Theatre Studies Faculty 

Djuren, Kasendra  Assistant Professor of Theatre Studies 828.966.5505 bellkm@brevard.edu Website M.F.A., University of North Carolina - Greensboro B.F.A.,Southwest Missouri State University Kasendra Bell is the resident designer and technical director for the Department of Theatre Studies. She teaches scenic and lighting design, drafting, stage management, computer aided drafting, and stagecrafts. She earned her MFA in Scenography from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and completed her undergraduate work at Missouri State University. Professionally, she has served as a lighting designer for theaters in North Carolina, Kansas, and Minnesota.

Gordon, Kelly Carolyn Coordinator of Theatre Studies 828.966.5500 gordonkc@brevard.edu Website Ph.D., University of Georgia M.A., Emerson College B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University

Dr. Kelly Carolyn Gordon is the Coordinator of Theatre Studies. She teaches acting, directing, script analysis, theatre history and dramatic criticism.  Gordon holds a certificate from the Management Development Institute of Harvard’s Graduate School of Education.  She earned a Ph.D. in theatre history, with a certificate in women's studies, from the University of Georgia, and a master's degree in directing from Emerson College. She completed her undergraduate work at Ohio Wesleyan University and the City of London Polytechnic. Dr. Gordon has also studied at Piven Theatre Workshop, La Mama's International Symposium for Directors in Umbria, Italy, and is a trained mediator.    Gordon is the Vice President for Professional Development of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education, where she also serves as a mentor for the Leadership Institute.  Her writing has appeared in Theatre History Studies, Lighting Dimensions, The Encyclopedia of Modern Drama, The Dallas Morning News, Ecumenica, and The Encyclopedia of Motherhood. In 2009, she was awarded the Robert A. Schanke Theatre Research Award by the Mid-America Theatre Conference for her article, “Class Act(resses): How Depression Era Stage Actresses Utilized Conflicting Cultural Ideals for Women to Fight Economic Crisis in Their Community.”  She is the granddaughter of actor Eddie Bracken.