Ph.D in Education from the University of Oklahoma, 2003.

M. A. in Drama from the University of Oklahoma, 1993.

B. A. in Speech/Theatre from East Central University, 1991.

EMPLOYMENT

Associate Professor, Director  of Theatre, Wichita State University 2008-present.

Assoc. Professor of Communication, Director of Theatre, East Central University, Ada, OK, 1997-2008.

MEMBERSHIPS

Christians in Theatre Arts

SPERDVAC--Society to Preserve and Encourage Radio Drama, Variety and Comedy

Founding member of The Ancient Radio Players, a radio performance group

National Business Manager for Alpha Psi Omega, National Honorary Dramatic Fraternity

RESIDENCY

Drama Instructor, the Chickasaw Summer Arts Academy, 2005-present.

TRIBAL AFFILIATION—Muscogee (Creek)

BOOKS

Stage Blood, TBA.

A Rope and a Prayer, TBA.

Second Only to Booth:  John McCullough and His Acting Style, VDM Publishing, 2009.

Masculinity in Pulitzer Prize Winning Plays 1982-2002,  VDM Publishing, 2008.

Windrows, Publish America, 2006. 

The Hamlet Ruse, Treble Heart Books, 2006.

The Santa Claus Mysteries, Publish America, 2005.

The Cowboy Culprit, Publish America, 2005.

The Hawkshaw Chronicles, by SterlingHouse, 2002.

PLAYS/SCREENPLAYS

Frybread-n-Peaches, one-act produced, Chickasaw Summer Arts Academy, 2009.

On the Air!, finalist in the Mountain Playhouse Comedy Playwriting Contest, 2008.

Learning to Dance to Teach One’s Elders, one-act produced, Chickasaw Summer Arts Academy, 2008

Thee and Thou, Buckham Alley Theatre, MI, 2010; The Jewel Box Theatre, OKC, OK, produced 2009; runner-up in playwriting contest; finalist in the Larry Corse Playwriting Contest, 2008.

Type O Negative, produced at ECU, 2007.

Native Skin, a staged reading at Native Voices at the Autry, Los Angeles, CA, 2007.

Isht Unowa Tuchina, one-act produced at the Chickasaw Summer Arts Academy, 2007.

War Paint, The Garrard Play Prize winner, The Five Civilized Tribes Museum, 2006.

The Field, produced at East Central University, 2006.

On the Air!, produced at East Central University, summer 2006.

The Hero Zone, a screenplay produced by Jupiter Films, 2006; Best Mini Runner-up Script-to-Screen Film Festival, 2006.

The Year was 1856, one-act produced at the Chickasaw Summer Arts Academy, 2006.

The Trip, one-act produced at the Chickasaw Summer Arts Academy, 2005.

Kindred, The Garrard Play Prize winner, The Five Civilized Tribes Museum, 2004; produced by ECU, 2005. 

The Onyx Sky, a play produced at ECU, 2004.

Homefront, a play produced at ECU, 2003.

Too Many Tomorrows, a one-man show produced at ECU, 2001; Seminole State College, 2004.

The Isolation House, a play produced by The American Theatre of Actors in New York City, 2001—an Off-off Broadway theatre.

The Thespian, a play produced by Ada Community Theatre, 2002.

The Mouth of the Lion, a screenplay, that was shot by Phigment Philms in Ada, 2001. 

RADIO

Writer and co-founder of The Ancient Radio Players—a radio performance troupe that produces original scripts for airing on area radio stations and live performances.

Thomas Remley, P.I. “In a Cold and Lonely Place” produced by Shoestring Radio Theatre, San Francisco, 2009.

Thomas Remley, P.I. “Fair Play” produced by Shoestring Radio Theatre, San Francisco, 2009.

At Death’s Door & Murder Factor produced by Shoestring Radio Theatre, San Francisco, 2009.

Burnt, first place in The Friends of Old Time Radio script contest, 2008.

Keeping Up with the Joneses, second place in The Friends of Old Time Radio script contest, 2006.

ARTICLES

Dark Fantasy--The Old Time Radio Times, 2009.

Jot ‘Em Down Stores Still Alive Today--The Old Time Radio Times, 2008.

Red Dust Revisited--12 article series, The Enid News, 2007.

Radio Days--Nostalgia Digest, 2007.

Jot’Em Down Stores Still Alive Today--  Nostalgia Digest, accepted 2006.

Masculinity in Drama--ECU Research Journal, 2004.