victoria

rue

“Teaching is the act of opening up the imagination.”

My passion is embodied learning. Through twenty five years of teaching at the university level, I’ve learned that students engage with material best when their bodies are active participants in the learning process. I have found this to be particularly true in teaching religious studies and women’s studies. My years as a theatre director, playwright, and teacher enable me to see this. When the arts become part of the education journey, students learn on both cognitive and experiential levels. I am currently lecturing at San Jose State University, in Comparative Religious Studies and Women’s Studies.

In all of my courses, I utilize theatre as an embodied technique for learning. Using the whole body in tandem with critical thinking, learning becomes an encounter with self and other. TEACHING POSITIONS
Adjunct Faculty, Women’s Studies & Comparative Religious Studies, San Jose State University ’04--
Adjunct Faculty, Teledramatic Arts, California State University at Monterey Bay, 2003--2004
Adjunct Faculty, Education Dept., St. Lawrence University, NY ‘03
Adjunct Faculty, Religious Studies Dept., St. Lawrence University, NY 2000-02
Faculty, American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco, l988 - 1999
Adjunct Faculty, Starr King School for Ministry, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley 97-98
Faculty, Sophia Center, College of the Holy Names, l997-- 2000
Associate Professor of Women's Spirituality, California Institute of Integral Studies, l995-- 97
Adjunct Faculty, University of California Extention, l996
Adjunct Faculty, San Francisco Theological Seminary, l995
Adjunct Faculty, Dept. of Arts and Social Change, New College of California, San Francisco, l991-l994
Adjunct Faculty, Starr King School for Ministry, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, l990-1993
Theatre and Literacy teacher, Changing Scenes, East Harlem, NYC, l985-- 87
Assistant Professor of Theatre, C. W. Post Center, Long Island University, l981-83
Artist in Residence, Theatre Dept., Skidmore College, New York, l980

SELECTED ACADEMIC COURSES OFFERED:
WOMEN'S STUDIES
Women, Race and Class, WS 160, San Jose State University ’05--
The Study of Women, WS 101, San Jose State University ’04--
Women of Color in the U.S., WS 20, San Jose State University ’04--
Women in Popular Culture, WS 150, San Jose State University ’04--
Women’s Studies: Breaking the Silences, St. Lawrence University, ‘00

RELIGIOUS STUDIES AND THEOLOGY
Western Religious Traditions: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, San Jose State University ’05--
Mystery and Meaning (an introductory course to religious studies), St. Lawrence University ’01-‘02
Biblical Drama: Feminist Theology Overturns the Texts, St. Lawrence University ’00, ’01, Sophia Center ‘00,’98, ‘99, Starr King School for the Ministry ‘97, California Institute of Integral Studies, ’96
Mysticism, University of California Extension, ’96, California Institute of Integral Studies, ’95, Starr King School for the Ministry, Graduate Theological Union, '93
Apocalyptic and Millennial Thinking, Sophia Center, College of the Holy Names ‘99, Starr King School for Ministry --Graduate Theological Union ‘97, California Institute of Integral Studies, ‘96
Women’s Spiritualities, East and West, California Institute of Integral Studies, '94, Soul Search: Drama as a Spiritual Journey, Sophia Center, College of the Holy Names ‘99

THEATRE
Advanced Theatre Production, California State University, Monterey Bay, ’03, ‘04
Introduction to Acting, St. Lawrence University, ’00, American Conservatory Theatre, ‘90—’99
Toxic Avengers Theatre (playwriting), St. Lawrence University, ‘01
Intermediate Acting, American Conservatory Theatre, ‘90—’99
Scene Study, American Conservatory Theatre, ‘90—’99
Millennium Approaches: A Theater Exploration of Milliennial and Apocalyptic Thinking, American Conservatory Theatre, ‘98
Interdisciplinary Graduate Seminar: On Collaboration, New College of California, '94
Directing for the Theatre, New College of California, ’93, ‘94
Interdisciplinary Seminar: Literacy and Drama with Salvadoran Refugees, New College of California, ’93, '94
Interdisciplinary Seminar: The Self and Community, New College of California, '92