{"id":225,"date":"2017-10-10T18:30:19","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T18:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/theatre-and-dance\/?page_id=225"},"modified":"2026-04-21T14:23:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:23:30","slug":"graduate-studies-faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/theatre-and-dance\/faculty-and-staff\/graduate-studies-faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MA Theatre \/ Theatre of Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Change (Certificate)<\/h1>\n

Program Coordinator:<\/h3>\n

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\"Jessica<\/div>

Jessica Brater<\/a><\/p>

Associate Professor, Theatre and Dance<\/p>

Email<\/dt>
braterj@montclair.edu<\/a><\/dd>
Location<\/dt>
Life Hall<\/dd><\/dl><\/div><\/div>\n
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Nadine Bernard<\/a><\/p>

Adjunct Instructor, Theatre and Dance<\/p>

Email<\/dt>
bernardna@montclair.edu<\/a><\/dd><\/dl><\/div><\/div>
\"Zachary<\/div>

Zachary Dorsey<\/a><\/p>

Associate Professor, Theatre and Dance<\/p>

Email<\/dt>
dorseyz@montclair.edu<\/a><\/dd>
Location<\/dt>
Life Hall, 0442<\/dd><\/dl><\/div><\/div>
\"Peter<\/div>

Peter Flynn<\/a><\/p>

Professor, Theatre and Dance<\/p>

Phone<\/dt>
973-655-2137<\/a><\/dd>
Email<\/dt>
flynnpe@montclair.edu<\/a><\/dd>
Location<\/dt>
Life Hall<\/dd><\/dl><\/div><\/div>
\"Randy<\/div>

Randy Mugleston<\/a><\/p>

Professor, Theatre and Dance<\/p>

Phone<\/dt>
973-655-7343<\/a><\/dd>
Email<\/dt>
muglestonr@montclair.edu<\/a><\/dd>
Location<\/dt>
Life Hall<\/dd><\/dl><\/div><\/div>
\"Debbie<\/div>

Debbie Saivetz<\/a><\/p>

Associate Professor, Theatre and Dance<\/p>

Phone<\/dt>
973-655-3353<\/a><\/dd>
Email<\/dt>
saivetzd@montclair.edu<\/a><\/dd>
Location<\/dt>
Life Hall<\/dd><\/dl><\/div><\/div>
\"Charles<\/div>

Charles Burks<\/a><\/p>

Associate Professor, Theatre and Dance<\/p>

Email<\/dt>
burksc@montclair.edu<\/a><\/dd>
Location<\/dt>
Life Hall, 2220B<\/dd><\/dl><\/div><\/div>
\"marcus<\/div>

marcus harvey<\/a><\/p>

Assistant Professor, Theatre and Dance<\/p>

Phone<\/dt>
973-655-3505<\/a><\/dd>
Email<\/dt>
harveym@montclair.edu<\/a><\/dd>
Location<\/dt>
Life Hall<\/dd><\/dl><\/div><\/div>
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Christopher Silsby<\/a><\/p>

Adjunct Professor, Theatre and Dance<\/p>

Phone<\/dt>
973-655-7000<\/a><\/dd>
Email<\/dt>
silsbyc@montclair.edu<\/a><\/dd>
Location<\/dt>
Life Hall<\/dd><\/dl><\/div><\/div>
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Ji Hyon Yuh<\/a><\/p>

Adjunct Instructor, Theatre and Dance<\/p>

Phone<\/dt>
973-655-7000<\/a><\/dd>
Email<\/dt>
yuhj@montclair.edu<\/a><\/dd>
Location<\/dt>
Life Hall<\/dd><\/dl><\/div><\/div>\n

Part-Time Faculty, Adjuncts and Visiting Specialists<\/h3>\n

Rogelio Martinez
\n<\/strong>Adjunct Instructor
\nPlaywriting
\n973-655-7000<\/a>
\nmartinezrog@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Mysti Stay, MFA<\/strong>
\nAdjunct Instructor
\nProduction \/ Stage Management
\n973-655-7000<\/a>
\nstaym@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Andrea Stover<\/a>
\nAdjunct Instructor
\nDramaturgy
\n973-655-3259<\/a>
\nstovera@montclair.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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MFA Dance<\/h1>\n

The MFA in Dance program is led by a core group of nine faculty members who are active artists, scholars, and educators in the field. Core faculty include:<\/p>\n

Program Coordinator<\/h3>\n

\n\n\n<\/p>

\"Elizabeth<\/div>

Elizabeth McPherson<\/a><\/p>

Professor, Theatre and Dance<\/p>

Phone<\/dt>
973-655-7831<\/a><\/dd>
Email<\/dt>
mcphersone@montclair.edu<\/a><\/dd>
Location<\/dt>
Life Hall<\/dd><\/dl><\/div><\/div>\n
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\"Kathleen<\/div>

