{"id":26352,"date":"2013-12-16T16:39:48","date_gmt":"2013-12-16T20:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=26352"},"modified":"2022-09-29T12:46:35","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T16:46:35","slug":"joe-deer-honored-with-trustees-award-for-faculty-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2013\/12\/16\/joe-deer-honored-with-trustees-award-for-faculty-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Deer honored with Trustees\u2019 Award for Faculty Excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?attachment_id=26367\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-26367\" src=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2013\/12\/Joe-Deer-commencement-260x268.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"268\" \/><\/a>Joe Deer, a professor in Wright State University\u2019s Department of Theatre, Dance and Motion Pictures and head of the Musical Theatre program, received the Trustees\u2019 Award for Faculty Excellence during the Fall Commencement ceremony Dec. 14.<\/p>\n<p>During the ceremony, Deer said it has been \u201cone of the profound pleasures of my life to teach and work at this institution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am most proud to accept this honor because of what my selection says about this institution,\u201d he said. \u201cYou chose an arts educator to stand as a symbol of faculty excellence. This speaks so beautifully to the fundamental ethos of this university.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A seventh-generation educator, Deer founded Wright State\u2019s highly successful Musical Theatre program 17 years ago. His College of Liberal Arts students have gone on to perform around the globe in national, international and regional theatre productions. Senior Showcase, in which students audition for theatre professionals in New York City, is the program\u2019s capstone.<\/p>\n<p>He is sought internationally as a master teacher and education consultant, working with students and faculty at many of the world\u2019s top institutions. His book (written with Rocco Dal Vera) <em>Acting in Musical Theatre<\/em> has been called \u201cthe preeminent book in its field\u201d and was nominated by the Association for Theatre in Higher Education as Book of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>Deer is also an award-winning director or choreographer of more than 120 productions in off-Broadway, regional and university theatres, including regional premieres of <em>Parade<\/em>, <em>Only Heaven<\/em>, <em>Park Your Car in Harvard Yard <\/em>and others.<\/p>\n<p>He is also founding president of the Musical Theatre Educators\u2019 Alliance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Deer, head of Wright State\u2019s Musical Theatre program, received the Trustees\u2019 Award for Faculty Excellence during Fall Commencement Dec. 14. <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2013\/12\/16\/joe-deer-honored-with-trustees-award-for-faculty-excellence\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":26350,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[722,729,2037,724,2023,711,712,4859,725,747,715,719],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics","category-around-campus","category-arts-scene","category-awards","category-faculty","category-faculty-staff","category-faculty-staff-notes","category-fine-and-performing-arts","category-home-news-sidebar","category-liberal-arts","category-news","category-special-categories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26352"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130581,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26352\/revisions\/130581"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}