
Jonathan D. Shandell , DFA
Program Co-Director & Associate Professor
- PHONE
- (215) 517-2592
- shandelj@arcadia.edu
- Website
- Jonathan's website
Biography
- Areas Of Focus
Race and integration on the American stage, mid-20th Century; African American theater history; American theater history
- Education
Yale School of Drama
2007
Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism
Doctor of Fine ArtsYale School of Drama
2001
Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism
Master of Fine ArtsUniversity of Michigan
1994
Theater, English LIterature
BA
- Research Interests
- Race and integration on the American stage, mid-20th Century; African American theater history; American theater history
Publications
The American Negro Theatre and the Long Civil Rights Era
University of Iowa Press
Author
Experiments in Democracy: Interracial and Cross-Cultural Exchange in American Theater, 1912-1945
Southern Illinois University Press
Co-Editor
Visions of American Tragedy
Bloomsbury
Author: chapter on Langston Hughes
The Cambridge Companion to African American Theater
Cambridge University Press
Author – chapter on The Negro Little Theater Movement
- Shandell Receives Award from the American Theatre and Drama Society
- Global 1968 Panel Explores Iconic Year’s Influence on Pop Culture
- Dr. Shandell Featured on African American Studies Podcast for Book
- Arcadia Theater Awarded Best of Glenside
- Dr. Shandell’s Forthcoming Book Featured on BroadwayWorld’s Winter 2025 Reading List
- CASAA Awards Its First Round of Experiential Learning and Program Enrichment Microgrants
- ‘The Author’s Corner’ Features Interview With Dr. Jonathan Shandell