Our Faculty
Valerie Rae Smith, Chair

Valerie joined the faculty in 2000. She received her BA in Theatre/Education from Taylor University, Her MA from Miami University, and her Ph.D. in Theatre History, Literature and Criticism from Tufts University. As a practitioner, Valerie is a member of The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, The Association for Theatre in Higher Education and the American Society for Theatre Research. In addition to teaching theatre at Tufts University and Boston College, Valerie served as Artistic Director for Circles of Girls, a pilot performing arts program for at-risk adolescents in Boston. Valerie teaches theatre history; dramatic literature, criticism and theory; gender and performance studies; acting, and directs in a variety of theatrical genres.

Contact Information:
Messiah College
One College Avenue
Grantham, PA  17027
717-766-2511 x7386
717-796-5248 (Fax)
vsmith@messiah.edu