the Pebble Spring 2017

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