October 26, 2026
Theatre Arts and Dance Professor Jeanmarie Higgins’s co-edited collection, Teaching Writing Across Theatre and Performance Studies: a Resource Guide, has been published by Springer Nature as part of the Palgrave Series in Theatre and Performance History. Co-edited with Samuel Yates (Penn State) the book features a chapter about dance criticism by UTA Associate Professor J. Austin Eyer and a chapter about library orientation for theatre students, co-authored by Higgins and UTA Librarian Morgan Rowe-Morris. The book’s twenty-four chapters feature case studies and best practices for teaching writing in classrooms, studios, and rehearsal rooms. An appendix features over 25 stand-alone assignments that include activities design, sample submissions, and assessment tools.