Assistant Dean for Academic Success, Professor of Theatre
- Office: Fayerweather Hall
- Department: Academic Affairs, Division of Fine Arts
- Phone: 865-981-8161
- Email: heather.mcmahon@maryvillecollege.edu
- Education: B.A., Belmont University; M.S., Illinois State University; Ph.D., Indiana University
Dr. Heather McMahon has a Ph.D. in Theatre History, Literature, and Criticism from Indiana University; her doctoral degree is complemented by a minor in Gender Studies. She currently serves as coordinator of the Gender and Women’s Studies minor at Maryville College in addition to teaching Theatre Studies.
Dr. McMahon is co-coordinator of the Appalachian College Association’s Teaching and Learning Institute and she is on the Editorial Board of Ecumenica: Performance and Religion. She has served as President of the Tennessee Theatre Association and has presented workshops and papers at the Tennessee Theatre Association, the Appalachian College Association, Mid-America Theatre Conference, the Comparative Drama Conference, Southeastern Theatre Conference’s Theatre Symposium, and the American Society for Theatre Research.
Dr. McMahon has directed a wide variety of productions at Maryville College Theatre, including Romeo and Juliet, 9 to 5: The Musical, The Laramie Project, Metamorphoses, Seussical the Musical, and Our Town.
Courses include:
- Play Analysis (Theatre 209)
- Introduction to Film (Theatre 140)
- Contemporary Women Playwrights (Theatre 249)
- Directing (Theatre 311)
- Improvisation on Stage and Off (First Year Seminar 110)
- Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies (Gender and Women’s Studies 101)