RELATED CREATIVE/PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 1967 - 2009:

The Creative/Professional Activity which this CV focuses on is my design work for live theatre, as itemized above. However, over the years I've been active in a variety of other areas either related to the entertainment industry or to other areas of design. I refer to these, without detail, in order to give a sense of scope.

Department of Drama:

• Associate Chair 2009 -
• Graduate Coordinator 2004 -
• Acting Chair (periods of 1998 - 99)
• Coordinators Committee 2008 -
• Executive Committee 1995 - 99
• Design Coordinator 2008 -
• Graduate Coordinator 1993 - 99; 2005 - 2006
• Graduate Committee 1993 - 99
• Technical Theatre Coordinator 1995 - 99
• BFA Technical Theatre Committee 1995
• Design Committee 1993 -
• Studio Theatre Committee 1993 - 99
• Studio Theatre 50th Anniversary Committee 1998 - 99
• Extended Building Committee (Timm's Centre) 1993 -
• Nominating Committee 1995 - 96
• Safety Committee 1996 - 99
• Ad hoc Committees:
  • Restructuring of the Technical Area 1995 - 96
  • Fine Arts Building Renovation Committee 1999 -
  • Faculty Use of Space Committee 1998 - 2000
  • Telus/Timms Reno Consultant 1999 -
  • Second Playing Space Committe 2002 -
• Selection Committees:
  • Technical Production position 1995, 1998, 2004
  • Stage Management position 1995, 1996, 2004
  • Design position 2002

Other Department of Drama Administrative Activity of Note:

• commitee for the four year BFA (Design) 2004
• architect of the restructured three year BFA (Design) following one year of BA 1993
• architect of the restructured one and two year streams toward an MFA (Design)
• architect of the BFA (Technical Theatre) routes in Technical Production, Stage Management or Costume 1994-95
• consultant for the Timms Centre for the Arts 1993 -

Other Departments:

• Department of Art and Design Graduate Review Committee 1998 - 99
• Dept. of Art And Design Alberta Foundation for the Arts Scholarship Selection Committee 1995-97, 1999-02

Faculty of Arts:

• Associate Dean (Fine Arts) 1999 - 2002; Associate Dean (Fine Arts & Humanities) 2002-2004
  • Chair's Council
  • Faculty Evaluation Committee
  • Academic Appeals Committee
  • Fine Arts Chairs
  • Space Study
• Selection Committees:
  • 2004:
    • English (two positions - 18th Century, Creative Writing)
    • Drama (two positions in BFA Technical Theatre -Technical Production, Stage Management)
  • 2003:
    • English (two positions - Victorian Literature, Medieval Literature)
    • Music (two positions - Composition, Violin)
    • Art & Design (two positions - Furniture Design, Product and Computer Aided Design)
  • 2002:
    • Faculty of Arts (Dean)
    • Faculty of Arts (Assistant Dean)
    • Art & Design (two positions - Painting & History of Art, Design & Visual Culture)
    • Music (Piano)
    • East Asian Studies (two positions - Japanese Language and Cultural Studies
    • English (African Literature)
  • 2001:
    • Art & Design (four positions - Painting, Vis. Com. (2), Art History)
    • Psychology (two positions - Social & Cultural Psychology)
  • 2000:
    • Music (Piano position)
    • Psychology (two positions - Social & Cultural Psychology)
    • Drama (Theatre Design)
  • 1999:
    • Art & Design (Industrial Design)
  • 1998:
    • Drama (Technical Theatre/Tech Production)
  • 1996:
    • Drama (Technical Theatre/Stage Management)
  • 1995:
    • Drama (BFA Technical Theatre/Stage Management)
• Faculty Evaluation Committee (FEC) 2004 - 2006, 2009 -
• Academic Affairs 2004 - 2006
• Arts Representative Council 1995 - 1998
• Academic Affairs Committee 2001
  • Acting Chair
• Academic Affairs Committee 1995 - 1996
  • Course and Calendar Subcommittee
  • Arts Core Subcommittee
  • Course Renumbering Subcommittee (Chair)
• Universiade Scholarship Committee 1995 - 2003

University:

• Senate 2005 - 2006
• General Faculties Council 2004 - 2006, 2009 -
• General Faculties Council Evaluation Committee 2009 -
• New Trail Advisory Board 2003 -
• Continuing Professional Development Coordinating Council (CPD) 2001
• 2001 Profile and Events Committee 2000 - 2001
• U of A Fundraising Campaign Launch Committee 1996 - 1997
• Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research 1995 - 1999

Other:

• SSHRC Research Council of Canada: Adjudication Committee - Research/Creation Grants 2004, 2006, 2009
• Canadian Association of Fine Arts Deans (Secretary Treasurer) 1999 - 2004
• Canadian Institute of Theatre Technology/United States Institute for Theatre Technology (CITT/USITT)
  • Board of Directors Alberta Section 1994-2001
  • Vice Chair (North) 1995-1997
  • Chair 1998-2000
  • Alberta representative, National 1997-1998
  • Conventions Committee (Chair) 1998
    Hosted the 1998 National CITT Conference at the Timms Centre for the Arts
  • National Inventory of Theatrical Equipment (Ad hoc committee) 1994-2000