Jim has served as the Co-Artistic Director of WildWind since 2020. Currently Professor Emeritus at The University of North Carolina Greensboro, he was the Coordinator of the Performance Program and Head of the MFA Acting Program at the School of Theatre for 34 years, where he taught both undergraduate and graduate acting and directing classes. Additionally, he served as Artistic Director of the summer theatre programs, producing over 100 plays during his tenure.  In 2001 he received a Kennedy Center Gold Medallion for Excellence in Theatre Education, and in 2006 was named Outstanding Teacher of Acting in the Southeast, serving as mentor to the acting students at the National Festival. His production of The Revenger’s Tragedy (co-authored with Joe Sturgeon) was selected for performance at the Kennedy Center as part of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival in 2009.  As a fight choreographer, he has staged the violence for over 100 productions and served as the Resident Fight Choreographer at Triad Stage. Directing credits include: The New Hopeville Comics (Chernuchin Theatre, NYC), The Blue Martini (DR2 Theatre, NYC), the means (Soho Playhouse), Irene Ryan Evening of Scenes (The Kennedy Center), Don’t Dress for Dinner(Hippodrome State Theatre), and Cinderella (Casa Mañana), in addition to over 70 productions for UNCG Theatre and the University of Florida. Education: BA in Psychology/Communication and Theatre Arts from Heidelberg University, MFA in Acting/Directing from The University of Florida.