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Doree Allen, Ph.D.
Director, Oral Communication Program
Phone: (650) 723-4149
Fax: (650)725-9580
Doree Allen received her M.A. in Film and her Ph.D. in English from Stanford University, where she wrote a dissertation on the influence of the visual arts on the poet H.D.'s experimental prose. After teaching for several years in Stanford's Cultures, Ideas, and Values Program, she now coordinates CTL's interdisciplinary program in Oral Communication and teaches a variety of courses on public speaking and oral interpretation. Her research interests include the poetics of the performed text and Carol Gilligan and Kristin Linklater's innovative work on voice. She can be found most weekends hiking the coastal trails of West Marin.