Curriculum Vitae
Craig Turner
Department of Dramatic Art
CB #3230, Center for Dramatic Art
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3230
Degrees
M.F.A. (Theatre) 1974, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
B.A. (English and Theatre) 1969, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
Professional Background
Teaching:
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Professor. Head of Movement Training, Professional Actor Training Program, 1997-Present.
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Associate Professor. Head of Movement Training, Professional Actor Training Program, 1989-97.
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Assistant Professor. Head of Movement Training, Professional Actor Training Program, 1985-89.
University of Washington, Seattle. Assistant Professor. Associate Director and Head of Movement Training,Professional Actor Training Program, 1975-83.
Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. Lecturer. Head of Movement Training, Professional Actor Training Program; Co-Director, Freshman Theatre Group, 1974-75.
Professional Theatre
Denver Center Theatre, Denver, CO
Mask Teacher, Mask Training Workshop, Denver Center Company actors,
August 16—Sept. 5, 2004
Mask/Movement Coach, Oedipus Rex, February, 2005
PlayMakers Repertory Company, Chapel Hill, NC, Company Movement Coach,
1985 to present (Movement/Character coaching):
Nicholas Nickleby (2009)
The Glass Menagerie (2009)
Well (2008)
Blue Door (2008)
Pericles (2008)
The Little Prince (2007/‘08)
Crimes of the Heart (2007)
Tuesdays with Morrie (2006)
The Underpants (2006)
I Am My Own Wife (NC Play Festival submission) (2006)
Frozen (2006)
String of Pearls (2005)
Luminosity (2004)
The Subject was Roses (2004)
King Lear (2004)
Hobson’s Choice (2003)
A Prayer for Owen Meany (2003)
Salome (2003)
Uncle Vanya (2003)
Our Town (2002)
Art (2002)
The Man Who Came to Dinner (2001)
Laramie, (2001)
Look Homeward, Angel (2000)
The School for Wives (2000)
Hay Fever (2000)
Wit (2000)
The Glass Menagerie (2000)
An O. Henry Christmas (1999)
Mrs. Klein (1998)
The Nutcracker: A Play (1996)
Beauty & The Beast (Puppet & Mask) (1995)
The Visit (1995)
Beauty & The Beast (Puppet & Mask) (1994)
2 (1994)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1994)
The Winter’s Tale (1994)
Beauty and the Beast (Puppet & Mask) (1993)
Marvin’s Room (1993)
Hamlet (1993)
Tartuffe (1993)
Twelfth Night (1992)
Eleemosynary (1992)
The Nutcracker: A Play (1992)
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1992)
A Shayna Maidel (1991)
Hard Times (1991)
Scenes from American Life (Ballroom Dancing) (1991)
The Miser (1991)
The Nutcracker: A Play (1990)
You Never Can Tell (1990)
The Rivals (1990)
Love’s Labour’s Lost (1990)
Misalliance (1989)
For Lease or Sale (1989)
The Marriage of Figaro (1988)
Mourning Becomes Electra (1988)
On the Verge (1988)
The Beggars’ Opera (1988)
A Child’s Christmas in Wales (1987)
The Human Voice (1987)
The Matchmaker (1986)
Waiting for Godot (1986)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1986)
Playmakers Repertory Company, Fight Choreography and Direction:
Fences (2010)
As You Like It (2010)
All My Sons (2010)
Nicholas Nickleby (2009)
Blue Door (2008)
Romeo and Juliet (2007)
The Front Page (2005)
Richard II (2004)
Luminosity (2004)
The Subject was Roses (2004)
King Lear (2004)
Dinner with Friends (2002)
Proof (2002)
Sunrise in My Pocket (2002)
Playboy of the Western World (2002)
Art (2002)
Master Harold and the Boys (2001)
SideMan (2001)
A Delicate Balance (1999)
Constant Star (1999)
Violet: A Musical (1999)
As You Like It (1998)
The ThreePenny Opera (1998)
The Nutcracker: A Play (1997)
The Nutcracker: A Play (1996)
Cymbeline (1996)
Othello (1995)
Macbeth (1995)
Charley’s Aunt (1995)
The Visit (1995)
The Winter’s Tale (1994)
Death of a Salesman (1994)
The Grapes of Wrath (1993)
Hamlet (1993)
The Nutcracker: A Play (1992)
The Little Foxes (1992)
Twelfth Night (1992)
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1992)
The Nutcracker: A Play (1991)
Scenes from American Life (Also Ballroom Dancing) (1991)
The Miser (1991)
