Dr. Terence Hartnett is a professor of English and Theatre. He teaches courses in theatre history, theatre arts, and writing. He specializes in American, European, and Global drama, performance, and performance theory. Dr. Hartnett also teaches courses on acting, directing, and stage design. In 2016, he traveled to Ireland with his Irish Drama class, providing opportunities for studying and experiencing firsthand Irish theatre, history, and culture. Dr. Hartnett has directed fifteen stage productions at Rose-Hulman. He has worked with students in the multidisciplinary Grand Challenges Course on a project to repurpose plastic trash into construction materials for displaced families in Haiti. He has also designed online courses for Rose-Hulman.
Academic Degrees
- BA, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1994
- MA, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2001
- Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington, 2011
Awards & Honors
Research Experiences
- The performance of masculinity in postwar American drama
- Performance and performance theory
- Theatre of political resistance and cultural identity formation
Select Publications & Presentations
- Founding member/artistic director, Detour Theatre Company, Bloomington, Indiana
- Over 30 years of experience working in the theatre, including over 20 as a stage director
- “Cowboy Consensus or How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the War on Terror: Sam Shepard’s Kicking a Dead Horse,” Talking Drama: Critics on Theatre, Critics, and Criticism, Newcastle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 57-76, 2009
- “Understanding Literature: An Introduction to Reading and Writing,” Instructor’s Guide for Understanding Literature, Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 2004
Teaching Interests
- American, European, and global drama
- Theatre arts: Acting and directing
- Culture of entrepreneurism (ESCALATE program)
- Social media and digital culture
- Rhetoric and composition
- Technical and professional communication