Kathleen Kelley<\/a><\/p>

Professor, Theatre and Dance<\/p>

Phone<\/dt>
973-655-4115<\/a><\/dd>
Email<\/dt>
kelleyka@montclair.edu<\/a><\/dd>
Location<\/dt>
Life Hall<\/dd><\/dl><\/div><\/div>
\"Stefanie<\/div>

Stefanie Batten Bland<\/a><\/p>

Associate Professor, Theatre and Dance<\/p>

Email<\/dt>
battenblands@montclair.edu<\/a><\/dd>
Location<\/dt>
Life Hall<\/dd><\/dl><\/div><\/div>
\"Maxine<\/div>

Maxine Steinman<\/a><\/p>

Associate Professor, Theatre and Dance<\/p>

Phone<\/dt>
973-655-7893<\/a><\/dd>
Email<\/dt>
steinmanm@montclair.edu<\/a><\/dd>
Location<\/dt>
Life Hall<\/dd><\/dl><\/div><\/div>
\"Derek<\/div>

Derek Crescenti<\/a><\/p>

Assistant Professor, Theatre and Dance<\/p>

Email<\/dt>
crescentid@montclair.edu<\/a><\/dd>
Location<\/dt>
Life Hall, 2203B<\/dd><\/dl><\/div><\/div>
\"Susan<\/div>

Susan Pope<\/a><\/p>

Adjunct Instructor, Theatre and Dance<\/p>

Email<\/dt>
popes@montclair.edu<\/a><\/dd><\/dl><\/div><\/div>
\"Emmanuele<\/div>

Emmanuele Phuon<\/a><\/p>

Adjunct Instructor, Theatre and Dance<\/p>

Phone<\/dt>
973-655-7000<\/a><\/dd>
Email<\/dt>
phuone@montclair.edu<\/a><\/dd>
Location<\/dt>
Life Hall<\/dd><\/dl><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>

Apollinaire Scherr<\/a><\/p>

Adjunct Instructor, Theatre and Dance<\/p>

Phone<\/dt>
973-655-7000<\/a><\/dd>
Email<\/dt>
scherra@montclair.edu<\/a><\/dd>
Location<\/dt>
Life Hall<\/dd><\/dl><\/div><\/div>\n

In addition to the core faculty, the program is enriched by approximately 12 visiting faculty artists each year who teach technique and bring a wide range of contemporary practices into the studio.<\/p>\n

A dedicated group of adjunct faculty also support the program, particularly in the development and execution of student thesis projects.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Allen H. Maniker<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\"Allen\"\/<\/figure>\n<\/div>
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Allen H. Maniker<\/strong>, MD, FAANS, is the retired Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City.\u00a0 He is a retired Professor of Neurosurgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.<\/p>\n

A diplomate of the American Board of Neurological Surgeons, Dr. Maniker has served as President of the Peripheral Nerve Task Force of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. He is the author of Operative Exposures in Peripheral Nerve Surgery as well as 48 peer reviewed papers and 18 book chapters.\u00a0 He has been an invited visiting Professor at several Universities both in the United States and abroad and has made presentations both in the United States and abroad on neurosurgery and peripheral nerve surgery topics.<\/p>\n

After graduating from the Juilliard School Department of Dance under Martha Hill he performed with the Sophie Maslow Dance Company, the Bat Dor Dance Company of Israel, The New York Baroque Dance Company and the Joyce Trisler Danscompany. He performed for one season as a guest with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Dr. Maniker then went on to receive his medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan.\u00a0 He completed an Internship in general surgery and a Residency in Neurological Surgery at The New Jersey Medical School.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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Emmanu\u00e8le Phuon<\/h3>\n
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Emmanu\u00e8le Phuon<\/strong>\u00a0is French-Cambodian and lives between Brussels, Belgium, and New York. She has performed internationally with the Elisa Monte Dance Company (1989 -1994), Baryshnikov\u2019s White Oak Dance Project (1995-2002), Martha Clarke (1997-1999), Joachim Schloemer (2002-2003), Yvonne Rainer (2010-2019) and has worked with an array of artists including Jacklyn Buglisi, Merce Cunningham, Trisha Brown, Deborah Hay, Mark Morris, John Jasperse, Tere O\u2019Connor, Neil Greenberg,\u00a0Karole Armitage,\u00a0Fabrice Samyn and Meg Stuart, among others.<\/p>\n

