Rate My Professor Anne Medlock

Medlock-Ely teaches Costume Design, Costume Technology, Stage Makeup, and Introduction to Theatre courses. Her scholarly interests focus on costume history, social history, gender studies in relation to dress, and fabric modification and construction. A member of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) and the Texas Educational Theatre Association (TETA), she has earned recognition for her contributions, including the Outstanding Costume Design award for the production of Ada at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region VII in 2020. In 2021, she received the Special Academic Affairs Appreciation Recognition for leading the Faculty Senate amid COVID-19 challenges. Appointed department head in 2022 following Stephen Crandall's departure to direct the outdoor musical Texas, Medlock-Ely has helped elevate WTAMU theatre productions to national acclaim, as seen in awards for Alice by Heart where she collaborated on costumes. She has presented public lectures, including the brownbag talk From the Plains to the Stage at the WTAMU Museum, fostering greater appreciation for regional theatre history and design.