Kim Shively is an Associate Professor in the Department of Performing Arts at Elon University where she teaches acting and directs. She is a Guiding  Faculty with Theatrical Intimacy Education and works as an intimacy educator, choreographer and coordinator for professional and university theatres, film and television. A member of Actors’ Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA, Kim has enjoyed a professional career in Theatre, Television, Commercials, Hosting and Voice-over. Professional credits include work with Shakespeare Orange County, Laguna Playhouse, and the Asolo Rep; roles on Guiding Light, As the World Turns, The Young and the Restless, CSI:Miami; and appearances in over a dozen national commercials both on camera and as a voice-over artist. As a director, Kim has worked for various organizations developing and producing content. Recent directing credits include the university premiere of Moment by Deirdre Kinahan, Trojan Barbie by Christine Evans, The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe, Macbeth, Sense and Sensibility adapted By Kate Hammill, the musical Spring Awakening, and a world premier workshop of The Inferior Sex, by Jacqueline Lawton, all at Elon University. Shively has also presented her research and led workshops at the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE), North Carolina Women’s Theatre Festival, and South Eastern Theatre Conference (SETC). Her pedagogical research has been published in The Players Journal (NIU), Methods (Pace), Theatre Topics (Johns Hopkins), the book Objectives, Obstacles and Tactics in Practice: Perspectives on Activating the Actor published by Routledge, and Education in Theatrical Intimacy as Ethical Practice for University Theatre with co-author Susanne Shawyer, published by the Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism. Shively is co-author of the  book Applied Meisner for the 21 st Century Actor.