Ms Phuon\u2019s choreographic work has been commissioned and presented at the Baryshnikov Arts Centre, New Haven\u2019s Festival of Arts and Ideas, Spoleto Dance Festival in Charleston, Guggenheim Works and Process, Singapore\u00a0Da:ns<\/em>\u00a0festival, and\u00a0Danspace<\/em>\u00a0in New York among other venues. She is the recipient of grants from the Asian Cultural Council, Fondation de France, Un Monde par Tous, the Richard Porter Leach fellowship, the Martha Duffy Memorial Fellowship at the Baryshnikov Arts Center, and a\u00a02019 Dance Research Fellowship, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.<\/p>\n

Currently one of seven authorized transmitters of Yvonne Rainer\u2019s work, she has taught workshops and set works in major exhibitions in France, Japan, China, and Sweden\u2014most notably\u00a0Yvonne Rainer’s Performative Exhibition<\/em>\u00a0at Shunju-za Theater (Kyoto) and\u00a0Yvonne Rainer and Wen Hui: Dance Only Exists When It Is Performed<\/em>\u00a0at the Inside-Out Art museum (Beijing). She is currently on faculty at\u00a0NYU\/Tisch Department of Collaborative Arts \/Open Arts and at\u00a0Montclair State University. emmanuelephuon.com<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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Trebien Pollard<\/h3>\n
\"Pollard\"\/<\/figure>\n<\/div>
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Trebien Pollard <\/strong>is a graduate of Florida A&M University with a BS in Mathematics Education and a MFA in Dance from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. He received training at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, Florida A & M University, Florida State University, Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance, and from a number of gifted teachers and choreographers. Trebien has performed with many dance companies, including Tania Isaac Dance<\/u>, Nia Love,<\/u> Martha Graham Ensemble<\/u>, RIOULT<\/u>, Pearl Lang Dance Theatre<\/u>, Rebecca Stenn Co.<\/u>, Erick Hawkins Dance Co.<\/u>, the MET (Metropolitan Opera Ballet)<\/u>, Ronald K. Brown\/Evidence<\/u>, Bebe Miller Company <\/u>and Pilobolus<\/u>. He has also worked as a guest artist with Urban Bush Women<\/u>.<\/p>\n

As a choreographer, Trebien\u2019s work has been performed throughout United States, England and Japan. He has choreographed and toured, nationally and internationally, with RASA recording artist \u2018Nomad\u2019. Trebien has also choreographed William Electric Black’s The Hamlet Project<\/u>, The Damned: A Rock Musical<\/u> and Frankenstein: The Rock Musical.<\/u><\/p>\n

Trebien appeared in Mannic Production’s feature film “Ghostlight”, starring Richard Move as ‘Martha Graham’. As well as appearing in several photography books; In My Stairwell (Mark Seliger), Twisted Yoga (Pilobolus), Body Knots and Passion & Lines (Howard Schatz).\u00a0 He has been on faculty at the American Dance Festival, Queens College, Adelphi University, the University of Southern Mississippi, Goucher College, Middlebury College and Marymount Manhattan College, as well as a licensed certified GYROTONIC\u00ae<\/sup><\/strong> \u00a0and GYROKINESIS\u00ae<\/strong> personal trainer. Currently, Trebien is an Assistant Professor at the University at Buffalo.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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Susan Pope<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Susan Pope<\/strong> is a retired dance educator with over 30 years of experience in K-12 schools. She is an adjunct professor and coordinator for the BA program at Montclair State University. She also supervises student teachers at Rutgers University and Hunter College. She has taught dance for the Newark Board of Education and the New York City Department of Education, where she also directed the SUMA\/Children\u2019s Aid Society Dance Company. She has danced with Rod Rogers Dance Company and Hudson City Repertory Dance Company.<\/p>\n

Susan received her doctorate in Dance Education from Teachers College, Columbia Univ. As an Arnhold Fellow and recipient of the Susan H. Fuhrman scholarship, her research focuses on embodied pedagogy for pre-service teachers through an indigenous and Africanist lens. Along with two other Newark dance educators, Susan was awarded an ArtStart grant to create a documentary, Brick City Dance: A Renaissance Endeavor, which explores the impact of dance education in Newark Public Elementary Schools over the last 20 years. As a published author, Susan has contributed to the depth of knowledge in dance education through journals and books. Her publications include articles in Dance Education in Practice, the International Journal of AAHPERD; I DANCE BECAUSE\u2026, a collection of stories, essays and poems about dance; and DANCING MY PRAYERS, a guide to combining movement and prayer in your devotional life. Her latest book chapter in The Loveliness Project helps elevate the voices of Black women.<\/p>\n

