Theatre History

Speculative fiction/media

(Creative) Writing &

Research

Bethany Holmstrom, Ph.D. teaches "Clash of Ideas" in the Honors College — a course featuring "Reacting to the Past" games —  along with writing and research classes at the Honors College. Prior to joining the faculty at VCU, she taught in the City University of New York system, most recently as an Associate Professor of English at LaGuardia Community College. 

Bethany earned her Ph.D. in Theatre from CUNY Graduate Center. Her academic research touches upon U.S. Civil War memories on stage, and speculative fiction and media. Her scholarly and pedagogy essays have appeared in Supernatural Studies, Theater History Studies, and the Journal of American Drama and Theater, among other places. She received an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from City College, CUNY, and her short fiction has been published in The Forge Literary Magazine, Appalachian Review and elsewhere. Before pursuing her Ph.D., she worked as a middle-school special education teacher in NYC schools and got an M.S. in Teaching from Fordham University. She received her B.A. in English with a Theatre concentration from Barnard College.