SCHOLARSHIP

My scholarship explores how theatre and performance make visible the relationships between bodies, identities, and the worlds we live in, with particular attention to contemporary American theatre, regional identity, and fat and queer performance.

Selected Publications

Journal Article: "The Death of Sea Matheson: Dragging Conservative Ideology." Studies in Theatre and Performance. Forthcoming.

Book Chapter: "Between the Mountain and the Valley: Katori Hall in Context." Modern American Drama: Playwriting in the 2010s. Bloomsbury: Methuen Drama. Forthcoming 2027.

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).

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

Selected Conferences

Paper: "The Death of Sea Matheson: Conservative Ideology in Drag," International Federation for Theatre Research in Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 2026.

Paper: "Fat Queer Time: Performing with/in Excess," International Federation for Theatre Research in Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 2026.

Convener: "Acts of Preservation: Generating Fat Futures," American Society for Theatre Research in Denver, CO, USA, 2025.

Paper: "Teen Titans: Performing Fat Adolescence," Mid-America Theatre Conference in Atlanta, GA, USA, 2025.

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