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From MPH to Center Stage<br />
MPH alumna Katie Swimm shines in and out of <strong>the</strong> spotlight<br />
By Gavin Cardamone<br />
Alum Résumé<br />
Katie Swimm, Class of 2002<br />
Education: B.F.A. in Theatre Studies, B.A. in English from Niagara University (2006); M.A.<br />
in Literature from Northwestern University (2012); current Ph.D. Candidate in Theatre and<br />
Performance Studies at Tufts University. She is currently writing her dissertation, “Theatre of<br />
<strong>the</strong> Mind: Towards A Dialogue between Mental Health and Theatrical Practice in 19th-Century<br />
Britain.” Her work examines performances of madness in <strong>the</strong> broader context of nineteenth-century<br />
medical discourse. She was a fellow at <strong>the</strong> Tufts Graduate Institute for Teaching<br />
and a Graduate Assistant at Tufts University.<br />
Career: Swimm works as a Graduate Writing and Public Speaking consultant for <strong>the</strong> Academic<br />
Resource Center at Tufts. She has taught courses in acting at Tufts and public speaking at<br />
Dean College. She teaches The History of Mental Illness on Stage and Screen at <strong>the</strong> Tufts Experimental<br />
College and a course in Performance Studies at Dean College. Swimm also works<br />
as an actor and director in <strong>the</strong> Boston area.<br />
Resides In: Jamaica Plain, Mass.<br />
Photo courtesy of Katie Swimm<br />
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