The Nutcracker: A Play (1990)
Nothing Sacred (1990)
The Rivals (1990)
True West (1990)
The Nutcracker: A Play (1989)
The Cherry Orchard (1989)
Taming of the Shrew (1989)
Romeo & Juliet (1987)
Orphans (1987)
She Stoops to Conquer (1985)
Playmakers Repertory Company, Stage Director:
Lu Ann Hampton Laverty Oberlander. (March 1987)
Playmakers Repertory Company, Actor:
Prelude to a Kiss (1992): Uncle Fred
Much Ado About Nothing (1986); Friar Francis
Movement Coach, The Open Door Theatre, Chapel Hill, NC:
Othello (April, 2000) Fight Choreography
Movement Consultant, Artistic Expressions Motion Capture Studio, 2/00
Talent and Coach, for demonstration event for software applications companies in Research Triangle
Movement Coach, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Montgomery, Alabama:
Pericles, (Spring,1989)
Actor and Fight Arranger, CBS-TV, Orion Productions:
“Kay O’Brien, Surgeon” (1986)
Movement Consultant, Seattle Repertory Company, Seattle:
Side by Side by Sondheim, (1978)
Equus, (1977)
Twenty-three Years Later, (1977)
Movement Coach, Actor, Empty Space Theatre, Seattle:
Knuckle, (1978)
Sexual Perversity in Chicago, (1979)
Movement Coach, A Contemporary Theatre, Seattle:
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, (1981)
Night and Day, (1980)
Movement Coach, The Group Theatre, Seattle:
Line, (1979)
Rats, (1979)
The Lower Depths, (1978)
Indian Wants the Bronx, (1978)
Getting Out, (1977)
Steambath, (1976)
Movement Coach, Tacoma Actors’ Guild, WA:
Death Trap, (1981)
Weathervane Playhouse, Columbus, Ohio, Director:
The Rainmaker, (1978)
Black Comedy, (1978)
Ohio Valley Summer Theatre, Director:
Six Rms Riv Vu, (1975)
University Teaching
Workshops and Institutes:
National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, (March—April, 2007):
“Stage Combat for the Actor”
“Neutral Mask Training for the Actor”
“Juggling for the Actor”
National Movement Institute, Webster College, St. Louis, (July, 1998):
“The Martial Arts as a ‘Way’ for the Actor”
University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, (March—April, 1996):
“Introductory Neutral Mask Work”
“Character Mask and the Association Ritual”
Movement Coach: Waiting for Godot, Actor Training Program Production
Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, (Feb., 1996):
“Stress Mastery for the Acting Profession”
“Association Ritual and Transformation of Physical Character”
“T’ai Chi as an Acting Tool”
National Movement Institute, Webster College, St. Louis, (July, 1994):
“The Martial Arts as a ‘Way’ for the Actor”
North Carolina School of the Arts, Guest Lecturer, (January,1990):
“Measuring Concentration in Scene Study”
Alabama Shakespeare Festival, MFA Conservatory Training Program,(May,1989):
“Psychophysical Focusing Techniques for the Actor”
University of West Virginia, Morgantown, Guest Lecturer, (1985):
“Timing, Rhythm and Impulse in Neutral Mask Work”
“Basic Stage Fight Principles”
Denver Center Theatre Training Program, Guest Lecturer,(1984-85):
“Mime and Pantomime--Advanced Principles for Actors”
“T’ai Chi Ch’uan--Wu Style for Actors”
California Institute of the Arts, Guest Lecturer, (1982):
“Movement and Rhythm Principles”
Society of American Fight Directors, Summer session, Guest Lecturer, (1981):
“Aikido Training as Adjunct for Combat Training”
Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute, Norman, OK, Guest Lecturer, (1978):
“Acting Techniques for the Beginner”
American Movement Institute, Webster College, St. Louis, Guest Lecturer:
(1978): “Neutral Mask Movement Techniques”
(1977): “Martial Arts Principles in Mind/Body Training”
Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Guest Lecturer, (1977):
“Basic Movement Principles for Actors”
Indiana University/Purdue University, Fort Wayne, IN, (1976):
“Introductory Stage Combat Techniques”
Indiana University/Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN, (1976):
“Introductory Stage Combat Techniques”
National Movement Workshop, Co-chair, University of Nebraska, Lincoln (1975):
“Stage Combat Principles for Actors”
“Neutral Mask Beginning Techniques”
Young Artists’ Program, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, (1974):
