Alex Munro, PhD, MFA
UH Translational Health Science Simulation Center
School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene
University of Hawaii at Manoa
2528 McCarthy Mall, Webster Hall 301
Honolulu, HI 96822
Ph: 808-956-7473
Fax: 808-956-3257
Email: abmunro@hawaii.edu
Biography
Alex Munro earned his PhD in performance studies and his MFA in directing at UH Manoa. He has been the program manager for HealthCAST, a simulated patient program developed in collaboration between NAWSON and the UHM Department of Theatre & Dance, since its creation in 2013. Alex’s dissertation explored the performative and interpretive aspects at play within simulation in healthcare education, such as immersivity, liveness, perceptual multistability, improvisation, and performativity. Alex is also active in the local theatre community as an actor and director. He has received several directing awards from the Hawaii State Theatre Council.