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, voice and dialect coach, voiceover performer, actor, director, 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.
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 was awarded a fellowship by the Adams Academy for Instructional Excellence and Innovation for 2018-2019.
- Deric is teaching 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, the 2017 CAL Award for Innovation and Leadership in Teaching, and the 2017 Fintz Award for Teaching Excellence in the Arts and Humanities.
Recent and Upcoming Publications
- Deric's book chapter, "Training Actors with Disabilities," appears in New Directions in Teaching Theatre Arts (Palgrave Macmillan).
- He is co-authoring a book about using drama in ESL classes, which will be published by the University of Michigan Press in early 2019.
- His book chapter, "Stanislavski in the Voice Studio," will appear in Objectives, Obstacles, and Tactics: Perspectives on Activating the Actor, which will be published by Routledge in 2020.
- He recently published an article titled "The Performance of Fluency" in The Voice and Speech Review