“Neutral Mask Techniques for the Movement Arts”
Professional Actor Training Program Projects at UNC-CH
(Stage Direction or Coach)
Red Noses by Peter Barnes, (Stunt/juggling Coach, Spring, 2006)
Ramayana, An adaptation, (Fight Choreography & Movement Coach, Dec., 2002-Jan., 2003)
Ramayana, An adaptation, (Movement Coach, Fall, 2001)
Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen, (Movement Coach, Fall, 2001)
Red Noses by Peter Barnes, (Movement Coach, Spring, 2000)
The Bacchae (Movement Coach, Fall, 1999)
Red Scare on Sunset by Charles Busch (Director), (Fall, 1997)
Trelawny of the Wells , Sir Arthur Wing Pinero (Director), (Spring, 1997)
Night Sky by Susan Yankowitz (Director), (1996)
The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol, (1995)
Lower Depths by Maxim Gorky, (Fight Coach) (1995)
Little Murders by Jules Feiffer (1994)
King Lear by William Shakespeare, (1994) (Movement Coach)
On the Razzle by Tom Stoppard, (Director) (1993)
The Tempest by William Shakespeare, (1993) (Movement Coach)
Red Noses by Peter Barnes, (Director), (1992)
Macbeth by William Shakespeare, (1992) (Fight Coach)
Woyzeck by Georg Buchner, (1991) (Fight Coach)
Our Country’s Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker, (Director), (1991)
Childe Byron by Romulus Linney, (Director), (1990)
Spring Awakening by Frank Wedekind, (Director), (1989)
The Metamorphosis by Charles Dizenzo, (Director), (1989)
Filumena by Eduardo Filippo, (Director), (1988)
Box and Cox by John Madison Morton, (Director), (1988)
A Flea in Her Ear by Georges Feydeau, (Director), (1987)
Department of Dramatic Art Undergraduate Productions
Lulu (Fight arranging) (2008)
Coyote on a Fence (Fight Arranging) (2007)
Warrior, Kenan Theatre, (Movement Safety consultant) (2001)
Camino Real, Kenan Theatre, (Fight Choreography) (2001)
Bus Stop by William Inge, Playmakers Theatre, (Director) (1986)
Publications
Refereed articles: *
Editorial:
Named Editor for The Journal of Theatrical Combatives, an online journal (http://ejmas.com/jtc/) for discussions of theatrical combat, martial arts and movement training, 12/99-01
“The Intersection between Theatrical and Combative Arts: A View” (2/00)
Book:
Methods and Practice of Elizabethan Swordplay. With Tony Soper. Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press, 1990. *
Chapters:
”The Association Process in Stanislavski’s “Threshold of the Subconscious” Performing Consciousness. Ed. Per Brask and Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe. UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, January, 2010. 169-193. *
“Aikido: A Way of Coordinating Mind and Body” Asian Martial Arts in Actor Training. Ed. Phillip B. Zarrilli. Madison, WI: Center for South Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1994. 90-103. *
“Contemporary Approaches to Movement Training for Actors in the U.S.” Theatrical Movement: A Bibliographical Anthology. Ed. Bob Fleshman. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1986. 29-45. *
“Wilkes Stock Company, Seattle, WA.” American Theatre Companies: A Historical Encyclopedia. Ed. Weldon B. Durham. Volume 2. NY: Greenwood Press, 1984. 479-482.*
Articles:
”The Association Process in Stanislavski’s ‘Threshold of the Subconscious’.” Consciousness, Literature and the Arts, Volume 9, No. 2, (August, 2008), University of Lincoln, UK: 98 paragraphs, <http://blackboard.lincoln.ac.uk/bbcswebdav/users/dmeyerdinkgrafe/current/craigturner.html>.*
“Trance, Transformation and Body Feeling in Acting.” Somatics: Magazine/Journal of the Mind/Body Sciences, Volume XII, Number 3, (Fall/Winter, 1999-00): 48-54. *
“Aikido in Actor Training.” Aikido Today Magazine. Vol. 11, No. 3 (Sept./Oct., 1997): 31-34. *
“Dreaming the Role: Acting and the Structure of Imagination.” Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, VII, No. 4, (Winter, 1996): 16-29. *
“Changing Perceptual Positions: Association and the Actor’s Imagination.” The NLP Connection: The Journal of the International Association of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Inc., Volume X, No. 1 (1996): 6-9.
