Contact
- Phone: 405-574-1310
- Email: kdavis@usao.edu
- Location: Davis Hall 106B
Education
| Degree | Major Emphasis | Institution | |
|---|---|---|---|
| M.F.A. | Theatre Arts: Directing | University of Mississippi | |
| M.A. | Theatre Arts | University of Texas at El Paso | |
| B.A. | Theatre Arts | Juniata College |
Biography
Katie has worked in professional, academic, and community theatre for over 30 years. She was the Artistic Director and Business Manager for Corinth Theatre-Arts between 2002-2006, and worked at The People’s Light and Theatre Company, Southwest Repertory Organization, Women's Theatre Ensemble Project, and the Hangar Theatre, among others.
Katie was awarded the USAO Regent's Award for Superior Teaching in 2019, the USAO Regent's Award for Faculty Service in 2023, and the Regent's Award for Scholarly & Creative Activity in 2025.
Katie has also been honored by the American College Theatre Festival for Excellence in New Play Development, and is a member of the American Association of Community Theatres, Association for Theatre in Higher Education, and a Board Member of the Oklahoma Community Theatre Association. In 2013, the Oklahoma Speech Theatre Communication Association honored Katie as the Outstanding Young College Teacher of the Year. Katie’s areas of ongoing research and interest include: Theatre as a Liberal Art, New Play Development, and Theatre for Social Change. Katie frequently serves the Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association as a judge for High School One-Act Competitions. She is a playwriting competition judge for the American Association of Community Theatres and the Theatre Network of Texas. She also loves fishing, creative problem solving, and is passionate about education and the arts. Katie lives in Chickasha with her husband and 17-year-old son.
Research, Presentations & Publications
Presenter: “An Interdisciplinary Team-Taught Approach to Training Future Clinicians
in Roleplay with Simulated Clients” (virtual on-demand 30-minute filmed presentation)
with Dr. Karen Karner, Professor of Speech Pathology
Oklahoma Speech-Language Hearing Association Conference, Oct. 2025
Panelist: “Playwriting Keyword: Etude”
Association for Theatre in Higher Education, (virtual), July 29, 2025
Panelist: “Re-imagining the Undergraduate Liberal Arts Theatre Curriculum in a Time
of Reduced Resources”
Association for Theatre in Higher Education, (virtual), August 8, 2021
Panelist: Association for Theatre in Higher Education annual conference (virtual),
Theatre as a Liberal Art Focus Group:
“Finding Opportunity in this Weird Moment,” July 30, 2020
Presenter: Moment Work in Devising Contemporary Theatre, Festival of Arts and Ideas,
“Interaction”, February 5, 2019.
Presenter: “Adapting Chekhov’s Castle as a Playwriting Etude,” ATHE 2018.
Interdisciplinarity as a Growth Platform, for Theatre as a Liberal Art Focus Group,
ATHE 2018.
Presenter: Karen Malpede’s Extreme Whether: Finding Family in Nature,
USAO Festival of Arts and Ideas “Our Beautiful Planet,” January, 2017.
Workshop Presenter: “Coaching Creativity: an Introduction to the Critical Response
Process
of Liz Lerman,” USAO Festival of Arts and Ideas, 2011
Panelist: Building Relationships between College/High School Theatre Programs,
Oklahoma Speech Theatre Communication Association, 2014
Presenter: The Hero as Pilgrim: (Myth)Representation in post 9/11 Works by Arab-American
Playwrights. Mid-America Theatre Conference, Production and Practice Symposium, 2013
Booth Presenter: “The Making of Apology II,” Creativity World Forum, OKC, 2010
Presenter: Contemporary Playwrights and Kierkegaard’s “Girl”
Mid-America Theatre Conference, Theatre History Symposium, 1995