Faculty Profiles

KLV Vaeni

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

Organizer, Undergraduate Assistant Directors for Guest, Faculty and MFA Theatre Directors. August 2025 - Present.
Member, Departmental Presidential Excellence Awards Selection Committee (Teaching). November 2024 - Present.
Member, Faculty Search Committee: Assistant/Associate Professor of Lighting Design. November 2024 - Present.
Member, Theatrical Intimacy Committee, School of Theatre, Dance and Film. September 2024 - Present.

Undergraduate Advisor, Honors Capstone Project, Honors College. January 2025 - April 2025.

Member, Season Selection Committee. September 2024 - November 2024.
Gave feedback to JTLT season applicants on their live pitch presentations, Jeremy Torres Lab Theatre. November 18, 2024.
Led "Resumes for Directors and Actors" workshop for JTLT, Jeremy Torres Lab Theatre. November 11, 2024.
Reviewer / Referee, National Playwrights Conference, Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center. September 20, 2024 - October 28, 2024.
Undergraduate Advisor, Faculty Advisor, Sophomore Acting Track, Southern Methodist University. August 2017 - May 2024.

Member, Academic Policies Committee, Southern Methodist University. January 2022 - December 2023.
University Mentor, Faculty Mentor to first time faculty hire, Southern Methodist University. August 2022 - May 2023.

Member, Dean’s Advisory Task Force, Musical Theatre BFA, Southern Methodist University. January 2021 - December 2022.
Member, Hiring Committee for Professor of Practice, Acting, Southern Methodist University. August 2021 - May 2022.
Member, Recruitment Committee for the MFA Acting class of 2025, Southern Methodist University. August 2021 - April 2022.
Faculty Representative, Virtual Meadows Spotlight, Southern Methodist University. February 2022.

Artist Mentor to early career theatre director, Statera Arts. January 2019 - June 2019.