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Bio

Diane Howard, Ph.D.
Performance Studies
Scholar, Professor, Author, Performer

Dr. Diane Howard, who lived her first years in mainland China and Japan, has resided all over the world. Gaining broad experience in performance, she has studied, performed, taught, and presented throughout the United States (including NYC) and in Europe. She earned her B.A. in English and Music at the University of Oregon. At the University of Washington, she earned her M. Ed. in Gifted Education and the Performing Arts. She earned her Ph.D. in Performance Studies at the University of Texas in Austin.

Dr. Howard is a Professor of Performance Studies at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton, TX. She is active in national/international publishing and presenting. She is a regional, national, and international onsite and distance public speaker, performer, and presenter. She has been a professional leader in Christian education at all levels throughout her adult life. She has been fundamentally dedicated to honest, open communication that facilitates effective role-modeling and teaching.

Professor Howard has been professionally recognized as an educator, scholar, and author. She received the Sears Roebuck Award for Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership for her work at UMHB. She has been included in National and International Who's Who Directories in American Education, Professional & Business Women, American Scholars, Contemporary Authors, American Women, American Education, Women in Education, and Executives & Professionals. McGraw-Hill Inc. has published her textbooks.

She is married to Dr. David Howard, Professor of Marriage & Family Christian Counseling at the UMHB. They have three sons, three daughters-in-law, and five grandsons. Drs. David and Diane Howard are committed to their family and to being role models to them and others.