Our Faculty
Diane Cypkin
Professor
Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
Media, Communications, and Visual Arts
Location
- @Pleasantville
Choate House 256W
- Biography
- Publications & Presentations
- Research & Creative Works
- Professional Contributions & Service
Biography
I teach. I do research and write. I direct and perform myself. I'm very lucky. I love it all!
Education
BA, Brooklyn College
MFA , Brooklyn College
PhD, New York University
Lee Strasberg Master Class , Lee Strasberg Institute, 1981
Awards and Honors
Pace,
2017
- Sabbatical for a Semester
April 24,
2015
- Carol S. Russett Award--Leading Female Educator
December 2014
- Donation of Personal Theatrical Memorabilia to Lincoln Center, Yivo Institute for Jewish Research and the Museum of Broadcasting
National Government,
December 2014
- Jefferson Award for Public Service
Yiddish Book Center, Amherst, Mass.,
2014
- Participant in Oral History Project--Posted On-Line
Dyson,
2012
- Faculty Summer Research Grant
Dyson,
2011
- Faculty Summer Research Grants
Pace University,
2010
- President's Extra Mile Award
Pace University,
May 2003
- Kenan Award for Teaching Excellence
2000
- Member of Dyson Fellows
Publications
Cypkin, D. (2020, May). A Companion Robot, Really? (A Minority Report). , pages 2-3 pages. http://https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/9a0949f4-1d2a-4a7c-b9fb- a96b9b6bd861/downloads/Complete%20Issue%206%20Fleas%20on%20the%20 Dog%20Part%20One.pdf?ver=1603909545829
Cypkin, D. (2019, May). Book Review of Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust: Language, Rhetoric and the Traditions of Hatred by Beth A. Griech-Polelle. , pages p. 4.
Cypkin, D. (2018, September). Marching for the Jews of Europe: Or the Consequences of the First Jewish Public Relations Campaign in America. Vol 7 (Issue 2) , pages about 25 pages. http://www.americanpopularculture.com/journal/articles/fall_2018/contents.htm
Cypkin, D. (2018, September). Telemedicine, or Thoughts on the Less Popular Side of this Issue. , pages 2-3 pages. http://projectedletters.com/telemedicine-or-thoughts-on-the-less- popular-side-of-this-issue/
Cypkin, D. (2018, September). The Statue of Liberty or a Memory of Memories. (Issue 31) , pages pp. 62-65.
Cypkin, D. (2017, September). Book Review of Stolen Words: The Nazi Plunder of Jewish Books by Mark Glickman. , pages p. 4.
RESEARCH INTEREST
I write generally about speakers who have made a difference on the stage and in the world. I also do a lot of experiential learning with my students.
ARTISTIC AND PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCES AND EXHIBITS
Many One-Woman Shows--"A Musical Salute to Patti Page and Doris Day: Songbirds of the Fifties"
[Other]
Many One-woman Shows: "Who Wrote that Song? Harry Warren, the Unknown Master of Melody
[Other]
Many One-Woman Shows: "While You're Away: Love Songs of World War II"
[Music Performance - Full Solo Recital]
Libraries and Centers
Many One-Woman Shows "More Musical Gems from the Yiddish Theatre"
[Music Performance - Full Solo Recital]
Many One-Woman Shows "In Words and Music: The Story of the Yiddish Theatre"
[Music Performance - Full Solo Recital]
Libraries and Centers
Many One-Woman Shows: A Celebration of the American Musical Theatre
[Music Performance - Full Solo Recital]
Libraries and Centers in the Tri-State Area
Many One Woman Shows--A Musical Salute to Molly Picon: Star of the Yiddish Theatre
[Music Performance - Full Solo Recital]
Libraries & Centers in the Tri-State Area--including Lincoln Center Library Performance
Gave theatrical memorabilia to Lincoln Center Library, Yivo and the Museum of Broadcasting--collected, collated, labelled.
[Other]
A One-Woman Concert/Lecture at the Yiddish Book Center
[One-woman Concert/Lecture at the Yiddish Book Center]
Yiddish Book Center, Amherst, Mass.
One-woman Concert/Lecture at the Jacob Burns Center
[Concert/Lecture at the Jacob Burns Center]
Diane Cypkin,,
Jacob Burns, Pleasantville, New York
Curator--Molly Picon: Yiddish Star, American Star
[Exhibition Curator]
Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts, New York City
One Woman Show--My Papa Writes: Songs of the Kovno Ghetto
[Music Performance - Full Solo Recital]
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C.
Curator--A Celebration: One Hundred Years of Yiddish Theatre in New York
[Exhibition Curator]
Museum of the City of New York, New York City
Grants, Sponsored Research and Contracts
MEDIA CONTRIBUTIONS
WQXR Radio [Radio], 2015
I donated some radio programs that I participated in to their library.
Bay Ridge, Courier-Life article in newspaper and on-line [Newspaper], August 28 2015
Article about my one woman show: "While You're Away: Love Songs of World War II"
The Link News-New Jersey Paper [Newspaper], August 19 2015
Article about my concert/lectures
[Internet], 2014
Announcements of my many one-woman shows
Paley Center at the Museum of Broadcasting [Radio], 2014
For many years I appeared on radio--on WEVD, etc. I continue donating my many tapes to them for research purposes--translated, organized, and labeled.
Dr. Samuel Leiter's On-Line Theatre Reviews "On the Leiter Side" [Internet], November 30 2014
In his review of the theatrical production "On the Other Side of the River" by Peretz Hirshbein, Dr. Leiter--with words of high praise--recalled my production of Hirshbein's "Green Fields" in the 1970s.
On-Line Theatre Blog: "The Leiter Side" [Other], November 30 2014
My directing work noted and critiqued.
[Internet], 2013
Announcements of my many one-woman shows.
The Record--Newspaper on line edition [Internet], April 2012
Announcement of Molly Picon show in Teaneck Library
Rogers Memorial Library (Southampton) Newsletter [Newspaper], April 2012
Molly Picon concert announcement
Opportunitas [Internet], March 2012
Article on me and Molly Picon show at Pace
Ridgefield News [Internet], March 2012
Advertisement for Molly Picon show in Connecticut Library
Creative Aging Blog on "The Magic of Music" [Internet], 2011
Missoulian on line [Internet], June 2011
Advertising Molly Show in Montana
New York Public Library--Lincoln Center Preview of Exhibit on Molly Picon [Internet], 2007
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
ACE/National Network of Women Leaders
Actors' Equity Association
American Association of University Professors
American Historical Association
Eastern Communication Association
National Communication Association
New Jersey Communication Association
New York State Communication Association
SAG/AFTRA
The Author's Guild
New York Society for General Semantics
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
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Grievance Committee
[Committee Member]