Jennifer Madden
Visiting Instructor of Theatre, Wheaton College

Jennifer Madden
Jennifer Madden received her Ph.D. in Theatre and Performance Studies from Brown University, where she serves as public speaking mentor for the university’s Summer Leadership Institute.

She has been a theatre faculty member at Wheaton College in Massachusetts since 2001 where she teaches Public Speaking, Theatre History, and Asian Theatre and serves as the school’s Public Speaking Liaison, working college-wide with both students and faculty.

She has presented her work on the intersection of gender, alternative religious practice, and theatricality at conferences throughout the United States and in Europe, Australia, and India. Additionally she is a public speaking consultant for Dynamic Communication working at various institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Microsoft, and MIT and is currently Scholar-in- Residence at The Gamm Theatre in Rhode Island.