I have recently completed my dissertation, "Constructing Prisms: Regional American Playwriting After the Great Recession (2008-2019)," and am looking to create a book project from this research. 

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Selected Publications

 

• Journal Article - "F*ck Me It's Snowing: Transpacific Trauma and Adaptation in Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's Snow in Midsummer (2017)." Theatre Annual, Vol. 43 (2023).

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• Book Review - Latinx Theatre in the Times of Neoliberalism,  Patricia A. Ybarra. Texas Theatre Journal, Vol. 16 (2019).      p. 111-112.

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• Book Entry - "The Long Walk Home (1990)." The Encyclopedia of Racism in American Films, ed. Salvador Jimenez Murguia, Rowman & Littlefield Press (2018). p. 339-342

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• Book Review - Authenticity in Contemporary Theatre: Make it Real, Daniel Schulze. Texas Theatre Journal, Vol. 15 (2018).

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• Performance Review - "JOHN by Annie Baker. 4 August 2015." Texas Theatre Journal, Vol. 12 (2016).

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Articles-in-Progress

 

• Manuscript - "Dominique Morisseau's Critical Regionality: Constructing Regional Identity in The Detroit Project."​

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Selected Presentations

 

• Paper, American Society for Theatre Research - "Bariatric Pressure: Fatness, The Whale, and the Promise of Happiness." November 2023. 

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• Paper, American Society for Theatre Research - "F*ck Me, It's Snowing: Transpacific Trauma in Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's Snow in Midsummer." November 2020. 

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• Session Chair & Presenter, Association for Theatre in Higher Education - "Walking in Memphis: The Sounds of Regional Identity in the Plays of Katori Hall." August 2020, cancelled due to Covid-19 Pandemic.

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• Paper, American Society for Theatre Research - "Of Biblical Proportions: The Monstrosity of Neoliberalism in Samuel D. Hunter's The Whale." November 2019.

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• Paper, Comparative Drama Conference - "Thoughts and Prayers: The Importance of Empathy in Branden Jacbos-Jenkins's Gloria." March 2019.