March 2021 JOE SALVATORE Program in Educational Theatre • Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development New York University, 82 Washington Square East, Pless Annex, Room 223, New York, NY 10003 Phone: (212) 998-5266 • Mobile: (917) 776-3052 • E-mail: [email protected] https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/people/joe-salvatore https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/verbatimperformancelab EDUCATION University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. M.F.A., Dramaturgy / Directing. May 1998. Thesis Topic: “Quinceañera: A Collaborative Workshop Production.” University of Delaware, Newark, DE. Honors B.A., History, May 1995. Honors Thesis Topic: “Bertolt Brecht’s Success in Exile: November 1938 to May 1940.” ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS New York University • Clinical Associate Professor of Educational Theatre, Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, September 2014-Present. • Clinical Assistant Professor of Educational Theatre, Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, September 2011-August 2014. • Master Teacher of Educational Theatre, Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, September 2003-August 2011. • Faculty Fellow in Residence, Office of Residential Life and Housing Services, 2005-2014. • Adjunct Instructor, Program in Educational Theatre, Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions, Steinhardt School of Education, 2002-2003. Barnard College • Instructor, Pre-College Program, June-July 2003. Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus • Associate Adjunct Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Performance Studies, and Theatre 2001-2003. University of Massachusetts-Amherst • Instructor, Department of Theater, 1997-1999. • Teaching Assistant, Department of Theater, 1995-1997. AFFILIATIONS Founder and Director, NYU Steinhardt’s Verbatim Performance Lab, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University, September 2017-Present. Faculty Researcher, Theatre and Health Lab, Program in Drama Therapy, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University, September 2018- Present. Cluster Member, UBC Research-based Theatre Collaborative, University of British Columbia, December 2020-Present. Salvatore 1 March 2021 AWARDS & HONORS Johnny Saldaña Outstanding Professor of Theatre Education Award (2018) American Alliance for Theatre and Education. Nomination for Best Unique Theatrical Experience for Her Opponent (2017) Off Broadway Alliance Awards. Nomination for Steinhardt Teaching Excellence Award (2017) New York University. Nomination for NYU’s Distinguished Teaching Award (2015, 2013) New York University. Steinhardt Clinical Faculty Fellowship (2014-2015) “Animating the James & Ann Whithall House at Red Bank Battlefield.” New York University. Steinhardt Undergraduate Student Government Award of Excellence (2014) New York University. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Faculty Award (2012) Office of the Provost, New York University. Faculty Dedication to Education Award (2011) LGBTQ Student Center, New York University. Faculty Member of the Year (2010) National Residence Hall Honorary, New York University. Overall Excellence Award for Outstanding Play for III (2008) New York International Fringe Festival. Steinhardt School of Education Teaching Excellence Award (2006) New York University. Pride and Partnership Award (2006) The Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Student Services, New York University. Faculty Member of the Month (2005) National Residence Hall Honorary, New York University. Excellence in Teaching Certificate (1998,1997) University of Massachusetts. James Baldwin Playwriting Award (1998) WORD Festival, Five College Consortium. Taylor Award for Outstanding Senior Male (1995) University of Delaware. Salvatore 2 March 2021 GRANTS Submitted: National Endowment for the Arts, Grants for Arts Projects (2021) “Verbatim Performance Lab’s Portraits US: Polarization.” Principal Investigator. (Pending notification) • Internal proposal selected by the Office of the Provost for full application as NYU’s sole allotted submission to this granting program. NYU Digital Humanities Grant (2021) “Harnessing Technology & Verbatim Performance to Investigate Bias and Political Polarization in the U.S.” Co-Investigator with Elisabeth King. (Pending notification) Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics, Iowa State University (2020) “How Can Arts Disrupt Perceptions of Women in Politics? A Rigorous Investigation of an Innovative Approach.” Co-Investigator with Elisabeth King. (Pending notification) National Endowment for the Humanities (2020) “Dialogues on the Experience