Theresa Carilli, Ph.D.

Professor Carilli@calumet.purdue.edu
Phone: (219)989-2628
Fax: (219) 989-2008

Biography

Theresa Carilli’s scholarly and creative work explores the connection between culture and the creative process.

Carilli has authored two books of plays, Familial Circles (Guernica Editions, 2001), and Women As Lovers(Guernica Editions, 1996), edited a special theater issue of the journal Voices in Italian Americana (1998), and co-edited an anthology of articles about media depictions of ethnic groups, Cultural Diversity and the U.S. Media (SUNY, 1998).

Her scholarly articles and performance texts include: Verbal Promiscuity or Healing Art: Writing the Creative/Performative Personal Narrative (in The Future of Performance Studies: Visions and Revisions, NCA press, 1998); Still Crazy After All These Years: Italian Americans in Mainstream Film (in Cultural Diversity and the U.S. Media, SUNY, 1998); Big Boy (in Ultimate Performance Monologues, Smith and Krause, 2001); Aftershocks (in Women on the Verge, St. Martin’s press, 1999); Captivity (in Curraggia, Women’s Press of Canada, 1998).

She has been the scriptwriter for the award winning videos Without Due Process: A Family’s Account of the Japanese American Internment (2001), The Mastery of Teaching: A Profile of Yjean Staples Chambers (2000), and Tales from the Classroom (1999). She has authored over 75 conference papers and presentations and has had plays and performance texts produced both nationally and internationally. She is a member of the editorial board of Voices in Italian American and The Journal of Communication Studies.

In 2003, Carilli served as the conference planner for the Performance Studies Interest Group of Central States Communication Association. Recently, she co-edited a book, Women and the Media: Diverse Perspectives and a series of her solo monologues, Permanent Damage, was performed at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

As a professor, Carilli has served on over 100 graduate committees. 20 graduate students who have worked with Carilli have presented their work at regional or national conferences.

Education
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, Performance Studies
M.A., University of Connecticut, Communication Sciences
B.A., University of Connecticut, English Literature

Courses Taught
Oral Interpretation
Advanced Oral Interpretation
Theories of Oral Interpretation
Qualitative Research Methods
Focus Group Research
Introduction to Ethnic Studies
Ethnicity and Communication
Ethnicity and Film
Women in the Media
Primary Research Areas
Theater and Performance
Ethnography and Autoethnography
Ethnic Studies
Women's Studies
Personal Narrative