Current Instructors
Here are the talented teachers of our Spring 2025 courses. We’re so happy to present them to you, and we’re so proud of the excellent courses they will deliver around Wellfleet and by Zoom to you wherever you may be.
John Dennis Anderson
John Dennis Anderson holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in Communication Studies from Baylor University and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin.A native of Texas, he moved to South Wellfleet in 2016 after retiring from teaching Communication and Performance Studies…
Claude Kerven
Kerven's career began with the debut of his short film "Candy Store," which won an Academy Award for Best Dramatic Student Film. In 1982, he directed a series of Afterschool Specials for ABC-TV, including the Emmy Award winning "Starstruck" and the Director's Guild…
Mary Maxwell
Mary Maxwell has been a winner of the Discovery/The Nation Award, the recipient of a fellowship from the Camargo Foundation, and a visiting artist/scholar at the American Academy in Rome. The author of five collections…
Patricia Miller
Patricia Miller served as the Chief of the Special Federal Litigation Division of the New York City Law Department for 10 years. Special Fed is responsible for the defense of NYC law enforcement personnel in Federal Civil Rights actions…
Marc Strauss
Marc Strauss, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus in the Dobbins Conservatory of Theatre and Dance, Holland College of Arts & Media, Southeast Missouri State University. Dr. Strauss has taught all levels of studio ballet, jazz, and ballroom and theory classes in the history of the musical, dance history…
George Swope
George Swope earned a BA and MA in Russian Studies as well as an MBA from Northwestern University. He is a retired history and politics teacher who also served as the leader of several educational and other not-for-profit organizations.