Creative Practitioners as Leaders: Reflections on the Art of Academic Leadership
Dec 7, 2026 noon-1pm Eastern/9-10am Pacific
The co-editors and several authors from the anthology Creative Practitioners as Leaders: Reflections on the Art of Academic Leadership (Springer, 2026) will discuss how they use the tools and skills of their embodied artistic practice within their academic leadership roles.
This new edited collection of essays and interviews is a tool for theatre practitioners who are interested in academic leadership roles as well as a resource for those from other disciplines who may want to think about acquiring and implementing skills from the performing arts in their leadership.
This webinar is presented in partnership with the International Council of Fine Arts Deans (ICFAD).
Registration
Registration is free for a2ru individual members and faculty, students, and staff at a2ru institutional members; registration for this series is also free for ICFAD members. Please use your institutional email when registering.
Non-member registration is $20; non-member student registration is $10.
Presenters
Antonio Ocampo-Guzman is the former Chair of the Department of Theatre at Northeastern University. Recognized as one of Latin America’s most impactful voice teachers, Antonio completed his training with renowned Master Teacher Kristin Linklater (author of Freeing the Natural Voice) in 1998. He adapted this popular practice into Spanish and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), the largest university in Latin America, published his La Liberación de la Voz Natural: el Método Linklater in 2010, with reprintings in 2013 and 2015. He is one of the three co-founders of iberVoz, a network of creative practice researchers in the field of artistic voice across Iberoamerica. Since 2006, Antonio has served as a consultant for the Center for Voice Studies (CEUVOZ) in Mexico City. He has been a proud member of the Voice & Speech Trainers Association (VASTA) since 2002; he served as its President 2022-2024. He is currently the President of the Kristin Linklater Foundation.
Antonio earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in Directing in 2003 from York University in Toronto, Ontario, training under the guidance of David Rotenberg. He concurrently furthered his training in voice and speech under David Smukler, receiving a Graduate Diploma in Voice. He has directed plays and operas for New Repertory Theatre, Boston Midsummer Opera, the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival, Dixon Place, Teatro Libre, Tallahassee Little Theatre, The Theatre Offensive, Stages Theatre Company, The Pato Farsante Company, and The British Council. He has also worked with solo performers Jeff McMahon and Carlos Manuel and served as voice and text coach for Actors’ Shakespeare Project and the Asolo Repertory Theatre.
Antonio joined Northeastern’s Department of Theatre in 2007, received tenure in 2013 and was promoted to Full Professor in 2025. He served as Chair from 2019 to 2026. Previously, he was on the faculty at Arizona State University, Florida State University, Emerson College and Boston College.
Martine Kei Green-Rogers is Dean of The Theatre School at DePaul University. An esteemed dramaturg and higher education leader who is passionate about teaching, Martine Kei Green-Rogers, Ph.D. joined The Theatre School at DePaul University on July 1, 2022.
Martine has served as interim dean of the Division of Liberal Arts at the University of North Carolina School for the Arts. She also is the immediate past president of the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas and the current President-Elect of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE).
A director and writer, Martine has a long history in the theatre. She has held several positions in dramaturgy, literary management, writing, directing and creative storytelling in the professional theatre and entertainment industries. Her portfolio includes positions at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and the Court Theatre in Chicago.
Martine has also served as an associate professor at The State University of NY at New Paltz. She has held teaching positions at Kenyon College, Sam Houston State University and the University of Utah. Her research interests include violence in African American Theatre, African diaspora theatre, gender and race in American theatre and issues of sustainability in the theatre.
Martine earned her Ph.D. from the Department of Theatre and Drama at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She received her bachelor’s in theatre from Virginia Wesleyan College and her master’s in theatre history and criticism from The Catholic University of America.