Susan leads workshops for dance educators, classroom teachers, and civic organizations on creative movement, hip-hop education, culturally relevant practices, and embodied pedagogy. She is a facilitator for the Dance Education Laboratory in New York and consults through her non-profit organization, I Dance Because. Susan is a frequent presenter for the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) Community Engagement Program, providing workshops for the community. She was dubbed the \u201celders griot\u201d after documenting stories of prominent Black elders in Newark. She also serves on the NJPAC Dance Advisory Council. In May 2000, Susan was invited to the White House to speak at the Raising Responsible and Resourceful Youth conference. Susan spoke on the impact of dance education in the lives of her students. In 1998, she was selected to be in Who\u2019s Who Among American Teachers. Susan served as the director of the St. James AME Church Dance Ministry for over ten years. She is a member of the National Liturgical Dance Ministry Network, National Dance Education Organization, Dance New Jersey, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. Susan has a teacher’s heart and believes all teaching spaces should be filled with love, joy, and embodiment.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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Claire Porter<\/h3>\n
\"Claire<\/figure>\n<\/div>
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Claire Porter<\/strong>, choreographer\/performer\/writer, known for her comedic text and movement work and her skilled teaching, has performed her work, Claire Porter \/ PORTABLES,<\/strong>\u00a0in Scotland, India, Germany, Holland, England, Latvia and Korea and in the New York City area at DTW, Danspace St. Mark\u2019s Church, PS 122, Joe\u2019s Pub, The Kitchen, The Joyce Theater, Joyce SOHO, 92nd St. Y, Town Hall, The Bottom Line, The NY Horticulture Society, NJPAC and Liberty Science Center. PORTABLES has also showcased at the American Dance Festival, Baryshnikov Arts Center, The Lucille Ball Festival of Comedy, Bates Dance Festival, Jacob\u2019s Pillow, Florida Dance Festival, The Kennedy Center, Woolly Mammoth Theater DC, Tampa Bay Off Center Theater, Duncan Theater Palm Beach FL, Center Stage Raleigh NC, The Southern Theater Minneapolis MN and at The Yard on Martha\u2019s Vineyard. Porter appears at fundraisers and special events and created and performed\u00a0Namely, Muscles<\/em>, recipient of the NYC Fringe Festival 2010\u2019s Overall Excellence Award, at festivals, conferences, theaters, medical schools and universities. Intrigued by syntax Claire created\u00a0Sen-tence<\/em>\u00a0performed at Joe\u2019s Pub at The Public Theater produced by DanceNow that included\u00a0Falling for Prepositions,<\/em>\u00a0Witnessing Adverbs<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Pronoun Emergency<\/em>. At Montclair State University she created\u00a0Sentenced to Sentences,<\/em>\u00a0at NYU,\u00a0Having Conjunctions<\/em>\u00a0and at Purchase College,\u00a0Out of The Question<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Porter is the recipient of a Rockefeller Foundation Residency in Bellagio Italy 2016, a Guggenheim Fellowship 2013, several National Endowment for the Arts Choreography Fellowships, New Jersey State Council for the Arts Choreography Fellowships, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Awards, NewMusicUSA Awards and Commissions from Dance Theater Workshop\u2019s First Light Project, The 92nd St Y Harkness Dance Festival, Art Matters, Meet The Composer, VOGUE Magazine, University Dance Companies and Domino\u2019s Pizza Company.\u00a0Porter has an MA in Dance from Ohio State, a BA in Mathematics from The College of New Rochelle, is on the Advisory Board of DanceNJ<\/a>\u00a0and is a Laban Movement<\/a> Analyst. Claire is represented by Jodi Kaplan and Associates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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Apollinaire Scherr<\/h3>\n
\"candid<\/figure>\n<\/div>
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Apollinaire Scherr<\/strong>\u00a0is the New York-based dance critic for the\u00a0Financial Times<\/em>. She has written regularly for the\u00a0New Yorker,\u00a0The New York Times<\/em>, and\u00a0Newsday<\/em>, and contributed to\u00a0Salon,\u00a0New York<\/em>\u00a0magazine, the\u00a0Village Voice,\u00a0Elle,<\/em> the San Francisco\u00a0Chronicle<\/em>,\u00a0Barnard<\/em> magazine, and\u00a0Flash Art International<\/em>. She gave the 2010 keynote address for the Dance Critics Association\u00a0and received a\u00a0New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Dance Research Fellowship in 2019. She holds a BA in English Literature from the University of California at Berkeley and an MA in English Literature from Cornell University. As a graduate student at Cornell University, she was funded by a five-year Mellon Fellowship in the Humanities.\u00a0She currently teaches undergraduate seminars on writing on the arts at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in Manhattan and the MFA course Performance Perspectives at Montclair State University. She lives in Sunnyside, Queens.<\/p><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n

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