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John Thomas Bell
Associate Professor & Director/Ballard Inst Museum of Puppet

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Education
  • English Literature/Drama , B.A.

    Middlebury College - 1973

  • Theater History , M.A.

    Columbia University - 1986

  • Theater History , MPH

    Columbia University - 1989

  • Theater History , Ph.D.

    Columbia University - 1993

Positions
  • J. Donald Monan, S.J., Visiting Professor in Theatre Arts - Boston College

    2012 - 2013

  • President of the Board of Directors - Bread & Puppet Theater

    2016

  • Peer Reviewer - Duke University

    2013 - 2014

  • Member, Board of Directors - Great Small Works

    1995

  • Visiting Professor, teaching Playing with the Material World: Puppet and Object Theater as Global Traditions - Harvard University

    2012 - 2012

  • Visiting Professor, teaching Puppetry in Performance - Harvard University

    2011 - 2011

  • Thesis Advisor to M.A. student Karen Zasloff - New York University

    2010 - 2011

  • Member of the Board of Directors - Performance Studies International

    2004 - 2007

  • Chair, Undergraduate Performance Studies Committee - Performance Studies International

    2004 - 2007

  • Committee member - Pratt Institute

    2017 - 2018

  • Artistic Director - Puppeteers of America National Festival

    2014 - 2015

  • Contributing Editor - Puppetry International

    1994 - 2018

  • Book Review Editor - Puppetry International (publication of UNIMA-USA)

    1995

  • Contributing Editor - The Drama Review

    1995 - 2013

  • Member of the Board of Directors - UNIMA-USA

    2004 - 2008

  • Chair of Publications Committee - UNIMA-USA

    2004 - 2008

  • Counselor - UNIMA-USA (U.S. Branch of Union International de la Marionnette)

    2011 - 2015

  • Outside evaluator for Professor Michael Sommers' tenure review - University of Minnesota

    2011 - 2011

Special Titles
  • Fellow, Center for Advanced Visual Studies - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    9/1/07 - 6/30/10

  • Fellow, Program in Art, Communication, and Technology - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    9/1/10 - 6/30/11

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