Ron Jenkins, MS

Ron Jenkins , a former Guggenheim Fellow, has investigated Balinese arts and culture for over thirty years with the support of the Thomas Watson Foundation, the Asian Cultural Council, the Institute for Intercultural Studies, The Wianta Foundation, and a Fulbright Senior Research Grant. He is the author of several books and has translated the plays of the Italian Nobel Laureate Dario Fo for production in theaters throughout the world. He has been a resident writer at the Rockefeller Foundation...See more

Ron Jenkins , a former Guggenheim Fellow, has investigated Balinese arts and culture for over thirty years with the support of the Thomas Watson Foundation, the Asian Cultural Council, the Institute for Intercultural Studies, The Wianta Foundation, and a Fulbright Senior Research Grant. He is the author of several books and has translated the plays of the Italian Nobel Laureate Dario Fo for production in theaters throughout the world. He has been a resident writer at the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Center and written articles for the New York Times , the Jakarta Post , the Kyoto Review , and the International Herald Tribute . A professor of theater at Wesleyan University, Jenkins holds a Doctorate from Harvard University and a Masters of Buffoonery from the Ringling Brothers Clown College. See less