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EDUCATION

New York University - Ph.D., 1999; Media Ecology, specialization in Speech Communication New York University - M.A., Department of Theater Education New York University - B.F.A., Tisch School of the Arts, Film and Television Acting/Directing Program

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Fall of 1999 - to the present. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Department of Speech and Theatre.
Full-time, tenured position teaching Sociodrama I, Acting I, Criminal Justice and the Theatre and Public Speaking, Video Production I & II. Directed and produced departmental productions, A FEW GOOD MEN, METAMORPHOSES, THE CRUCIBLE, DRACULA, VOIR DIRE and IN THE BLOOD. Audience development: recruitment of audiences from 5 boroughs of NYC. Created and developed new courses: Sociodrama I: Fundamentals of Sociodrama; Sociodrama II: a Training Course for Facilitators; and Video Production I and II, courses coordinated with Manhattan Neighborhood Network. Executive Producer for over 20 student films. Served as a member of the Faculty Senate and College Council, Executive College Council, Performing Arts Advisory Council, Departmental P & B and Departmental Curriculum Committee. Co-Chaired Classroom User Committee for Phase II Project for expansion of John Jay campus. Served as Faculty Advisor (6 years) to John Jay Players; among other responsibilities for this club: direct, coordinate and chaperone JJC student groups for the American College Theatre Festival. Currently on CUNY’s Research Foundation grant panel for the Performing Arts.

1990-1994 TEACHING FELLOW in Speech Communication
New York University: Taught basic level speech course encompassing interpersonal communication and public speaking while completing doctoral coursework
1989-1990 INSTRUCTOR in Interpersonal Communications and Public Speaking Courses
Pace University: Courses offered a conceptual and experiential approach to topics such as self-concept, relationships, gender, conflict resolution and family communication as well as presentation skills, including oral interpretation, manuscript and extemporaneous style, informative and persuasive speaking.

1985-1989 INSTRUCTOR in Speech Communication
Iona College, College of Mount Saint Vincent, William Patterson College, and Bergen Community College: Taught basic speech communication course.

1985-1989 INSTRUCTOR in Theater
College of Mount Saint Vincent, Bergen Community College: Taught acting and directing course focusing on play structure, theories of acting, physical use of the stage and the visual capabilities of design. Supervised student productions. Taught introductory theater course to general student population. Lecture/discussion format encompassing theater history, the physical aspects of production including lighting, scenic design and costuming, as well as representative works of drama. Directed LUV, ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD, and ELECTRA under the Department of Theater Education.

1986-1988; 1976-1977 DIRECTOR
Ramapo High School, D. W. Eisenhower School: Directed and produced several full-scale productions including: OUR TOWN, ACTOR'S NIGHTMARE, THE PLAYGROUND, FEIFFER'S PEOPLE, DAVID & LISA.

ARTS IN CORRECTIONS

2010-Present- Curriculum Planner Curriculum Committee for CUNY/ RTA Arts in Community Facilitator Certificate Program Currently developing two courses: How the Arts Are Used to Educate and Theatre for Dialogue.

2006-Present. Program Director.
Bayview Correctional Facility, Theatre Arts Connection. Developed and ran a theatre workshop, directing and producing the play METAMORPHOSES an initiative that brought together faculty and forensic psychology students from John Jay College for Criminal Justice with women from this medium-security facility in Manhattan. Directed and produced FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF

1996 - 2006. Theatre Director
Sing Sing Correctional Facility, Rehabilitation through the Arts Program (RTA) For this all-male maximum-security prison, taught classes in Improvisation and Scene Study. As directing coach, co-directed, REALITY IN MOTION, an original play for and by the inmate population. Drama Coach for A FEW GOOD MEN. Co-directed two original dramas entitled THE SACRIFICE and VOICES FROM WITHIN. Directed and adapted ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST and a rap/drama based on the film, SLAM. Conducted a quasi-experimental study on the impact of theatre on the social and institutional behavior of the prisoners. Performance coach for FROM SING SING TO BROADWAY, Benefit Performance at Playwrights Horizon, starring Charles Dutton featuring Alumni of RTA.

TRAINER/ FACILITATOR, Transitional Training Program, Otisville Correctional Facility.
Trained facilitators for this all male facility in the use of sociodrama to supplement material from existing pre-release program. Topics include abusive relationships, gender, spousal communication and conflict management.

