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Sharon Carnicke

Professor of Theatre and Slavic Languages

Contact Information
E-mail: carnicke@usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-2202
Office: DRC 101

 

Education

Ph.D. Russian/Theatre Arts, Columbia University, 1/1979
M.Phil. Russian/Theatre Arts, Columbia University, 1/1977
M.A. Russian/Theatre Arts, New York University, 1/1973
A.B. Russian Literature, Barnard College, 1/1971
Certificate Russian Language, Moscow University, 1/1970
 

Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History

Professor with joint appointment in Theatre and Slavic, University of Southern California, 01/01/2000-  
Associate Professor, University of Southern California, 01/01/1993-01/01/2000  
Assistant Professor, University of Southern California, 01/01/1987-01/01/1992  
Visiting Assistant Professor, New York University, Department of English, 01/01/1986-01/01/1987  
Adjunct Assistant Professor, New York University, Department of English, 01/01/1984-01/01/1986  
Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Visual Arts, Communication Arts, 01/01/1980-01/01/1983  
Adjunct Lecturer, Columbia University, Department of Slavic, 01/01/1978-01/01/1981  
Adjunct Assistant Professor, New School for Social Research, 01/01/1979-01/01/1980  
Adjunct Instructor, 92nd Street YM-YWHA, 01/01/1979-01/01/1980  
 

Description of Research

Summary Statement of Research Interests

Dr. Carnicke is the author of The Theatrical Instinct and Stanislavsky In Focus, as well as numerous articles on Stanislavsky and Russian theatre. She has translated several works and directed in New York, Los Angeles and Moscow. She received an American College Theatre Festival Award for her translation of The Seagull, a 2003 USC Associates Award for Excellence in Teaching, and a fellowship from the American Society for Theatre Research. She previously taught at New York University and the Moscow Art Theatre-Studio School. Dr. Carnicke is a Distinguished Fellow of the USC Center for Excellence in Teaching and teaches courses in Theatre History, Stage and Film Acting Theory, and Literature. Carnicke's fields of expertise include Acting Theory and Stanislavsky; Acting on Film; Russian/Comparative Dramatic Literature; Russian Ballet; Performance Studies; World Theatre History; and Literary/Dramatic Theory.
 

Honors and Awards

USC Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Recognition Award, 2001  
 
 
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