“Notes from the Elizabethan Swordplay Masters.” The Fight Master, 12, No. 2 (Spring, 1989): 22-25.
“No and Kyogen Masks in Actor Training.” No/Kyogen Masks and Performance: Mime Journal 1984 (1984): 208-214. *
“Body Image Stress in Neutral Mask Work.” The Arts in Psychotherapy: An International Journal, 8 (1981): 37-41. *
“The Matrix of Stage Violence.” The Fight Master, No. 13 (April 1981): 6-8.
“The Matrix of Stage Violence.” The Fight Master, No.14 (July 1981): 8-10.
“Experimenting with Japanese No Masks in Western Actor Training.” Asian Theatre Bulletin, VI, No. 2 (1980): 29.
“Juggling for the Actor.” International Jugglers Association Newsletter,
XXXII, No. 3 (May 1980): 3.
“Mime and the Actor.” Theatre Movement Journal, II, No. 2 (1973): 11-16. *
Reviews:
Video Reviewer, International Jugglers Association Juggler’s World 1992-1998:
The 50th Anniversary International Jugglers Association Festival, 1997. Alan Plotkin Festival Productions in association with the International Jugglers Association. Juggler’s World (Volume 49, No. 4), Winter ‘97-Spring ‘98, 1998, 6.
The 1996 Rapid City Juggler’s Association Festival, Alan Plotkin Productions for the IJA. Juggler’s World (Vol. 48, No. 3), Winter, 9, 1997, 5.
Caught Clean. A Laban Pheidias Production for Invisible Films. Juggler’s World (Vol. 48, No. 2), Summer, 1996, 5.
Three Ball Juggling with Rob Weinstein. Hampton Ridge Magic Creations and Rob’s Magic and Juggling Shop. Juggler’s World (Vol. 47, No. 4), Winter, 1995-96, 15.
The 1995 Las Vegas Festival Highlights. Alan Plotkin Productions. Juggler’s World (Vol. 47, No. 4), Winter, 1995-96, 14-15.
The Eighth British Juggling Festival, Norwich, England and the 1995 Portland Juggling Festival. Alan Plotkin Productions. Juggler’s World (Vol. 47, No. 3), Fall, 1995, 14.
Club Juggling & Passing. Western Eye T.V. Juggler’s World (Vol. 47, No. 1), Spring, 1995, 23.
The Complete Teach Yourself Juggling Video. Western Eye Business T.V. Juggler’s World (Vol 47, No. 1), Spring, 1995, 23.
An Introduction to Devil Sticks with Noelle Franco. The Idea Machine, Inc. Juggler’s World (Vol. 46, No. 4), Winter, 1994-95, 11.
Crystal Stix Video Magazine, Vol. 1, With Bill and Janet Vestal. Crystal Stix. Juggler’s World (Vol. 46, No. 4), Winter 1994-95, 11.
The 47th International Juggler’s Association Festival, Alan Plotkin Productions for the IJA. Juggler’s World (Vol. 46, No. 4), Winter, 1994-95, 11.
1993 Portland Juggling Festival, “No Problem, Easy Pickup” Portland Jugglers and Flaming Sparrow Press. Juggler’s World (Vol. 46, No. 1), Spring, 1994, 16-17.
Highlights from the 46th Annual International Jugglers Association Juggling Festival, Fargo, 1993, IJA Videos. Juggler’s World (Vol. 46, No.1), Spring, 1994, 16.
