Teaching

I believe students thrive intellectually in a classroom environment where they generate their own original ideas about how and why theatre history is told

Shanghai Theatre Academy
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Positions Held

Teaching

Assistant Professor and Dramaturgy Coordinator, University of Central Florida School of Performing Arts (2019 – present)

Visiting Lecturer of Graduate Theatre, Shanghai Theatre Academy (Summer 2017)

Adjunct Professor, Theatre at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University (Winter and Spring 2019)

Adjunct Instructor, Department of Theatre and Speech, CUNY College of New York (2015-2018)

Administrative

Graduate Fellowship Coordinator, CUNYBA Program for Unique and Individualized Studies (January - August 2019)

Academic Advisor, Last names D-G, P-Z CUNYBA Program for Unique and Individualized Studies (April - December 2018)

Faculty Facilitator, Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) Program, LaGuardia Community College (2014-2017)

Courses Taught

Graduate

University of Central Florida

Research Methods (Fall 2022; enrollment, 10)

Theatre Theory and Dramatic Criticism (Fall 2022; enrollment, 7)

Shanghai Theatre Academy

Western Theatre History (Summer 2018; enrollment, 21)

Undergraduate

University of Central Florida

Theatre History and Literature I, II, and III (Fall 2019-present, enrollments average 125 students total per semester)

NYU Tisch School of the Arts

Introduction to Theatre Studies (Spring 2019, 2 sections, enrollment 23/25)

Theatre in New York City (Winter 2018, enrollment 15)

City College of New York

Theatre History III, Realism – Today (Fall 2018, enrollment 28)

Theatre History I, Origins – 1660s (six semesters, Fall 2016-Fall 2018, enrollment average 30)

Introduction to Theatre Arts (Spring 2016, enrollment 40)

LaGuardia Community College

Composition II: Writing through Literature (three semestesters, Spring 2014 - Spring 2015, enrollment average 28)

Student Evaluations

 

“She knows how to bring old texts to today’s classroom in an understandable way.”

 

“I appreciate that the professor understands the students and cares for our well-being.”

“Open Atmosphere.”

“I really appreciated Professor Edmonson’s passion for the subject. She makes expectations very clear and assignments clear and easy to follow. She makes the class interesting.”.”

 

“It was very insightful to see other classmate’s opinions of the plays we read.”