Robert K. Fessler, School of Arts & Sciences
Ronald Allan-Lindblom, School of Communication
Fredrick Johnson, Conservatory of Performing Arts
Robert K. Fessler, Ph.D.
Acting Dean, School of Arts & Sciences
Robert K. Fessler is a clinical psychologist who began his career working as a psychotherapist in both private practice and hospital settings. In recent years, he has become increasingly interested in cross-cultural psychology, particularly cultural differences in the understanding and treatment of abnormal behavior. Widely traveled, he has worked and done research in 42 countries on five continents.
As a global studies director, Fessler also participated in the Semester at Sea program in the fall of 2001 and spring of 2005. Stops included Japan, China, Vietnam, Singapore, India, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Brazil, Cuba and Venezuela.
Fessler earned his doctor of philosophy in psychology from Duquesne University, he has a master of arts in pscyhology from Miami Univeristy of Ohio and a bachelor of arts in psychology from Duquesne University.
Acting Dean, School of Communication
In addition to producing, directing, and acting in more than 500 theatre productions on three continents, Ronald Allan-Lindblom has produced international dance events and is published in Joan Schliach's The Art of Production. He has directed internationally at drama festivals in Shanghai, Edinburgh and Hong Kong. Other directing credits include Merlin by Tankred Dorst, recipient of 10 DramaLogue Critics Awards including Best Director and Best Production; Living AfterMidnight (DramaLogue Critics Award for Best Director); The Boys of Summer (DramaLogue Critics Special Mention); and the American premiere of Night Rehearsal. Lindblom has worked with Josef Svoboda of the prestigious Laterna Magika Theatre in Prague, and acted the lead role in the American premiere of Laterna Magika's The Black Monk.Lindblom co-founded California Repertory Company, the professional company at California State University, Long Beach, in 1989, and served as its associate artistic producing director until 1998. He has served as artistic director of Stage West Theatre in San Luis Obispo, Calif., and the Collective Artists Theatre in Boston, Mass.
Lindblom is the founder of The REP, Point Park University's professional theatre company, and the acting dean of Point Park's School of Communication.
Fredrick Johnson
Dean, Conservatory of Performing Arts
Fredrick Johnson has over fifteen years of media production experience, principally in Los Angeles, where his work included productions for MTV, VH1, Ford Motor Company, Coca-Cola, Warner Bros., and Universal Studios Theme Parks. As a writer and director, his work has won many awards and screened at festivals around the world, including the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival; the Deauville Festival of American Film; the AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival; the Atlanta Film Festival; CineAsia Hong Kong; ShoWest Las Vegas; the One World Human Rights Film Festival (Prague, Czech Republic); and the Pan-African Film Festival (Los Angeles).
Johnson has more than 10 years of experience in media production education, previously at the University of California Los Angeles and the University of Southern California, where he also earned an MFA at the School of Cinematic Arts.