)

UHM Office of Research Services Grant: travel to 1998 AAASS, Boca Raton, FL to present a paper. ($1305) (unable to attend: returned $339.91)

UHM Office of Research Services Grant: travel to 1997 Catherine the Great Symposium, Los Angeles, CA to present a paper. ($581)

UHM Office of Research Services Grant: travel to 1996 AATSEEL to present a paper. Washington, DC. ($684.50)

UHM Office of Research Administration Grant: travel to 1995 AAASS, Washington, DC to present a paper. ($1297.50)

UHM Center for Arts and Humanities Grant: travel to 1995 ASECS, Tuscon, AZ to present a paper. ($500).

UHM Center for Arts and Humanities Grant: travel to 1994 Summer Research Laboratory on Russian and Eastern Europe, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. ($217)

UHM Office of Research Administration Grant: travel to 1994 ATHE to present a paper. ($1420)

UHM Office of Faculty Development and Academic Support Travel Fund Grant: travel to 1992 ATHE, Atlanta, GA, to present a paper. ($1200)

UHM Office of Research Administration Grant: travel to 1991 ASTR, Seattle, WA to present a paper. ($600)




 

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