Julia Reimer, Ph.D.

Theater Program Director
McDonald Hall, Room 206
559-453-2056
jreimer@fresno.edu
559-453-5558
What programs do you teach in?
Theater and performance, communication, English and liberal studies
Education
B.A., Fresno Pacific University
M.A., theater, Bowling Green State University
Ph.D., performance studies/speech communication, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
Share why you teach at FPU
I am drawn to theater as a craft and an area of study because it offers a way of exploring and integrating all facets of life and human experience. It is interdisciplinary and multimedia, engaging such diverse areas and practices as history, literature, psychology, communication, music, art and dance. At its very best, a performance event is creative and communal, incarnational and prophetic; it shows us what we are and what we can be.
Scholarly Interests
Religion and ritual, performance studies, community studies, Christianity and the arts, visual rhetoric/communication, educational theater and creative drama
Professional Affiliations
- Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE)
- Christians in Theater Arts (CITA)
- Theater Communications Group (TCG)
Recommended Resources
- Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival - www.kennedy-center.org
- Christians in Theater Arts - www.cita.org
- Image, A Journal of the Arts and Religion - www.imagejournal.org
Other Information
Julia has led student performance of her play Parable at the Christians in Theater Arts national conference, June 2008 at Azusa (California) Pacific University.
Programs
Contact Us
559-453-2000
Contact us online or in the office: Mon to Thurs - 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fri - 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.