Post-doctorate, U.S. Fulbright Scholar, France
2019-2020
Ph.D. Theater History, Theory, & Criticism: Performance as Public Practice, University of Texas at Austin
Dissertation: Artaud’s “Daughters”: Plague, Cruelty, and Doubles in Transformative Feminist Performance Art Practices
Committee: Sandy Stone, Omi Osun Olomo/Joni Jones, Charlotte Canning, Pauline Strong, Paul Bonin-Rodriguez
Advisors: Jill Dolan, Ann Daly, Omi Osun Olomo
M.A., Performance Studies, New York University
Thesis: Confessions of a Toothless Goon: Trauma and Performance Art
Advisor: Richard Schechner
B.A., Anthropology with Honors, University of Texas at Austin
Advisor: Pauline Strong
Teaching
Professor Adjunct, Drama Department, Austin Community College, Texas,
2012- present
Nontenured Professor of Acting, Performance, and Production, Texas State University, 2022 – 2023
Courses
Theater Discipline Courses
Theater History/ Theater Appreciation/ Global Theater Studies/ Acting/ Site-Specific Performance/Faculty-Led Study Abroad
Studio Workshops
Monologues and Auditions/ Devised and Collaborative Theater/ Applied and Community-based Theater/ Site-Specific Performance/ Rasaboxes for devising/ DbD and “Instant Theater”/ “Moment Work”/ Theater of the Oppressed
Courses Prepared
Performance Art History/ Contemporary Experimental Theater/ Theater as Activism/ Artaud & Theater of Cruelty/Acting for Non-Actors