Biography
She studied at Georgetown University as an undergraduate and obtained her degree there in 2001,before moving to Rutgers University to get her master degree and PhD; [2] her doctoral dissertation From Repetition to Reproduction:African American Drama in the African American Literary (2006) was supervised by Cheryl Wall. [1] After working at Dartmouth College as an assistant professor of English, [3] she became part of the Georgetown University faculty and was eventually appointed Idol Family Professor. [2]
In academic administration,she has also served as vice dean of the Georgetown University College of Arts &Sciences and chair of the Georgetown University Department of Performing Arts. [2] In December 2024,she was appointed as interim provost and executive vice president of Georgetown,following Robert Groves' decision to step down from both roles to become interim president. [2] [4]
She specializes in African American studies. [2] She was author of The African American Theatrical Body (2011) and Black Movements (2017). [5] [6] She won the 2022 Association for Theatre in Higher Education Outstanding Book Award for her book Radical Vision , [7] a biography of the playwright Lorraine Hansberry. [8]
She has co-edited two volumes related to performance studies:The Psychic Hold of Slavery (2016) and Race and Performance After Repetition (2020). [9] [10] In 2021,she published Theory for Theatre Studies:Bodies,part of Bloomsbury's Theory for Theatre Studies textbook series. [11] In 2022,she was editor of the Bloomsbury Student Edition of The Crucible . [12] She has also served as a dramaturge for Arena Stage and as an associate director for the Shakespeare Theatre Company. [13]
In 2023,she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellow in Theatre Arts and Performance Studies. [14]
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