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Jill Dolan

Jill Susan Dolan (born May 30, 1957) is an American educator, author, blogger and feminist. She writes on theatre, sexuality studies, and feminist theory. Since July 2015, Dolan has been the Dean of the College at Princeton University, where she is also the Annan Professor in English and a professor of theatre studies in the Lewis Center for the Arts. Prior to Princeton, Dolan served as the Department Head of Theater and Dance at the University of Texas at Austin, and as Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dolan's notable works include her blog ''The Feminist Spectator'', for which she received the 2011 George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism, and ''Theater and Sexuality''. Dolan also edited Menopausal Gentlemen: Plays and Performances of Peggy Shaw which won the Lambda Literary Award for Best LGBT Drama.

Dolan has received numerous accolades and achievements throughout her career as an educator. She received the William Kiekhofer Award for Excellence in Teaching from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she held a faculty position from 1988 to 1994. In 2006, Dolan was inducted into the University of Texas at Austin's Academy of Distinguished Teachers. In 2011, Dolan was awarded the Outstanding Teaching Award from the Association for Theater in Higher Education as well as a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Women and Theater Program. Jill Dolan received her PhD in performance studies from New York University.

Dolan was elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2016. Provided by Wikipedia