PUBLIC EDUCATION REPRESENTATIVE/ EVENT COORDINATOR, College-Bound Program, Bedford Hills Correctional Facility For this maximum-security prison for women, served on task force organized to facilitate return of college program to prison population. Made presentations, worked on event management-- co-chaired NET OF SOULS Concert--featuring Glenn Close and Pete Seeger, as first major fundraising and community consciousness-raising event. Raised seed money for the event, developed promotion, selected venue, designed pre-concert exhibition and organized over fifty volunteers. Participated, along with Glenn Close, Hettie Jones, Eve Ensler in reading inmate poetry to an audience of 500 attendees.
PRISON ARTS CONSULTANT/EVENT CO-CHAIR, Northern Westchester Center for the Arts. Developed concept for and coordinated prison poetry and art exhibit, featuring poetry by former death-row inmate and works by former and current Sing Sing artists.

FACILITATOR, Alternatives to Violence Program, Sing Sing, Taconic Correctional Facility.
Facilitated groups in nonviolence training techniques for prison populations through lecture, discussion, exercises and role plays.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Association for Theater in Higher Education (ATHE)
American Theatre and Drama Society (ATDS)
New York State Communication Association (NYSCA)

BUSINESS AND WRITING EXPERIENCE

ADVERTISING MANAGER/COPYWRITER, The Texwipe Company
For this computer accessory manufacturer, generated and developed corporate advertising. Hired, trained and supervised staff. Oversaw contracts with art directors and suppliers. Wrote numerous articles, brochures, catalogs. Directed media schedule. Computerized direct mail marketing.

PRODUCTION COORDINATOR/RESEARCHER, Tempo Associates
For this film production company, coordinated all elements of production for educational and promotional film projects, as well as commercials for television. Casting, location scouting, props, assisting in post-production. Conducted research and assisted in script treatments for several Ford Foundation films.

RESEARCHER, Dore Schary, Theatrical Producer: Researched the life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt from public papers and addresses for use in a one-man show entitled THAT MAN.

GRANTS

CUNY Research Foundation Award, June 2007. Theatre at Bayview Correctional Facility.
CUNY Research Foundation Award, June 2006. Family Ties. A Prison Family Visitation Program
CUNY Research Foundation Award, June 2002; (Renewal) The Impact of a Prison Theater Program on Social and Institutional Behavior
CUNY Research Foundation Award, June 2000; The Impact of a Prison Theater Program on Social and Institutional Behavior
Mimi and Harold Steinberg Foundation, March 2000; In conjunction with the Osborne Foundation, Rehabilitation Through the Arts, a Prison Theater Program at Sing Sing Correctional Facility
The Puffin Foundation, May 2002

CREATIVE WORK, 1999-CURRENT (Film)

Moller, L. (2007). (Producer/Director). FAMILY TIES. Film available from the Osborne Association, 175 Remsen Street, Brooklyn, NY. 11201

Executive Producer for Manhattan Neighborhood Network. (2005-2006) for 18 student video shorts for new course series in TV Production, plus four documentary projects: domestic violence, police use of force, visitation challenges for families of the incarcerated and the CUNY Conflict Resolution Bookmark Program.

CREATIVE WORK, PLAYS

Shange, Ntosake. (1971). (Producer/Director). For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf. New York: Samuel French, Inc.

Rose, Reginald. (1955). (Producer/Director). Twelve angry women. New York: The Dramatic Publishing Company.

Sorkin, Aaron. (1990). (Producer/Director). A few good men. New York: Samuel French, Inc.

London, Ross. (2009) (Producer). In that Moment. Unpublished play.

Zimmerman, M. (2001). (Producer/Director). Metamorphoses. Northwestern University. (Both at John Jay College and Bayview Correctional Facility)

Sutton, J. (1993). (Producer/Director). Voir dire. New York: Dramatists Play Service.

Parks, Suzan-Lori. (2000). (Producer/Director). In the blood. New York: Dramatists Play Service.

Deitz, Stephen. (1993). (Producer/Director). Dracula. New York: Dramatists Play Service.

Miller, Arthur. (1952). (Producer/Director). The Crucible. New York: Penguin Plays.

Wasserman, D. (1973). (Director). One flew over the cuckoo's nest. New York: Samuel French.

Anderson, Rory B., Cruz, Gregorio C., Hall, Phillip A., Reed, Terry M., & Whitfield, John D. (2000). (Artistic Director). Voices From Within. Unpublished play.

Stratton, R. & Wozencraft, K. (1998). (Playwright and Co-Director). Slam. New York: Grove Press.

PUBLISHED ARTICLES

Moller, Lorraine. (2010, February 19). Princess of Thailand Visits the Prison. The Record Review ,15.

Moller, Lorraine. (2007). Forward. The Proscenium Cage: Comparative Case Studies in U.S. Prison Theatre Programs. By Laurence Tocci. Youngstown, New York: Cambria Press, 2007.

