Dr. Gail Humphries’ broad experience encompasses academic administration, curricula and program development, fundraising and the direction of over 180 productions, including drama, musical theatre, children’s theatre, the classics, and new works. She has taught master classes in theatre and arts administration, as well as directed in countries including Greece, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, the UK and the Czech Republic.  She has served on multiple boards for non-profit arts organizations.  Gail has been awarded several outstanding teaching, faculty and directing awards, and has published articles in multiple professional journals.

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She is the coeditor and contributing author to the book titled ARTS INTEGRATION IN EDUCATION: Theory, Research and Practice (Intellect Books Ltd. 2016; 2018).  She has contributed chapters to two books published by Routledge -THE POWER OF WITNESSING: Reflections, Reverberations and Traces of the Holocaust (2012) and THE COURAGE TO FIGHT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN (2018).  She has also served as a consultant to various colleges and universities in the development of curricula and new degrees in arts administration and arts education.

Finally, her presentations have included over 90 panel discussions, workshops and keynote addresses at various conferences ranging from the Association for Theatre in Higher Education, the Association for Arts Administration Educators, to the International Psychoanalytical Association and the Women’s Bar Association of Maryland.    

She is currently working on a new book with co-editor, Dr. Karen Berman, entitled, STORIES OF THE HOLOCAUST ON STAGE AND IN CONCERT: Art for Healing and Renewal (Vol. 1) and STORIES OF THE HOLOCAUST ON SCREEN AND IN THE GALLERY: Art for Healing and Renewal (Vol. 2).