Mitchell Polin

Mitchell Polin, a member of the Trinity faculty since 2001, is a professional dramaturge, director, media artist, and playwright. For the past several years, he has collaborated with the Double Edge Theatre in Massachusetts as a writer and dramaturge. His fields of interest include American experimental performance, radio and sound theory, art brut and nonmimetic performance styles, new media studies, and linguistic experiments in the European avant-garde.

At Trinity, Polin has served as department chair, co-director of the Trinity Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (TIIS), director of the InterArts Program and Film Studies Program, and on numerous elected faculty committees. He has chaired the Curriculum Committee, playing a crucial role in the development of Trinity’s new curriculum and the college’s response to COVID-19. In his role as associate dean for curriculum, he works closely with the arts and humanities.

Polin earned a B.A. in theater and dance from Trinity and an M.A. in performance studies from New York University.