Associate Dean Christopher Marks began serving as the interim director of the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film in July. He took over for Harris Smith, who stepped down as director to take a position as chair of the Department of Theatre at the University of Utah.
Smith had been at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln since 1999. He was appointed director of the Carson School in January 2017 after serving as interim director since 2016.
Among his accomplishments at the Carson School were launching the newly defined Nebraska Repertory Theatre and beginning discussions regarding opportunities for students in the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts.
Marks has served as Associate Dean of the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts since 2015. He began teaching organ at Nebraska in 2006 and became full professor this year.
Richard Endacott will become the associate director of the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film in August. He replaces Sharon Teo Gooding, who served in that capacity for 10 years.