Dr. Tabitha Harriet Deh

Tabitha began her career in September 1988 with the Ghana Education Service as a French and English Language Teacher in Tamale, Northern Ghana and later in Accra. She later   moved to the SOS-Hermann Gmeiner School, Asiakwa, after obtaining a Diploma in Theatre Arts at the University of Ghana, Legon. Due to family commitments, Tabitha moved from Asiakwa (SOS) to University Primary at Legon as a French teacher, where she  taught for 4 years before enrolling for postgraduate studies in  Theatre for Development. She graduated in 2006, and served as a Graduate/Production Assistant in the Department of Theatre Arts, where her primary role was supervising all final year  student projects. She was appointed Assistant Lecturer  in January 2009, and has been lecturing in the Department of Theatre Arts to this date. She is currently a fellow of the Volta  Hall, University of Ghana. Over the years, particularly whilst pursuing her Diploma studies and during the course of her teaching at SOS, Tabitha served as  a Training Consultant for numerous Training and Community Development projects in the Greater Accra, Volta and Eastern Regions of Ghana.

She currently holds both an MFA Degree and a Diploma in Theatre Arts from the University of Ghana, Legon, as well as  Post Secondary Professional Teacher’s Certificate 'A'  (French). She has attended numerous short courses in Special Education, Guidance and Counseling, Women and Development, and French refresher courses. She also attended two major workshops since her appointment as a  lecturer at the University of Ghana, namely: the Academic  Quality Assurance Unit workshop for all newly appointed academic staff, and, Faculty of Arts Workshop for implementing the four year degree program. Other positions she holds  at the university include: a Fellow and Tutor at the Volta Hall,  academic advisor for level 100 students in the Department of  Theatre Arts, and a member of the Faculty of Arts colloquium
organising committee all in the University of Ghana. Tabitha is presently pursuing PhD in Theatre Arts in the University of Ghana. She has just been selected for one year exchange programme at Tufts University Boston, USA from August 2013 to May 2014.
Additionally, she writes and speaks fluent French. Tabitha possesses the gifted ability to help people with learning disabilities.

Contact e-mails: tdeh@ug.edu.gh / dehtabitha@yahoo.com

Research interests
• Drama in Education
• Drama Therapy/Expressive Arts Therapies
• Theater for Development

Self-directed productions/ projects
• Games as means of education among children
• Educational psycho-drama as an aspect of drama in education.
• Boomerang: One act play, Diploma Production, Legon
• AIDS; An Illusion or Reality: TFD Project, Final Year Diploma, Production, Legon
• Malaria Awareness at Danfa: MFA Thesis Project, Danfa
• Theatre for Evangelism: MFA Minor Project, Legon Baptist Church, Legon
• Tribute to the living and the Dead: School Production by the Drama Club, Asiakwa
• L’argent Ne Fait Pas le Bonheure: School Production by the French Club, Asiakwa
• AIDS Awareness Programme: School Production by the Drama Club University Primary School for Speech and Prize-Giving Day
• Participated in several productions as an actress with GBC, NAFTI, and student productions at the University of Ghana

Major Academic research outputs

• Deh Tabitha Harriet, (2006) MFA Thesis: Theatre for Development in Malaria Eradication: A case study of Danfa in the Greater Accra Region, University of Ghana, Legon.
• Deh Tabitha Harriet, (1996) Diploma Dissertation: Theatre for Development; An Effective Tool for Creating and Intensifying AIDS Awareness, University of Ghana, Legon.
• Deh Tabitha Harriet,(2010) Popular Participation, A Remedy for Holistic Development. Journal of Performing Arts, University of Ghana, Legon.
• Deh Tabitha Harriet,(2010) Effective Communication, A Basis for Popular Education, Journal of Performing Arts, University of Ghana, Legon