Biography
Deric McNish is an Assistant Professor of Acting, Voice, & Speech, and the Director of the BFA Acting Program in the Department of Theatre at Michigan State University. He is a professional educator, voiceover performer, actor, director, voice and dialect coach, and author. He earned a PhD in Theatre Studies from The University of Colorado Boulder and an MFA from the Professional Actor Training Program at Case Western Reserve University and The Cleveland Play House. Deric is a proud member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA.
News
- Deric was selected to join the 6th teacher certification of Knight-Thompson Speechwork.
- Deric's co-authored e-book, Drama in the Language Classroom, was released in March, 2019. For more info: https://performingfluency.com
- Deric received a 2019-2020 Hub Faculty Fellowship and he will work with the tech wizards at the Hub on developing an online course called Digital Voiceover Lab.
- He was promoted to Senior Editor of the International Dialects of English Archive.
- Deric has been awarded the 2019 Teacher-Scholar Award. He was recently awarded the 2018 AT&T Award in Instructional Technology, the Dudley Knight Award for Outstanding Vocal Scholarship, the 2017 CAL Award for Innovation and Leadership in Teaching, and the 2017 Fintz Award for Teaching Excellence in the Arts and Humanities.
- Deric's book chapter, "Training Actors with Disabilities," appears in New Directions in Teaching Theatre Arts (Palgrave Macmillan).
- His book chapter, "Stanislavski in the Voice Studio," will appear in Objectives, Obstacles, and Tactics: Perspectives on Activating the Actor, was published by Routledge in 2020.
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