Vassar Drama Faculty

James B. Steerman

• Professor of Drama and Film, Film Dept. Chair

Office: Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film 306
Phone: (845) 437-5594

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James B. Steerman holds a M.F.A and D.F.A in Playwriting and Dramatic Literature from the Yale School of Drama. He is a playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker, and research scholar in film history/theory. His stage play, Native Stone, won first prize in a national competition and was published by the Woodley Press of Washburn University. The American Theater of Actors produced his most recent play, Sunset Island, in New York in 2004. During the summer of 2006, he co-wrote and co-directed a short film titled Rough Cut. Mr. Steerman established the film study program at Vassar and was its director for a number of years. He has also served as Chair of the combined Department of Drama and Film. He currently teaches mainly film courses, and is Chair of the Film department, but continues to work with student playwrights and maintains close ties with all aspects of the drama program.