Dr. Pineau holds a Masters in Communication Studies from Arizona State University and a Ph.D. in Performance Studies from Northwestern University. During her tenure at SIU, she taught courses in performing literature, stage writing, adapting, directing, solo performance, and arts-based methods of teaching and learning. Currently, Dr. Pineau teaches courses on J.R.R. Tolkien for the University Honors program; she just returned from a month in Oxford, England, where she taught Tolkien’s life and work for a cohort of SIUC Study Abroad students.