Dr. Jeffrey C. Steele

Dr. Jeff Steele is a professional performing artist who has been fortunate enough to experience the magic of teaching at a variety of levels. Maintaining a balance between campus activities and professional engagements, Steele has the best of both worlds: the performing arts in education and the practical experience of the public arena.

Scholarly Interests

• Acting and interpretation
• Shakespeare
• Early Modern drama
• Theatre history
• Stage magic and combat
• Filmmaking
• 20th–century American literature
• Creative writing
• Alternative dispute resolution

Contributions to Field

• Head Coach, Principia College INADR Mock Mediation Team, 2014 International Intercollegiate Mediation Tournament Champions
• Founder of three professional entertainment production companies
• Panelist at the International Shakespeare Conference, UK
• Author of three plays and two screenplays

Memberships and Affiliations

• Actors' Equity Association
• Shakespeare Association of America
• Society of American Fight Directors
• International Academy of Alternative Dispute Resolution

Publications and Presentations

• Reading of Thomas Dekker’s The Pleasant Comedie of Old Fortunatus, Shakespeare Association of America Conference, 2015.
• “The Making of H4,” Panelist, Open Forum at the 49th Annual Chicago Film Festival, 2013.
• “Deities, Devices and Disregard: Performance as the Medium of Transcendence Over Textual ‘Problems,’” Mid-America Theatre Conference, 2013.
• “’Taint not Thy Mind': Hamlet’s Difficulty with the Perception of the Ghost’s Call for Revenge,” Shakespeare Association of America Conference, 2013.