Ashley White (she/her) is an educator, director, and intimacy director dedicated to collaborative, inclusive, and innovative storytelling. She is the Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre at UR. She previously served as the Visiting Assistant Professor of Directing at UNCG. Currently, Ashley is a National Michael Chekhov Association Certification Candidate for Teaching. She holds over 60 hours of Fitzmaurice Voice Institute training. With over 182 hours in intimacy directing training, she is a certified Consent-Forward Artist through Intimacy Directors and Choreographers, and is currently in IDC’s Intimacy Directing for Live Performance Certification program. She holds certifications in Mental Health First Aid and DEI in the Workplace, and has over 123 hours of Anti-Racism/DEI, Gender Identity, Allyship and Advocacy, Bystander Intervention, Mental Health, and Trauma Stewardship training. Ashley holds a Master of Fine Arts in Directing from The University of Alabama and a Master of Arts in Education from University of California, Davis. She is an associate member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.