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Richard Nichols Receives 2006 Faculty Award for Outstanding Teaching

April 28, 2006

Richard Nichols, professor of theatre, has received a 2006 Faculty Award for Outstanding Teaching from Penn State’s College of Arts and Architecture for his accomplishments in the classroom, on stage and in an international field of research and publication. Throughout his more than fifteen years at Penn State, Nichols is credited with having uncompromising, high standards and a firm dedication to his students.

Nichols, who received his Ph.D. at University of Washington, has a national reputation as a master teacher of both acting and stage movement. He is a widely known instructor of the Alexander Technique, which aligns the body and physically centers the actor in preparation for taking on the life of the scripted character. His international reputation also continues to expand as a scholar of modern Korean theatre. As a Fulbright scholar in South Korea, Nichols was also recognized for his teaching at Sungkyunkwan University (Korea’s oldest) and the Korean University of the Arts.