of War.” Co- Investigator with Alisha Ali. (Pending notification) Received: American Political Science Association (APSA), Herring Fund for Political Art (2021) “Can Theatre Disrupt Biases and Political Polarization in the U.S.?” Co-Investigator with Elisabeth King. ($10,000) Steinhardt School Research Challenge Grant—Cross-Departmental Collaborative-Research Track (2019) “Can arts change political perceptions? Developing and Testing VPL.” Co- Investigator with Elisabeth King. New York University ($10,000). NYU Steinhardt Diversity Innovation Grant (2019) “Verbatim Performance Lab: The Serena Williams Project.” Co-Investigator with Keith R. Huff & Tammie Swopes. New York University ($4,000). Steinhardt School Research Challenge Grant in Arts and Culture (2018) “Verbatim Performance Lab: The Kavanaugh Files.” Principal Investigator. New York University ($10,000). Steinhardt School Research Challenge Grant in Arts and Culture (2012) “The effects of intensive, immersive arts education experiences on non-arts vocations.” Principal Investigator. New York University ($5,000). Steinhardt School Summer Grant Development Award (2009) “The Pilgrim Hawk by Glenway Wescott: From Novella to Stage Adaptation.” Principal Investigator. New York University. Steinhardt School Research Challenge Grant in Arts and Culture (2008) “open heart: An Interview Theatre Exploration of Gay Men and Open Relationships.” Principal Investigator. New York University ($5,000). Steinhardt School Research Challenge Grant in Arts and Culture (2006) “III: A Workshop Production Exploring Collaborative Creation Using Primary and Secondary Historical Source Material.” Principal Investigator. New York University ($5,000). Curriculum Development Challenge Fund Grant (2005) “The Shakespeare Initiative: Unlocking the Bard with Teachers and Students.” Principal Investigator. New York University ($6,887). Salvatore 3 March 2021 VERBATIM PERFORMANCE LAB Created by Joe Salvatore in 2017, NYU Steinhardt’s Verbatim Performance Lab (VPL) investigates and performs words and gestures collected from found media artifacts and interview-based data. Through these arts-based investigations, VPL disrupts assumptions, biases, and intolerances across a spectrum of political, cultural, and social narratives. Salvatore serves as VPL’s director and oversees all of the lab’s activities. Creative Work: If you wanna switch seats, we could (2021) Co-created with Keith R. Huff, Lucy Medeiros, Lilly Stannard, & Tammie L. Swopes, in collaboration with teachers and students from 12 middle schools and high schools in New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, North Carolina, Illinois, Texas, & California. Deja Brew & the Green Meanie (2021) Supporting Artist to Project Leader Keith R. Huff. Collaboration with Stern School of Business’s Leadership Accelerator. You’ve Got to Be Brave, Brave, Brave (2021) Supporting Artist to Project Leader Tammie L. Swopes, created in collaboration with Andrea Ambam, Laura Cabochan, Analisa Gutierrez, Suzy Jane Hunt, & Ashley Renee Thaxton-Stevenson. un/attainable (2020) Supporting Artist to Project Leaders Rai Artha Arsa & Lilly Stannard, created in collaboration with students from students from Ramapo High School, Ramapo, NY. You Can’t Unring the Bell (2020) Co-created with Keith R. Huff & Tammie L. Swopes, in collaboration with Andrea Ambam, Durell Cooper, Daryl Embry, Analisa Gutierrez, Suzy Jane Hunt, Scott Michael Morales, Ashley Renee Thaxton-Stevenson, & Rachel Tuggle Whorton. (September 2020) Premiered online as part of New York University’s Constitution Day 2020: Voting Rights in America. Co-sponsored by NYU Brademas Center, NYU Government Affairs, NYU Votes, NYU Student Affairs, and the Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network at NYU Law. (October 2020) Presented online at Westtown School, West Chester Pennsylvania. Portraits from Quarantine 2020 (2020) Co-created with Amanda Chas, Mary Leigh Filippone, Keith R. Huff, & Lilly Stannard, in collaboration with students from the Appoquinimink school district. Middletown, DE. University of Denver Prison Arts Initiative (DU PAI) (ongoing from June 2020 to Present) Supporting DU PAI’s mission to “provide therapeutic and educational creative arts programming to incarcerated people and their families in Colorado state prisons.” (2020-2021) Creative Consultant for documentary theatre project If Light Closed Its Eyes. Portraits US series (ongoing from February 2020 to Present) Lead Artist. Project aimed at capturing the experiences and viewpoints of people living and working throughout the United States during historical events and happenings. Current investigations include Portraits US: COVID-19, Portraits US: Election 2020, & Portraits US: