Waverly Deutsch

I had the good fortune during college to be awarded twice the Provost Scholarship to teach. And one of the times I taught in the theater department and one of the times I taught in the computer science department. I knew that what I wanted to do was teach. That was truly my calling.

I had the good fortune during college to be awarded twice the Provost Scholarship to teach. And one of the times I taught in the theater department and one of the times I taught in the computer science department. I knew that what I wanted to do was teach. That was truly my calling.

And if you think about a marriage of love and logic, if you think about a marriage of theater and computer science, being able to structure a subject in a way to present it to people, but then to present it with a little bit of theatricality, a little bit of entertainment, a little bit of humor to make it more interesting, more intriguing, more engaging as a subject for learning.

And if you think about a marriage of love and logic, if you think about a marriage of theater and computer science, being able to structure a subject in a way to present it to people, but then to present it with a little bit of theatricality, a little bit of entertainment, a little bit of humor to make it more interesting, more intriguing, more engaging as a subject for learning.

This is where these two things came together in me. So as a senior in college, I was applying for graduate degrees. I was applying for fellowships and I was applying for jobs. And I was offered jobs in the computer science department of ExxonMobil, in the leadership training program of what was then MetLife Insurance, in the computer science departments of Digital Equipment Corporation.

This is where these two things came together in me. So as a senior in college, I was applying for graduate degrees. I was applying for fellowships and I was applying for jobs. And I was offered jobs in the computer science department of ExxonMobil, in the leadership training program of what was then MetLife Insurance, in the computer science departments of Digital Equipment Corporation.

But I won a Mellon Fellowship in the Humanities to pursue my PhD so that I could teach. That's what took me back to theater. I really wanted to teach. And I thought that the way to be able to teach was to do a PhD. And I ended up doing a PhD in theater history.

But I won a Mellon Fellowship in the Humanities to pursue my PhD so that I could teach. That's what took me back to theater. I really wanted to teach. And I thought that the way to be able to teach was to do a PhD. And I ended up doing a PhD in theater history.

Yeah, my career is nothing but an example for twists and turns. It's an excellent question. How do I end up at Forrest? Graduating with my PhD, we were at the height of the late 80s, early 90s recession, and the Baby Boomers kids hadn't reached college age. College enrollments were plummeting. I was a theater historian. That's what my PhD was in, theater history.

Yeah, my career is nothing but an example for twists and turns. It's an excellent question. How do I end up at Forrest? Graduating with my PhD, we were at the height of the late 80s, early 90s recession, and the Baby Boomers kids hadn't reached college age. College enrollments were plummeting. I was a theater historian. That's what my PhD was in, theater history.

And colleges were cutting theater programs. You had to maintain your acting program. That's what... students came for, but you could shave down classes like theater history and allow the English department to teach Shakespeare. You could use the English department to cover some of the theater curriculum. And so there were no jobs.

And colleges were cutting theater programs. You had to maintain your acting program. That's what... students came for, but you could shave down classes like theater history and allow the English department to teach Shakespeare. You could use the English department to cover some of the theater curriculum. And so there were no jobs.

Every job I was applying to was 200 to 400 applicants, many of whom had been tenure track faculty who had lost their jobs, right? And so they were applying for the few available jobs. At the same time, I was realizing that while I loved the teaching part and I had taught at Tufts University, where I got my PhD. I had taught as a graduate student. I loved that part of my job.

Every job I was applying to was 200 to 400 applicants, many of whom had been tenure track faculty who had lost their jobs, right? And so they were applying for the few available jobs. At the same time, I was realizing that while I loved the teaching part and I had taught at Tufts University, where I got my PhD. I had taught as a graduate student. I loved that part of my job.

I did not love the research requirements of the theater history discipline. In the humanities, you have to publish on things that nobody has ever written about before, and you end up getting very esoteric. My dissertation is on the career of a woman named Laura Keane, who was a 19th century theater manager. She was the most successful woman to run a theater on Broadway in the 19th century.

I did not love the research requirements of the theater history discipline. In the humanities, you have to publish on things that nobody has ever written about before, and you end up getting very esoteric. My dissertation is on the career of a woman named Laura Keane, who was a 19th century theater manager. She was the most successful woman to run a theater on Broadway in the 19th century.

She had her own troupe. It was in fact her troupe that was playing Our American cousin in Ford's Theater the night Lincoln was shot, she was the person who identified John Wilkes Booth, and no one has ever heard of her. And you get into these very esoteric topics. What does it mean to have been a woman theater manager in the 19th century?

She had her own troupe. It was in fact her troupe that was playing Our American cousin in Ford's Theater the night Lincoln was shot, she was the person who identified John Wilkes Booth, and no one has ever heard of her. And you get into these very esoteric topics. What does it mean to have been a woman theater manager in the 19th century?

And what happened to women theater managers as theater changed in the 19th century? And I started to realize these are not really impactful issues in... our day-to-day lives. I wanted something that was more current, more contemporary. But when I couldn't get a job as a junior faculty member in theater, I said, I am not going to stay in the world of academia.

And what happened to women theater managers as theater changed in the 19th century? And I started to realize these are not really impactful issues in... our day-to-day lives. I wanted something that was more current, more contemporary. But when I couldn't get a job as a junior faculty member in theater, I said, I am not going to stay in the world of academia.