About Dr. Crannell

Dr. Crannell
EDUCATION:
  • B.A. Emerson College (Honors), 1955 Speech Education/Radio and Television
  • M.A. Emerson College, 1957 Speech Pathology and Audiology
  • Ph.D. Northwestern University, 1970 Interpretation / Performance Studies

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
  • Professor of Communication Studies, Emerson College, 1957 - 2001
  • Visiting Professor, Northwestern University, 1964-65.
  • Instructor of Homiletics, St. John's Seminary, Brighton, MA, 1968-72.
  • Instructor of Homiletics, Pope John XXIII National Seminary, 1968-90.
  • Consultant to Harvard Divinity School, created speech program for Divinity students, 1972-73.
  • Professor of Communication Studies, Emerson College,
    1957-2001.
  • Presently, Professor Emeritus from Emerson College.

PUBLICATIONS:
  • Book Review in The Speech Teacher: Reading Aloud, Wayland Maxfield Parrish, 4th edition, September 1967.
  • Voice and Articulation in Oral Interpretation, ed. Robert C. Jeffrey in Proceedings: Mini-Courses in Speech Communication, published by SCA, 1971.
  • "The Status of Graduate Degree Programs in Oral Interpretation", Kenneth Crannell and Judith Espinola, Vol.XXI, No.2: The Speech Teacher, 1972.
  • Associate Editor of "Interpretation of Literature": An Annotated Bibliography, edited by Howard Doll, Vol. V, No.3: Bibliography of Quantitative Studies in Oral Interpretation, 1972.
  • "A Metrical Analysis of Robert Frost's The Hill Wife", Vol. II, Studies in Interpretation, edited by Esther Doyle and Virginia Floyd, 1975.
  • "The Impact of Basic Courses in Oral Interpretation and Public Speaking on Communication Apprehension", Rose, Heidi M., Rancer, Andrew S., and Crannell, Kenneth C., Communication Reports, Vol 6, No.1, 1993.
  • BOOK: Voice and Articulation, Kenneth Crannell, Fourth Edition, Wadsworth Publishing, 1999, accompanied with 6 hours of audio tapes and Instructor's Manual.

COURSES TAUGHT:
  • Voice and Articulation (Beginning and Advanced)
  • Public Speaking (Beginning and Advanced)
  • Advanced Professional Communication (Graduate)
  • Phonetics
  • General Speech
  • Interpretation (Beginning and Advanced)
  • Oral Performance of Poetry
  • Oral Performance of Prose
  • Oral Performance of Drama
  • Oral Performance of Shakespeare
  • Oral Performance of Romantic and Victorian Poetry
  • Oral Performance of Modern Poetry
  • Oral Performance of Bible and Liturgical Text
  • Readers Theatre and Chamber Theatre
  • Dialects
  • Seminar in Prosody
  • Seminar in History of Oral Interpretation
  • Teaching Methods in Speech and Drama
  • Seminar in Choral Speaking
  • Directed Touring Choric Speech Choir (5 years)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
  • Represented by two theatrical agencies: Flora Frame, Boston, and Libra Productions, Framingham, MA.
  • Records, Tapes, Television:
    • A recording with Charlton Heston and Sir Cedric Hardwick to accompany Speech in Action, published by Scott, Foresman and Co., 1963. (Scenes from Life With Father and Arsenic and Old Lace).
    • Several recordings for Clearlight Productions, published by Houghton Mifflin.
    • Channel 5 recorded and has often aired a one half hour cutting of my performance of Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
    • Various voice overs and slide shows: Mitre Corporation.
  • Performances/Recitals:
    • At Emerson College, over 80 Southwick Recitals including a one man show of
      • The Man Who Came To Dinner
      • Becket
      • Stalag #17
      • The Importance of Being Earnest
      • The King And I
      • Twelfth Night
      • My Fair Lady
      • Love Letters, with Martha Jussaume

    • At Colleges, Universities, and High Schools including:

      University of Missouri Monmouth College Northwestern University
      Towson University Emporia State University Kutztown University
      University of Texas at Austin University of Kansas Kansas State University
      Folger Library University of Vermont Indiana University
      University of South Florida Rhode Island College St. Anselm's College
      University of Michigan University of New Hampshire Northeastern University
      University of North Carolina Middlesex School Concord Academy
      Copley High School Newton High School Melrose High School
      Emerson College Clarion College Stoneham High School

