Dr. Janet V. Haedicke is a Professor of English at University of Louisiana at Monroe, where she served for four years as Director of the University Performing Arts Series and two years as President of the Faculty Senate. Co-editor with Kenneth Holditch of the Tennessee Williams Literary Journal, she has published numerous articles on modern and contemporary American drama in critical anthologies, reference volumes, and major journals, including Modern Drama and American Drama, where her contributions were recognized as distinguished. Presenting regularly at national conferences, Dr. Haedicke has served on the Boards of Southern Repertory Theatre in New Orleans and the American Theatre and Drama Society, as President of the DavidMamet Society, and as Performance Review editor of the David Mamet Newsletter. She is currently on the Executive Board of the Pirates Alley Faulkner Society in New Orleans.