Rachel Tracie - Azusa Pacific University

Rachel Tracie, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Theater, Film, and Television

Phone: (626) 812-5212
Email: rtracie@apu.edu
Fax: (626) 387-5747

Rachel Tracie teaches Theatre History, Introduction to Theatre, Intermediate Acting, and Directing. Her particular interests are theater history, Canadian Theater, contemporary northern Irish theater, modern American drama, and postcolonial drama. She has taught as an adjunct at Royal Holloway, the University of London, Providence College, Grant MacEwan Community College, Trinity Western University, and the University of Alberta.

Education

Ph.D. – Royal Holloway University of London, 2006
M.A. – University of Alberta, Alberta Canada, 1998
B.A. – Trinity Western University, 1995

Expertise

Canadian Theater

Contemporary Northern Irish Theater

Modern American Drama

Postcolonial Drama

Theater History

Courses Taught

TFT 213 – Introduction to Theater
TFT 313 – Intermediate Acting
TFT 325 – History of Theater to the Restoration
TFT 326 – History of Theater: Restoration to Present
TFT 423 – Directing

Professional/Scholarly Presentations

Presentations
Tracie, Rachel. Private images and Public Experience in the plays of Christina Reid, presentation at the Visual Studies in Ireland Conference,University of Limerick, Ireland, 2009.

Tracie, Rachel. Memories of Hopeslide: Geography and Fragmentation, presentation at The Association of Theatre in Higher Education, New Orleans, 2007.

Professional Involvement and Accomplishments

Honors, Awards, Recognition
University of London Central Research Fund Grant
Overseas Research Fund
Royal Holloway University of London Studentship

Associations, Boards, Committees
Member, Association of Theatre in Higher Education, 2006-08
Member, International Association for the Study of Irish Literature, 2006-08
Member, Christians in Theatre Arts, 2005-06