Ph.D. Duke University, 1999B.A. University of Cincinnati, Phi Beta Kappa Performance Studies
Associate Professor of Theatre and Dance
Author of “Contemporary Latina/o Theater: Wrighting Ethnicity”
(Southern Illinois University Press, 2008)
Research Focus:
His current research divides into two strands. The first
considers the formation and limits of the work of politics within
contemporary US theater in a work tentatively entitled “The
Political Geography of Latinx Theater.” The second explores the
theory and practice of performance/performative writing organized
into two projects in process: Compositional Potentials explores
forms of composition (dance and writing) as performances of
theory/theoretical practices using examples from collaborative
practice with choreographer David Grenke; Writing Words: An Essay
___ Performance is a performative theoretical investigation of
writing as/with/about performance.