About me
Dr. Ashley DeMoville is an accomplished academic leader, director, and educator dedicated to equity, diversity, and inclusion in theater education. Currently the Interim Dean of Visual and Performing Arts at Spokane Falls Community College, she holds a Doctor of Education in Organizational Change and Leadership from the University of Southern California, an MFA in Directing from Victoria University of Wellington & Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School, and a BA in Theater from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Her commitment to anti-racism in theater informs her scholarship and practice, exemplified by her dissertation, The Pursuit of Anti-Racism in University Theater, which earned the American Alliance for Theatre & Education’s Distinguished Dissertation Award.
Dr. DeMoville’s directorial work includes regional premieres, interdisciplinary collaborations, and student-centered productions that make theater accessible to diverse audiences. Her projects span a wide range, including film, new plays, community collaborations, Indigenous theater, musicals, theater for young audiences, classical theater, and bilingual productions in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi/English and Spanish/English, demonstrating her commitment to culturally relevant performance and advancing anti-racism in arts education.
