The Department of Theatre at the University of Kansas explores and integrates the study, practice, and teaching of theatre in order to achieve an international reputation for excellence. The Department offers bachelor degrees in theatre as well as an MFA in Scenography and the MA and PhD in Theatre. The faculty is actively engaged in research and participates on national and international levels. The Department publishes the Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism, founded in 1986 by John Gronbeck-Tedesco and Paul Newell Campbell.