Ethan Hunter

Ethan teaches oral interpretation, digital performance, film studies, and public speaking courses. His research focuses on performance pedagogy, communication theory, and arts-based research methods. His work has been published in Communication Theory and Text and Performance Quarterly and he has a forthcoming essay in Communication Education.

CMST 2012 - Introduction to Film Studies
CMST 2040 - Introduction to Performance Studies
CMST 2060 - Public Speaking
CMST 3040 - Performance Composition
CMST 3041 - Performance in Everyday Life
CMST 4141 - Performing Narrative

Marie J. Robinson Scholarship. Performance Studies Division, National Communication Association (2023)

Communicative Teacher Kudos, Communication Across the Curriculum (2023)
Top Student Paper ("ALICE: A Parable"). Performance Studies Division, National Communication Association (2022)

Exceptional Teacher Kudos, Communication Across the Curriculum (2021)

Hunter, Ethan. (2026). "An articulation of the aesthetic tradition of communication theory for the future of Performance Studies in Communication. Communication Theory.

Hunter, Ethan & Kizer, Ariel. (2023). “Practically Perfect.” Text and Performance Quarterly.

Kizer, Ariel & Hunter, Ethan (2023). They’re just like us only fictional: An analysis on the materiality of LGBTQ+ representation. Text and Performance Quarterly.

Rollerland 2000 (2025). Directed by Ethan Hunter. HopKins Black Box theatre, Louisiana State University.

ALICE: A Parable (2022). Adapted and directed by Olive & Pearl. HopKins Black Box theatre, Louisiana State University.

Practically Perfect (2021). Written and directed by Ariel Kizer and Ethan Hunter. HopKins Black Box theatre, Louisiana State University.