  • Dialect Coach:
    • A Christmas Carol, Charles Playhouse, 1982, starring Jess Caine
    • Oklahoma, Falmouth Playhouse, 1989, directed by Al Corona
    • The Hasty Heart, (Patrick), Berkshire Theatre Festival, 1990, starring Tom McGowan and directed by Dick Dunlap
    • Trains, (Lebow), Berkshire Theatre Festival, 1991, directed by Dick Dunlap
    • California Suite (Simon), Berkshire Theatre Festival, 1991, starring Anita Gillette and John Astin, directed by Dick Dunlap
    • A Christmas Carol, Huntington Theatre, 1993, directed by John Carpenter, starring Clive Revill
    • For William Hurt, an ATL Film Production of Shakespeare's Sister, starring Mr. Hurt, Kenneth Branagh, and Madeleine Stowe
    • Director, Readers/Chamber Theatre Major Productions at Emerson College:
      • Joan of Arc - A Montage
      • Noel's No Coward, Noel Coward, Director, Poet, Actor, Writer, and Musician
      • Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie
      • Green Mansions, W.H. Hudson
      • Literary Views of Jeanne d'Arc
      • Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
      At Northwestern University:
      • Joan of Arc - A Montage
      • Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie
    • Consulting:

      Over 40 years experience working with non-native English speakers on Accent Reduction on site and at the Academy, including:

      • PADS
      • Lincoln Laboratory
      • MITRE Corporation
      • State Street Bank
      • Harvard University
      • Fidelity
      • Many others upon request

      Presentational skills/voice and speech for executives at, among others:

      • Digital Equipment Corp
      • Fidelity
      • Super Stop & Shop
      • John Hancock Life Insurance
      • Giant Stores
      • Shawmut Bank
      • Nuclear Plants, Wash., D.C.
      • Interlan
      • Polaroid

    • Six week Foreign Accent Reduction Program (Russian), FTP Software Inc., 1994
    • Presentational Skills Workshop for middle management employees of Eascorp, Unicorn Park, Woburn. Worked with CEO on presentation of Annual Report.
    • Prepared Madeline Marget, author of Life's Blood, published by Simon and Schuster, on her presentational and oral reading skills in preparation for her national book tour, 1991.
    • Judge of Speech Contest for International Training in Communication, Doubletree Hotel, Cambridge, 1996.
    • Workshop: Presentational Skills for Regina Villa Associates, 1994.

INVITED LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS:
  • Workshop: Achieving An Effective Speaking Image, New England Chapter of the Association of Image Consultants International, Concord, MA, 1993.
  • Keynote Speaker, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, New York; Subject: "The Value of the Spoken Word". Speech: "Oral Dynamism and How to Achieve It", 1996.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE TO COMMUNITY:
  • Workshop: Oral Reading of the Scriptures, Trinity Parish, Melrose, MA, 6 weeks, 1993.
  • Presentational Skills Workshop for Internship Class, Bradford College, Kathryn Donahue, coordinator, 1997.

PUBLISHED ARTICLES:
  • Front Page Interview, The Chautauquan Daily, Wednesday, August 12, 1996, Volume CXIX, Issue 44.
  • Review of lecture in The Chautauquan Daily, Thursday, August 13, 1996, Volume CXIX, Issue 45.

INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCES:
Recitals:
  • Kasteel Well, in Well, the Netherlands, October 20, 1991 (Southwick)
  • Kasteel Maurick, in Vught, the Netherlands, November 29, 1991, for Annual Meeting of International Training in Communication.
  • Sintjahn Kirke, Maastricht, the Netherlands, December 13, 1991, (Southwick)
Workshops:
  • Your Voice and Speech: Annual Meeting of International Toastmistress, Boston, MA, 1980
Presentational Skills: Kasteel Maurick, Vught, the Netherlands, Novermber 23, 1991 for Annual Meeting of International Training in Communication, Presenting Yourself.
Lecture:Presented a lecture/demonstration entitled "The Presentational Skills of Selected European Leaders" to members of the Press Corp during the European Community Summit, December 7, 1991, at Maastricht, the Netherlands.

HONORS AND AWARDS:
  • Emerson Yearbook Dedication - 5 times
  • Elected Member of the Board of Trustees, 1972-74 (First Faculty Member elected to this honor).
  • Musical Theatre Dedication, My Fair Lady, 1980.
  • ISACCHAR HOOPES ELDREDGE AWARD Recipient for Outstanding Contribution to the College by an Alumnus, 1982.
  • Outstanding Educator - nominated by Administration and cited in Change Magazine, July/August, 1986, sponsored by the American Association of Higher Education and the Carnegie Foundation.
  • Elected Member of the Board of Trustees, 1987-89.
  • Elected to Directory of American Scholars, Vol. 2 (English, Speech, Drama).
  • Elected to Who's Who in Entertainment, 1991.
  • Kenneth C. Crannell, Ph.D. of Saugus, MA, was recently awarded the distinguished rank of Professor Emeritus in Communications by the Trustees of Emerson College.
COMMUNITY SERVICE:
Consultant in Interpretation and Speech to Melrose High School's 17 Spring Musicals (2 afternoons per week for 7 weeks). Among musicals produced were:

