Theatre and Dance
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The Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Texas at El Paso is a diverse community of artists and scholars who align with the University mission through devotion to exceptional teaching, service, creative practice, and research, and by visibly contributing to the quality of life in El Paso and the surrounding region. Faculty are committed to providing students of the region, the nation, and beyond with the best education possible, preparing them with the skills necessary for advanced degree programs, successful careers in professional and educational theatre and dance, and life-long learning. All faculty are active in their respective fields as professional artists and scholars; they contribute to the department’s self-governance and self-evaluation as well as to departmental, college, and university committees; they are committed to diversity as essential to the education of UTEP students, and they openly and enthusiastically practice true collaboration, collegiality, civility, challenges to existing conventions, continuous self-improvement; and academic and artistic honesty. In these ways, faculty members expect to be models for their students, who in turn will become models for their own students and peers.
Chair
Hideaki Tsutsui
Contact Information: htsutsui2@utep.edu; 915-747-7851
Education: BS, Northern Arizona University; MFA, Florida State University
Assistant Professor
Melissa Melpignano
Contact Information: mmelpignano@utep.edu; 915-747-6509
Education: BA, University of Kent/London Contemporary Dance School; BA, University of Venice Ca' Foscari; MA, University of Lugano; Ph D, University of California, Los Angeles
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Sandra Lopez Ramirez
Contact Information: splopezramirez@utep.edu; 915-747-6736
Education: M.Ed, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; MFA, Goddard College
Felipa Torres
Contact Information: fntorres@utep.edu; 915-747-7997
Education: MFA, University of Colorado
The University of Texas at El Paso
Department of Theatre and Dance
Fox Fine Arts Building, Room 371D
500 W University
El Paso, Texas 79902
Phone: 915.747.5146
Fax: 915.747.5438
Email: asalas12@utep.edu