Faculty & Staff
The Department of Theatre Arts strives to create an environment of artistic and intellectual challenges.
Our students are ambitious and confident. Supported by impassioned faculty and staff, our students rise to the challenges they encounter as part of a rigorous intellectual environment. Optimism and determination drive our students to excel.
UND's campus is home to a community of individuals, unique in their strengths and united in their goals to succeed, to lead and to Live Out Loud.
Faculty & Staff

Emily Cherry Oliver
MFA, Directing
Chair / Professor
- emily.oliver@UND.edu
- 701.777.2871
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Starcher Hall Room 135D
Grand Forks ND 58202-8136

Professor
Specialties: Interdisciplinary Pedagogy and Assessment; International Pedagogy; Early American Literature; Theatre Arts
- tami.carmichael@UND.edu
- 701.777.3015
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Starcher Hall Room 135A
Grand Forks ND 58202-8136

Chelsea Chimilar
MM Musical Theatre/Opera Performance, MM Vocal Ped
Teaching Assistant Professor
- chelsea.chimilar@UND.edu
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Starcher Hall Room 235B
Grand Forks ND 58202-8136

Kylie McDonald
MFA from the University of Montana
Teaching Assistant Professor
Specialties: Costume Design
- kylie.mcdonald@UND.edu
- 701.777.3446
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Starcher Hall Room 139
Grand Forks ND 58202-8136

Technical Director
- patrick.reading@UND.edu
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Gamble Hall Room 118P
Grand Forks ND 58202-8136

Brad Reissig
MFA Theatrical Design & Prod., Illinois State Univ
Associate Professor of Scenic and Lighting Design
Specialties: Scenic Design, Lighting Design, Scenic Art
- brad.reissig@UND.edu
- 701.777.2854
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Starcher Hall Room 238A
Grand Forks ND 58202-8136

Emily Wirkus
MFA Acting & Directing
Assistant Professor of Theatre
Specialties: Acting, Directing, Voice & Movement
- emily.wirkus@UND.edu
- 701.777.3446
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Starcher Hall Room 141A
Grand Forks ND 58202-8136

Administrative Secretary
- christopher.berg@UND.edu
- 701.777.3446
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Starcher Hall Room 135
Grand Forks ND 58202-8136
Professional Advisor

- carla.spokely@UND.edu
- 701.777.4237
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McCannel Hall Room 280
Grand Forks ND 58202-7143