2018 Outstanding University Graduate Student Teaching Award Winner- Masters I

Enrico Spada, B.A.

• B.S. in Theater Studies/Education, Emerson College (2005)
• Graduate Assistant/MFA Candidate, School of Theatre and Dance

Teaching philosophy

I strive to encourage the thoughtful expression of ideas by students and collaborators with passion and care for many different artistic points of view.

My motivation to become a college professor comes from

The desire to promote a passionate professionalism in the next generation of theatre artists.

I want to continue to improve my teaching in the following ways

More clarity about how student art, which is inherently subjective, will be graded. A fuller embrace of the issues of representation and diversity in the theatre industry today.

If you asked my students what makes me an effective teacher, I would hope that they would say ... and/but I think that they would actually say

“I would hope that they say I am open and supportive of all points of view and levels of experience. I think they would actually say that I have high expectations of student work and level of commitment.”