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Prof. Tim Raphael

Faculty Affiliates

Tim Raphael is a Professor in the Department of Arts Culture and Media and Director of the ExternalCenter for Migration and the Global City and ExternalNewest Americans. He has devised, directed and produced over fifty theatrical productions at venues that include The Kennedy Center, The Public Theater, Theater For A New Audience and New York Theater Workshop. He has also written extensively about the intersection of politics, popular culture and performance for a variety of journals, and in the book The President Electric: Ronald Reagan and the Politics of Performance. He holds a doctorate in Performance Studies from Northwestern University and has taught Theater, Performance Studies, and American Studies at Ursinus College, Dartmouth College, Wesleyan University, Georgetown University, and the Universidade Aberta in Lisbon, Portugal. He has won awards for his teaching including The Rutgers Presidential Fellowship for Teaching Excellence.

Publications

  • The President Electric Ronald Reagan and the Politics of Performance, , 2009

Awards & Distinctions

  • Rutgers Presidential Fellowship for Teaching Excellence