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Dr. John Iverson
Part Time Instructor
| Office Hours: | Tuesdays - Thursdays, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm |
| Locations: (Campus & Office) | |
| Biography: | I am an Army veteran and served during the first Gulf War. I earned my PhD in Theatre History, Theory, and Playwrighting from Texas Tech University. I was able to afford a PhD by taking advantage of my military educational benefits. That's why my academic focus is theatre that deals with military issues. I wrote my dissertation on plays that address the issues facing veterans returning from combat, such as Post-traumatic Stress, Moral Injury, and Military Sexual Trauma. I have taught theatre here at MGA for six years and have directed eleven plays during that time. I am currently in rehearsals for the twelfth, Betty the Yeti: An Eco-Fable by Jon Klein. My wife and I moved here from Austin, Texas in 2019 to help with my mother-in-law's medical issues. In 2022, my brother-in-law passed away unexpectedly, and we are now raising my two nieces. In addition to that, I've somehow managed to acquire seven cats and three dogs. So, life's been pretty busy in the last six years between the Covid pandemic, plays, classes, kids, cats, and dogs. But teaching and directing plays here at MGA has actually been the thing keeping me sane. |
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| Courses: | Perspectives on Theatre - THEA 1010 Theatre Appreciation - THEA 1100 Play Production - THEA 1110 |
| Education: (All institutions attended and degrees or credentials earned) | Ph.D., Theatre History, Theory, and Criticism, May 2020 Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas Dissertation Title: “Performative Counter-memory: A Foucaultian-based Method of Analysis for Verbatim Theatre” M.A., Theatre History, May 2008 Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas Concentration: Brechtian Dramaturgy Thesis: Dramaturgical Study of The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht B.A., Theatre, December 1995 Concentration: Theatrical Directing Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas Concentration: Directing |
| CV: | John C. Iverson, PhD Middle Georgia State University Cochran, Georgia Phone: 478-934-3085 email: john.iverson@mga.edu SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS • Strong Liberal Arts education grounded in Theatre History, Playwriting, Dramaturgy, and Directing • Twelve years of university-level teaching experience • Experience conducting both in-person and online university classroom instruction • Ever-evolving theatrical artist, educator, and director of multiple college productions • US Army Veteran EDUCATION Ph.D., Theatre History, Theory, and Criticism, May 2020 Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas Dissertation Title: “Performative Counter-memory: A Foucaultian-based Method of Analysis for Verbatim Theatre” Advisor: Dr. Dorothy Chansky M.A., Theatre History, May 2008 Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas Concentration: Brechtian Dramaturgy Thesis: Dramaturgical Study of The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht Advisor: Dr. Debra Charlton B.A., Theatre, December 1995 Concentration: Theatrical Directing Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas Concentration: Directing Advisor: Dr. Charles Pascoe ACADEMIC POSITIONS AND APPOINTMENTS • Adjunct Professor of Theatre, Middle Georgia State University, Cochran, Ga. January 2020 – Present • Adjunct Professor of Theatre, St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, Texas August 2015 – May 2017 • Instructor of Record, Undergraduate Theatre History, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas August 2009 – May 2011 • Research Assistant - Dr. Dorothy Chansky, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas August 2008 – May 2011 • Research Assistant - Dr. Debra Charlton, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas January 2007 – May 2008 MILITARY SERVICE: U.S. Army - 1988 to 1993 • Supply Sergeant, Operation Desert Storm, Grafenwoehr Training Center, Germany, 1990-1991 • Company Training Officer, Alpha Co., 203rd Support Battalion, Kitzingen, Germany, 1989-1991 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS • “Shaping the Fog: Verbatim Theatre and the U.S. Veteran Experience in the Global War on Terror” presented at the Archive of American Modern Warfare Symposium, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, October 2018. • “The Double Lyndie: Divergent Dramatic Representations of PFC England” presented at the European Association of American Studies, Leiden University, The Hague, Netherlands, April 2014. • “What’s So Funny About a Dead Seagull?” presented at the Ohio State University Chekhov Conference, Columbus, Ohio, May 2010. • “The Id, Ego |
| Professional Experience: | Part Time Instructor of Theatre Middle Georgia State University, Cochran, Ga. January 2020 – Present Adjunct Professor of Theatre St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, Texas August 2015 – May 2017 Instructor of Record Undergraduate Theatre History Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas August 2009 – May 2011 Research Assistant for Dr. Dorothy Chansky Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas August 2008 – May 2011 Research Assistant for Dr. Debra Charlton Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas January 2007 – May 2008 |
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