Portrait of Yesenia Herrington

Yesenia Herrington

  • Assistant Professor at School of Theatre, Dance, & Film, College of Fine Arts & Communication

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Undergraduate Advisor, Head of B.F.A. Performance and Production. August 2023 - Present.
  • Undergraduate Advisor, P&P Student Advisory Committee. August 2023 - Present.

2026

  • Co-Chair, Kennedy Center American College and Theatre Festival Region 6. January 2023 - January 2026.

2025

  • Undergraduate Advisor, Jeremy Torres Lab Theatre. August 2024 - May 2025.

2024

  • Undergraduate Advisor, Jeremy Torres Lab Theatre. August 2023 - May 2024.
  • Adjudicator, La Jolla Playhouse-Latinx New Play Festival. March 2024 - April 2024.
  • Member, Hiring Committee: Directing Search. September 29, 2023 - April 2024.
  • Adjudicator, Rattlestick Theatre-Terrence McNally New Works Incubator. January 2024.

2023

  • Undergraduate Advisor, Jeremy Torres Lab Theatre. August 2022 - May 2023.
  • Member, Hiring Committee: B.F.A. Acting Faculty Search. December 29, 2022 - May 15, 2023.
  • Adjudicator, Theatre Producers of Color (TPOC). January 27, 2023 - February 13, 2023.

2020

  • Member, Field of Study Committee Performing Arts/Drama for Texas. 2018 - 2020.

2019

  • Volunteer, Teatro Vivo, Latino New Play Festival Reader. 2019.

2017

  • Board Member, Mexic-Arte Museum. 2013 - 2017.

2016

  • Adjudicator, National Endowment for the Arts: Arts Education Panelist. 2015 - 2016.
  • Speaker, SphinxCon: Collective Impact Panelist for Arts Education. February 2016.
  • Member, The Kennedy Center: Partners in Education Advisory Committee Member. February 2016.

2014

  • Chair, Southwestern University: Alumni Council. 2012 - 2014.
  • Member, Southwestern University: Dixon Scholarship Committee. 2012 - 2014.

2005

  • Member, The University of Texas at Austin: Graduate Student Representative. 2005.