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Robin Beth Levenson
Robin Beth Levenson, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of communication studies at LaGuardia CC, CUNY. She has recently completed her first book on language and theatre, Acting Chekhov in Translation: 4 Plays, 100 Ways for Peter Lang Publishers, to be published in 2018. Her publications include articles in the Dialogues in Social Justice Journal, New York Society for General Semantics and Communications from the International Brecht Society. She received her Ph.D. from NYU and her MFA from University of California at Riverside, and has presented at conferences at the University of East Anglia, England (Theatre Translation Conference), ALTA (American Literary Translation Association) in Philadelphia, the NY Society for General Semantics, the Eastern Communication Association in Baltimore and Boston, and NYSCA in the Catskills. She is proud to have been elected to the Executive Board of NYSCA, the New York State Communication Association, and to have led so many students to top prizes in CUNY and LaGuardia Speech Competitions. Her research explorations include how language influences thought and behaviour and how to understand the nature of performance.