Luke Yankee has taught and guest directed all over the country and abroad, including The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, AMDA, Northwestern, Ohio State University, the University of California – Irvine, Columbia College, Denison, the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, and the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen, Germany. He holds a BA in Literature and Performance from New York University and an MFA in Writing for the Performing Arts from the University of California, Riverside. Luke is currently the Head of Playwriting and a part-time lecturer at California State University – Fullerton and an adjunct faculty member Chapman University.