Faculty Profile for Bethany Lynn Corey-Ekin

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Bethany Lynn Corey-Ekin
Asst Professor of Instruction — Department of Theatre & Dance
THEA 101
phone: (512) 245-2147

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Turning Red: Learning to Choose Love. Trike Theatre. 2021.
  • Dog’s Job. Pollyanna Theatre / Trike Theatre. 2020.
  • There’s a Cowboy in the Kitchen. Pollyanna Theatre. 2019.
  • Corey-Ekin, B. L. (2016). “Early Entrances: The Case for Creative Classrooms in Elementary School.” In G. Humphries-Mardirosian & Y. Lewis (Eds.).
  • Corey-Ekin, B. L. (2014, January). Actions Speak Louder than Words: The Growing Place of Visual Theater.

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Part-Time Excellence in Teaching, Texas State University Faculty Senate. May 2024
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Best Direction in a Youth Production : Acorn and Robin, B. Iden Payne Awards. 2019 - Present
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Best Youth Production : Acorn and Robin, B. Iden Payne Awards. 2019 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Year 5 Service Recognition Distinction, Austin Independent School District. 2019 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Best Direction in a Youth Production : There's a Cowboy in the Kitchen, B. Iden Payne Awards. 2016 - Present

Selected Service Activities

Member
T-Tess Implementation Feedback Committee (Office of Educator Preparation)
September 2024-November 2024
Member
EDI Accessibility Task Force
September 2021-2023
Chair
American Alliance for Theatre and Education
2015-2017
Member
B. Iden Payne
2015-2017
Coordinator / Organizer
American Alliance for Theatre and Education
2014-2014