leadership

Nathan Bowman

Benedictine College

President

president@matc.us

Mike Franz

University of Mississippi

Associate Conference Planner

associate_planner@matc.us

Rebecca Jackson

Regis University

External Communications Officer

ExternalComm@matc.us

Macy Jones

University of The Ozarks

Vice President

vicepresident@matc.us

Merritt Popp

Baylor University

Treasurer

treasurer@matc.us

Kirsten Pullen

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Accessibility Officer

access@matc.us

Elaine Hendriks Smith

Florida State University

Conference Planner

planner@matc.us

Cate Heiner

Middle Tennessee State University

Internal Communications Officer

InternalComm@matc.us

Graduate Student Representatives

Meg Nelson, Florida State University
Jordan Mattson, Florida State University
Kitty Corum, University of Kansas
grad_rep@matc.us

Publications
Theatre History Studies

Journal Editor: Jocelyn L. Buckner, Chapman University, ths.editor@matc.us
Associate Editor: Dennis Sloan, DePauw University
Book Review Editor: Kellen Hoxworth, University at Buffalo – SUNY, ths.book.editor@matc.us

Theatre/Practice

Journal Editor: Karin Waidley, University of Michigan, thr.practice.editor@matc.us
Editorial Assistant: Shelby Alexander, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center

Symposium Chairs

Theatre History Symposium: theatre_history@matc.us

Zach Dailey, University of Houston-Downtown
Shadow Zimmerman, Arizona Western College

Playwriting Symposium: playwriting@matc.us

Lucas Skjaret, University of North Alabama
Kristy Thomas, Missouri State University
Stacey Schiller, Baylor University (Graduate Liaison)

Practice/Production Symposium: practice_production@matc.us

Bella Poynton, SUNY Oswego
Tom Zhang, University of Kansas

Pedagogy Symposium: pedagogy@matc.us

Karie Miller, Grinnell College
Sam Collier, University of Colorado-Boulder

Articles in Progress: article_session@matc.us

Sean Bartley, Northwestern State University

Pitching your Book: book_pitch@matc.us

Karen Dabney, University of Virginia

Emerging Scholars Panel: emerging_scholars@matc.us

Alex Stahl, Baylor University
Rebecca Johnson, Texas Tech University

Committees

Bylaws Ad Hoc Committee

Karen Dabney – Chair
Nathan Bowman
Macy Jones
Julia Moriarty
Steve Young

Conference Planning

Elaine Hendriks Smith, Conference Planner
Mike Franz, Associate Conference Planner
Symposia Co-Chairs
Conference Planning Committee Members-at-Large:
- Meg Nelson, Florida State University
- Karin Maresh, Jefferson College

IDEALS Committee
At the 2025 conference in Atlanta the Accessibility, Anti-Racism, and Land Acknowledgement committees combined to form the IDEALS committee: Inclusivity, Diversity, Equality, Access, Land Acknowledgement, and Sustainability.

Haley Alvarez
Karen Dabney
Lynn Deboeck
Kristi Good
Emily Goodell
Rebecca Jackson
Yuko Kurahashi
Karin Marsh
David Melendez
David Peterson
Skye Strauss