Hat Juggling and Manipulation with Andy Head, The Idea Machine, Inc. Juggler’s World (Vol. 46, No. 1), Spring, 1994, 16.
Diabolo Folies—Part I. Mister Babache, Jonglerie Diffusion Int’l. Juggler’s World (Vol. 45, No. 2), Summer, 1993, 13-14.
Ball Bouncing Juggling, The Idea Machine, Inc. Juggler’s World (Vol. 45, No. 2), Summer, 1993, 13.
Highlights of the 1992 IJA Festival, July 21-25, 1992, Montreal, Canada. IJA Videos. Juggler’s World (Vol. 45, No. 1), Spring, 1993, 12.
Jugglercise, Juggling Star, Juggler’s Jam, Juggling for Success at Hazel Dell School, Juggling Step-by-Step, Videotapes, Jugglebug Productions. Juggler’s World (Vol. 44, No. 4), Winter, 1992-93, 14.
Jugling With Finesse, Videotape, Kit Summers/Finesse Press. Juggler’s World (Vol. 44, No. 2), Summer, 1992, 11.
JuggleTime, Videotape, JuggleBug Productions. Juggler’s World (Vol. 43, No. 4), Winter, 1991-92, 13.
Anthony Gatto . . . To Be the Best, Videotape, Gatto/Hill Productions. Juggler’s World (Vol. 43, No. 3), Fall, 1991, 14.
Mimes on Miming, by Bari Rolfe. Theatre Journal, 33 (May, 1981): 278-279.
Gordon Craig on Movement and Dance, by Arnold Rood. Theatre Journal, 31 (March 1979) 140-141.
Online & Web Development
Invited Presentation: First Annual UNC/IBM Grants Spring Colloquium. “Creating a Digital Craig: Interactive Video and DVD” (Track: Advanced and Emergent Instructional Technologies), Spring, 2002
DA57 Movement for the Actor, Re-design and implementation of online content, update/new materials for class. Developed DVD of T’ai Chi sequence for course. (IBM/UNC funding Award, 2001)
DA57 Movement for the Actor, Design and implementation of online content including links, graphics and QuickTime video supplements, Spring, 2000.
International Presentations
“Water from the Well: Lessons in Preserving Movement Traditions” at the Fourth Hong Kong International Dance Conference, Hong Kong, 1989.
“Aikido in Actor Training” and “Applying Wu Style T’ai Chi Ch’uan to Barba’s Pre-Expressive Techniques” at the International Seminar of Asian Theatre, Dance and Martial Arts, Calcutta, India, 1987.
Presentations/Panels at Professional Associations
Chapman Faculty Fellows Conference—
“Teaching as a Public Service”: Chapel Hill (April, 1995):
“Teaching the Arts and Humanities is a Public Service”
American Theatre in Higher Education:
Philadelphia (1993): The Asian Theatre Program:
“The Asian Martial Arts: A ‘Way’ for the Actor”
American Theatre Association:
New York (1981):
“Performance Rhythm: A Concept for Training”
Dallas (1980):
“Developing a Common Vocabulary for Movement Training”
“Integrating the Movement Teacher’s Role in Actor Training”
“The Use of Noh Masks in Mask Training”
San Diego (1979):
“Setting Standards for Movement Teachers in the 80s”
New Orleans (1978):
“High-Intensity Weight Training in the Actor Training Program”
New York (1977):
“Martial Arts Techniques and Principles in the Actor Training Program”
Northwest Drama Association:
Portland, OR (1980):
“Using the Neutral Mask in Movement Analysis”
Eugene, OR (1979):
“Neutral and Expressive Mask Techniques in Actor Training”
“Martial Arts Techniques”
Department of Dramatic Art Committees/Positions
Head of Asian Theatre Search Committee, Fall, 2009
Head of Graduate Studies, Sept. 2004—Present
Chair, Bonnie Raphael Post-tenure Review Committee, Spring, 2007
Chair, Adam Versenyi Post-tenure Review Committee, Spring, 2005
Equal Opportunity Employment Opportunity Officer (Spring, 2004)
DA35/36/56 TA Mentor/Advisor for Department, (1995-Present)
Chair, Bonnie Raphael Post-Tenure Review Committee, Spring, 2002
Chair, David Hammond Post-Tenure Review Committee, Fall, 2001
Chair, Adam Versenyi Review Committee, 2000
Member, Department Chair Search Committee, 1999-2000
Member, Department Chair Advisory Committee, 1999-present
