Pamela Christian, Ph.D. is Graduate Advisor and Associate Professor of Voice and Speech for Performance in the Department of Theatre and Dance. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses and coaches main stage productions for the department season. She also works professionally as a dialect coach for film and stage. Recent credits include productions with Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Alley Theatre, Actors Repertory of Texas, Focus Films, Mutiny Films and Screen Gems.
Dr. Christian is an Associate Editor for IDEA International Dialects of English Archive where she publishes sound samples and voice analysis for on-line access. Her research includes on-site documentation of voice and dialects for performance, the study of voice as cultural practice and the use of performance as a research method. This work has been explored through diverse projects in South Africa, Australia, the Northwest Territories of Canada, South Korea, and the Russian Federation where she was a Fulbright Scholar in 2004.
As an instructor in the College of Fine Arts, Dr. Christian has received the College of Fine Arts Teaching Excellence Award 2003 and the Department of Theatre and Dance Teaching Excellence Award 2005.
She is a member of AEA Actors' Equity Association and has performed a number of leading roles in productions that include The Chairs, The Madwoman of Chaillot, Mirandolina, A Threepenny Opera, Dangerous Liaisons, Dancing at Lughnasa and her own solo script Anne Sexton: The Excitable Gift, developed through use of the Sexton archives at the Harry Ransom Center, UT Austin.
Education:
- Ph.D. Speech Communication-Performance Studies, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
- M.F.A. Acting, The University of Texas at Austin
- B.A. English, Princeton University
