Princeton U. Arts Scholar Named to Lawrence University Board of Trustees

APPLETON, WIS. — Jill Dolan, Annan Professor in English, professor of theater in the Lewis Center for the Arts and the director of the program in gender and sexuality studies at Princeton University, has been named to the Lawrence University Board of Trustees. Dolan begins a three-year term on the Board Oct. 1. 
 
First-year Lawrence President Mark Burstein, who spent nine years as executive vice president at Princeton before coming to Lawrence in July, said Dolan "strengthens an already excellent group of trustees. Jill brings an important and valued perspective that will help Lawrence continue its forward momentum." 
 
Lawrence Board Chair Terry Franke said Dolan adds "unique experience in theatre and the arts to our Board.

"With the unprecedented and non-traditional challenges facing higher education today, it is critical to have a Board with diversity of ideas and experience," Franke added.

Dolan, one of the most highly regarded leaders in the field of theater, performance studies and feminist theatre, joined the Princeton faculty in 2008. She previously spent nine years at the University of Texas at Austin, where she held the Zachary T. Scott Family Chair in Drama and headed the department of theatre and dance's master's/Ph.D. program.

Her teaching career also includes appointments at the University of Wisconsin (1988-94) and the City University of New York (1994-99), where she taught in the Ph.D. program in theatre and was the executive director of the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies at the Graduate Center.
 
Dolan was inducted into the University of Texas' Academy of Distinguished Teachers in 2006, was inaugurated into the College of Fellows of the American Theatre at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., in 2009 and was the recipient of the 2011 Outstanding Teaching Award from the Association for Theatre in Higher Education.
 
She is the author of six books, including 2010's "Theatre & Sexuality" and writes the arts criticism blog "The Feminist Spectator," for which she received the prestigious George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism in 2010.

She earned a Ph.D. in performance studies from New York University. 

About Lawrence University
Founded in 1847, Lawrence University uniquely integrates a college of liberal arts and sciences with a nationally recognized conservatory of music, both devoted exclusively to undergraduate education. It was selected for inclusion in the Fiske Guide to Colleges 2014 and the book "Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About College." Individualized learning, the development of multiple interests and community engagement are central to the Lawrence experience. Lawrence draws its 1,500 students from nearly every state and more than 50 countries.