Ann Folino White
Adjunct Professor
Law College Building
648 N. Shaw Lane Rm
East Lansing, MI 48824-1300
Degrees
Ph.D. 2007, Northwestern University; Certificate in Gender Studies 2007, Northwestern University; M.A. 2001, Northwestern University; B.A. 1998, with high honors, Michigan State University
Biography
Professor Ann Folino White is an assistant professor with the Michigan State University Department of Theatre and the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities. After completing her B.A. in Theatre from Michigan State University, she earned an M.A. in Theatre, a Gender Studies Certificate, and a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Theatre and Drama from Northwestern University.
Professor Folino White’s scholarly interests include performance theory, gender theory, enthodrama, critical race theory, and American theatrical performance from the late-nineteenth century through the twenty-first century. She has presented her scholarship at conferences and symposia across the country, and her articles have been published in American Drama and Text and Performance Quarterly. In 2010, Professor Folino White directed In the Blood at MSU’s Auditorium Arena Theater and served as a coordinator, panelist, and discussion facilitator at a faculty roundtable on the play.
Before joining the faculty at Michigan State University, Folino White taught at Northwestern University and the University of Illinois-Chicago.