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 voice and dialect coach, voiceover performer, actor, director, and ESL educator. 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.
What's Deric up to now?
- Deric was awarded the 2018 AT&T Award in Instructional Technology.
- He was promoted to Senior Editor of the International Dialects of English Archive.
- Deric will teach a drama-based ESL course this summer to graduate students in the English Language Institute at the University of Michigan.
- He was recently awarded the Dudley Knight Award for Outstanding Vocal Scholarship.
- He was awarded the 2017 CAL Award for Innovation and Leadership in Teaching and the 2017 Fintz Award for Teaching Excellence in the Arts and Humanities.
- He recently published an article in The Voice and Speech Review and a book chapter in Acting for the Stage (Taylor and Francis). His book chapter about training actors with disabilities will soon appear in New Developments in Teaching Theatre Arts (Palgrave Macmillan).
- Deric is currently writing a book chapter called Stanislavski in the Voice Studio, which will be published in Objectives, Obstacles, and Tactics: Perspectives on Activating the Actor (Routledge).
