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Daniel Stancil Campbell

  • Position: Professor Emeritus
  • Department: Department of the Arts
Brief Biography

Daniel Campbell joined the American University in Cairo (AUC) in 2000 and continued actively teaching until his retirement in July 2016, since which time he has served as Professor Emeritus. He was the chair of the Department of the Arts (previously known as Performing and Visual Arts) from 2005-2011. Previously he taught in the USA at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro, at Francis Marion College, and at Berea College; in Canada at the University of Alberta and at Trinity Western University; and in Ghana at the University of Ghana’s School of Performing Arts. The focus of his theatre work has been stage design and lighting. He has worked on over 300 theatre productions over the past 50 years in the USA, Canada, Scotland, Ghana, and Egypt. Campbell has received seven theatre design awards and has exhibited artworks in numerous galleries. He is a member of the Associated Designers of Canada.

Research Interest
  • Theatrical Scenic Design
  • Theatrical Lighting Design
  • Sculpture
  • Drawing and Painting
  • BA, Wake Forest University, 1969
  • BFA, University of North Carolina-Greensboro, 1971
  • MA, Wake Forest University, 1974
  • MFA, University of Oregon, 1978
  • Graduate Diploma, The American University in Cairo, 2003
  • MA, The American University in Cairo, 2009