  • Carousel
  • Oliver
  • Oklahoma
  • Fiddler on the Roof
  • Carnival
  • South Pacific
  • Damn Yankees
  • Bye Bye Birdie
  • Annie Get Your Gun
  • Brigadoon
  • Peter Pan

Recitals:
  • Massachusetts Hospital School for Crippled Children, 1983.
  • Youville Hospital, Christmas Program, 1985.
  • Recital and Workshops on Poetry of Robert Frost, Bruce School, Lawrence, MA, 1988-89.
  • Recital in Hall of Philosophy at Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, New York, Entitled: "Poetry in Performance", August 13, 1996.
Workshop:Trinity Parish, Oral Reading, 7 weeks, Summer, 1994.Miscellaneous:Judge for State Finals of Voice of Democracy, sponsored by WEEI Radio and VFW, 1980.Member of Arts Lottery Committee, Melrose, MA, 1985-86.

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION:
  • The Second, Third and Fourth Editions of Voice and Articulation have been cited and recommended in the latest edition of Oral Interpretation by Charlotte Lee and Tim Gura, and in the new text Performance Studies: The Interpretation of Aesthetic Texts, by Ronald Pelias.
  • The lecture/demonstration entitled "The Presentational Skills of Selected European Leaders" appeared in the Pre-summit Program entitled Pan-European Happening Programme, published by the City of Maastricht. My lecture/workshop was cited in The Wall Street Journal Europe, December 4, 1991, and taped for EIIV- TV.
  • Speech Communication Association Convention, session To A Man Speaking: Papers and Performance in honor of Robert S. Breen, performed Mountain Lion, by D.H. Lawrence and Fragment of an Agon, by T.S. Eliot, October 30, 1992, Hotel Hilton.
  • Two Hour Video Interview, produced by Dr. Annette Martin, Chair of the Performance Studies Interest Group of SCA. The interview dealt with my contributions as a theorist and director of Readers/Chamber Theatre as one of ten national scholars chosen to be presented on tape to the newly founded Indigo Center for the Study of Group Performance of Non-traditional Texts housed at Eastern Michigan University, 1993.
  • Preserving Our Heritage: Archival Research and Performance Documentation - The Southwick Recital Series, November 19, 1993, Speech Communication National Convention, Miami, Florida.
  • Appeared in All Convention Reading Hour at National Speech Communication Association Convention: The Celebration of Community: An All Convention Salute to Health, Harmony, and Happiness, November 21, 1994, New Orleans, LA.
  • Building Community By Remembering Our Past: A Conversation About the Performance Studies Division, November 20, 1994, Speech Communication National Convention, New Orleans, LA.
  • Southwick-On-The-Road: New York Alumni Association, St. Moritz-on-the-Park Hotel, January 28, 1995, Poetry in Motion.
  • Southwick (Alumni Weekend), Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes; from The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde, April 22, 1995.
  • Workshop: Presentational Skills: for Regina Villa Associates, 1994.

AUDIO TAPES PRODUCED:
  • Six hour Voice and Articulation tapes produced by Wadsworth Publishing, 1996.
  • One hour tape, Oral Dynamism with Kenneth Crannell, produced and published by Chautauqua Institution, #96-158

RADIO APPEARANCES:
  • The Other Side, with Dave Maynard, on New England Regionalism, 1994.
  • Interview, WJTN 1240, Presentational Skills, Jamestown, NY, 1996.
  • The Connection, hosted by Chris Lydon, WBUR-FM, Dialects, guested with Social Linguist from University of Central Michigan, 1996.
  • Interview on WBZ, subject: Diminished Basic Oral Skills at Emerson College.

TELEVISION APPEARANCES:
  • Appeared on Good Morning America as a Speech and Dialect Specialist, broadcast on May 3, 2002.
  • Chronicle, March 11, 1994, Interviewed by Mike Barnacle on a segment of Channel 5's magazine show on the New England Regionalism. I was introduced as "Boston's Own Henry Higgins." The piece included the filming of my Voice and Articulation class at Emerson College.
  • Chronicle, September 26, 1996, hosted by Peter Mehegan and Mary Richardson.
  • Chronicle, July 20, 1998, hosted by Peter Mehegan and Mary Richardson. Interviewed and taught client the development of a New England Regionalism for professional purposes.

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