Moller, Lorraine. (Summer 2005). The best and worst practices of prison theatre? [Review of the book: Theatre in prison: Theory and practice]. Modern Drama, 48 (4), 864-866.

Moller, Lorraine. (Winter 2004). 500 angry men: Drama and meta-drama at the “Big House.” Reflections: A Journal of Writing, Service and Community Literacy, 4 (1), 167-177.

Moller, Lorraine. (2004). Prison within a prison: A Burkean analysis of the Sing Sing production of “Slam.” Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture, 10, (3), 181-198. Retrieved November 3, 2004 from http://www.albany.edu/scj/jcjpc/index10.html#vol10is3

Moller, Lorraine. (Spring 2003). A day in the life of a prison theatre program. The Drama Review T177, 47(1), 49-73.

Moller, Lorraine. (2001). Woman under the influence: The system as the cause. Communication Education, 50, 274-282.

Moller, Lorraine. (Winter 1999). Play brings John Jay students and Sing Sing inmates together. In The CUNY State: A report on the theaters of the colleges of the city university of New York. Spring 2000. Speech & Theatre, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 2-4.

Moller, Lorraine (October 1992). Gender and the western genre. New Dimensions in Communication: Proceedings of the 50th Annual New York State Speech Communication Association Conference, Ellenville, New York.

PAPERS PRESENTED

Moller, Lorraine. (2009). Dispelling rape myth through prison theatre. Paper presented at the 67th New York State Communication Association Conference, Ellenville, New York.

Moller, Lorraine. (2003). Project Slam: An empirical study on the impact of a rap-drama on the social and institutional behavior of male inmates. Paper presented at the 95th Annual Eastern Communication Conference, Boston, Massachusetts.

Moller, Lorraine. (2003). Exploring problem-solving through sociodrama. A workshop presented at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival at the University of Maryland.

Moller, Lorraine. (2002). Theatre at the “Big House.” Paper presented with a panel of playwrights at John Jay College to visiting theatre students from St. Olaf’s College, New York, New York.

Moller, Lorraine. (2009). Three Works of P. J. Gibson: “Red,” “Jessy,” and “Anna Louise Waterman.” Paper presented at the Theatre in New York Program, St. Olaf College.

Moller, Lorraine. (2002). Prison within a prison: Performance poetry and the Sing Sing adaptation of Slam. Paper presented at the 93rd Annual Eastern Communication Conference, New York, New York.

Moller, Lorraine. (2001). Woman under the influence: The system as cause. Paper presented at the 92nd Annual Eastern Communication Conference, Portland, Maine.

Moller, Lorraine. (2001). Sociodrama: Expanding interpersonal perspectives through role training. A workshop presented at the 92nd Annual Eastern Communication Conference, Portland, Maine.

Moller, Lorrraine. (2000). Insurgent research on communications and the incarcerated male: Rationale, findings and implications. Paper presented at the 91st Annual Eastern Communication Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Moller, Lorraine. (1999). Sing Sing theater program benefits: Mutual responsibility, delayed gratification and empathy. Paper presented at Prison Communities International Conference “Can Anything Good Come Out of Prison?”, Yorktown, New York.

Moller, Lorraine. (1999). Marital infidelity in Hollywood film, 1949-1999. Paper presented at the Annual New York State Communication Association Conference, Monticello, New York.

Moller, Lorraine. (1997). Theater arts as rehabilitation: The Sing Sing project through the lens of re-visioning and social learning. Paper presented at the 55th Annual NYSCA Conference, Monticello, New York.

Moller, Lorraine. (1994). The filmic treatment of the father. Paper presented at the 52nd Annual NYSSCA Conference, Albany, New York.

Moller, Lorraine. (1992). Gender and the Western genre. Paper presented at the 50th Annual NYSSCA Conference, Albany, New York.

Coordinated and Chaired Interpretation and Performance Studies Interest Group, Eastern Communication Association Conferences, 2002, 2004.

DISSERTATION

Moller, Lorraine. (1999). The treatment of spousal relationships in American film. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, New York University, 1999.
Dissertation Defense Committee / Thesis Advisement
Tocci, Laurence. (May 2006). The Proscenium Cage: Comparative Case Studies in U.S. Prison Theatre Programs. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Tufts University, 2006.
Hallundbaek, Hans. (2002). A Kairos Moment for Those Imprisoned – in Prison and Beyond. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, New York Theological Seminary, 2002.
Shpall, L. (2003). The Spect-Actor Inverts the Panopticon: Women Prisoners use Theatre. Master’s Thesis. New York University, 2003.