Head of Graduate Studies, 1989-1999
Head, Post-Tenure Faculty Review: Bobbi Owen, Spring, 1999
Department Contact, Carolina Computer Initiative, Spring, 1999
Member, Department Personnel Committee, 1997-present
Member, Acting Teacher Search Committee, Fall, 1998
Member, Ray Dooley Sabbatical Replacement Committee, Fall, 1998
Acting Head, New Drama Center Space Use Committee, Fall, 1997
Member, Department Advisory Committee to Chair, to present
Chair, Strategic Planning Subcommittee, “Indicators of Unit Success,” 1996-97
Member, Voice and Speech Search Committee, 1996-97
Self-Study Report of DDA Graduate Programs for Graduate School, March, 1994
Member, Costume Designer Search Committee, 1994
Member, Tenure and Promotion Guidelines Committee, Fall, 1993
Head, Graduate Studies, July 1986 to 1996
Member, M.F.A. Actor Training Advisory Committee, July 1985 to present
Member, M.F.A. Technical Production Advisory Committee, July 1986-1997
Member, M.F.A. Costume Advisory Committee, July 1986-1997
Member, Assistant Professor of Literature and Criticism Search Committee, 1990
Head, Technical Director Search Committee,1988
Head, Production Manager Search Committee,1988
Member, Voice and Speech Search Committee,1988-1989
College of Arts and Sciences Committees
Member, Faculty Information Technology Advisory Committee, 2002-2004
Vice Chair, Division of Fine Arts, 1994-96
Member, Dean’s Advisory Committee, Graduate School, 1993-1994
Member, Agenda Committee, Dean’s Advisory Committee, A&S, 1994-96Member, Dean’s Advisory Committee on Undergraduate Admissions College of Arts & Sciences, 1994-96
Member, Dean’s Administrative Board for Arts and Sciences, 1993-94
Member, Endowment Committee, 1993-95
Member, Dean’s Advisory Committee, 1990-92
Graduate School Committees
Alternate, Fine Arts Division, Administrative Board, Spring, 1994
Office and/or Professional Association Affiliations
Magic Tortoise Taijiquan School (龜靈太極卷家), Member
Ki Society (Ki No Kenkyukai)/Ki-Aikido, Member, Shodan rank--Raleigh Ki/Aikido
The Somatics Society, Member
Association of Theatre Movement Educators, Founding Member
Association of Theatre Movement Educators, 1994-98, Publications Committee
North American Association of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Master Practitioner
American Representative, International No Institute, Kyoto, Japan
Society of American Fight Directors, Former Associate
International Jugglers Association, Member
Chair of Movement Program, American Theatre Association, 1980-1982.
Pacific Northwest Regional Chair for National Mime Week, April, 1980.
Other Qualifications
Consultant to Board of Directors, Conservatory Theatre Company, Seattle, 1982
Editor, MIMELINE, Regional newsletter for mime and pantomime performance artists, 1979-81.
Awards
UNC East and Southeast Asia Course Development Award, 2003-2004
IBM/UNC Advanced Technology Award for Course Development, 2001-2002
Center for Teaching & Learning Grant for Teaching Assistant Development and Enrichment, Spring 1997
Center for Teaching & Learning Grant for Course Enhancement, Spring, 1995
Chapman Faculty Fellow, U. of North Carolina, Summer, 1994University Research Council Grant, U. of North Carolina, Dec. 1992-Dec. 1994
University Research Council Grant, U. of North Carolina, Dec. 1989-Dec. 1991
Arts and Sciences Foundation Research Development Grant, Fall, 1989
Instructional Development Grant, U. of North Carolina, Fall, 1989
Endowment Committee for Scholarly Publications, Artistic Exhibitions, and Performances, University of North Carolina, 1988.
Arts and Humanities Faculty Research Fellowship Award, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1988
UNC-CH Foundation Fund Award, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1987
Smithsonian Travel Grant, Calcutta, India, 1987