Ken Elston
Dean of the Douglas S. Witcher School of Humanities and Behavioral Sciences and part of the co-creative team for the global Wellbeing in Higher education Network in the Wellbeing Project
- Role
- Dean of Humanities and Behavioral Sciences at High Point University
- Location
- High Point, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Ken Elston
Ken Elston, Dean of the Douglas S. Witcher School of Humanities and Behavioral Sciences at High Point University, has been a professor of theater for 29 years. He joined HPU’s faculty in 2019 as the associate dean of arts and sciences and director of performing arts, after serving as the founding director of the School of Theater at George Mason University and artistic director of the not-for-profit theater company, Footsteps in Time. He served as the resident theater artist at the Maryland Institute College of Art, in Baltimore, Maryland for six years. Ken has been part of the co-creative team for the Wellbeing Project’s Higher Education Network (WHEN), helping to curate and facilitate gatherings in Switzerland, Mexico, and Slovenia. There he has shared his facilitation skills in collaborative co-creation, with the Open Space Protocol, Augusto Boal’s Image and Forum Theater, and interdisciplinary arts integration. Experienced in teaching performance and new work development, with a specialty in movement for the stage, Ken has created and delivered curricula in art as social action at multiple institutions. An actor, with stage, television, and film credits, Ken also directs theater, with credits from off-Broadway, university and regional theaters, including work in London, Dubrovnik, and Nanjing, China. He has lectured across the United States and internationally on both performance and the arts as media for social dialogue and processing knowledge and discovery. Ken is a professional consultant in presentation skills and, as a playwright, Ken has had plays produced with universities and professional companies, as well as installations at historic sites and museums. His passion for redefining higher education as a primary and vital engine for social change and human flourishing continues to inspire his creativity and engagement in this space. Specialties: Performance and Presentation, Art as Social Action, Organizational Wellbeing, Leadership, Higher Education
Experience
Dean of Humanities and Behavioral Sciences
Jun 2022 — Present · High Point, NC, US
Education
Temple University
BA, Political Science/Theater
1985 — 1988
The Ohio State University
MFA, Performance
1993 — 1996
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