For over a decade, science-themed plays have been a major focus of her teaching, research & scholarship and both her professional and educational directing activity. At CNU, she teaches the course “Science on the Stage” which promotes interdisciplinarity between the arts, humanities and sciences. Along with directing these works, she has also given regional, national and international conference presentations about them. Ms. Gillman received the 2014 Association for Theater in Higher Education and Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Prize for Teaching Innovation for her work on science-themed plays.