CV
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Theatre.
Florida State University. Tallahassee, FL. 2023.
Dissertation: “On the Natchez Confederate Pageant.”
Master of Fine Arts. Theatre. Specialty: Theatre for Youth.
Arizona State University. Tempe AZ. 2013-2015. Completed 4 semesters.
Professional Training Certificate. Physical Theatre.
Dell’Arte International School for Physical Theatre. Blue Lake, CA. 2006.
Master of Arts. Women’s Studies: Performance Studies concentration.
University of Arizona. Tucson, AZ. 2004.
Thesis: “Drag Kinging: ‘Doing’ Kinging: ‘Being’ King?.”
Bachelor of Arts. German Studies. Women’s Studies concentration.
University of Arizona. Tucson, AZ. 2000.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
UNIVERSITY:
Instructional Assistant Professor. Department of Theatre. University of Mississippi. 2023-2024.
THEA 120: Introduction to Theatre, Film, and Dance.
THEA 201: Appreciation of the Theatre (Honors).
THEA 326: Dramatic Literature I.
THEA 327: Dramatic Literature II.
Graduate Teaching Assistant. School of Theatre. Florida State University. 2018-present.
Research Assistant for Dr. Beth Osborne. (2 semesters)
Research Assistant for Dr. Brad Brock. (1 semester)
THE 4935: The Moving Body. Instructor of Record.
THE 4935: Commedia Dell’Arte. Co-instructor.
THE 4304: Play Analysis. Instructor. Writing Emphasis Course (3 semesters).
TPP 2190L: Theatre Rehearsal and Performance. Instructor.
TPP 2100: Performance 1. Teaching Assistant. (2 semesters).
THE 4913: Theatre Tutorial. Teaching Assistant (2 semesters).
TPP 3101: Performance II. Teaching Assistant.
THE 2020: Introduction to Theatre for Majors. Teaching Assistant (2 sections).
THE 2000: Intro to Theatre. Teaching Assistant. Online Course.
THE3213: World Theatre History. Teaching Assistant.
Graduate Teaching Assistant. School of Film Dance & Theatre. Arizona State University. 2013-2015.
FMP 201: Film: The Creative Process. Teaching Assistant.
THP 101: Intro to Acting. Instructor of Record.
THE 322: Theatre Histories. Instructor, online course. (2 sections)
THP 311: Creative Drama. Writing Emphasis Course.
Graduate Teaching Assistant. College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. University of Arizona. 2002-2004.
WS 102 Gender and Contemporary Society (2 sections)
WS 200 Women and Western Culture. Instructor of Record. (2 sections)
WS 305 Feminist Theories. Taught lab sessions for Writing Emphasis Course.
SECONDARY SCHOOL:
St. John Bosco School, Tempe, AZ. 2014-2015.
Drama Teacher. Grades 7-8.
City High School. Tucson, AZ. 2012-2013.
Collaborative Playbuilding. Stories That Soar! Artist-in-Residency. Grades 10-11.
Summer Arts Camp. Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac, AZ. 2009; 2013.
Musical Theatre. Ages 12-16.
Valencia Middle School. Tucson, AZ. 2011.
Collaborative Playbuilding. Stories That Soar! Artist-in-Residency for Higher Ground. All ages.
Green Fields Country Day School. Tucson, AZ. 2006-2010.
Creative Drama, Intro to Acting, Advanced Acting, Debate. Grades 6-12.
PRIMARY SCHOOL:
Scales Elementary School. Tempe, AZ. 2014.
Community Cultural Development with English Language Learner (ELL) and Special Ed students.
Johnson Primary School. Tucson, AZ. 2011-2013.
Collaborative Playbuilding. Stories That Soar! Artist-in-Residency.
John E. Wright Elementary School. Tucson, AZ. 2011-2013.
Collaborative Playbuilding. Stories That Soar! Artist-in-Residency.
Mesquite Elementary School. Tucson, AZ. 2011-2013.
Collaborative Playbuilding. Stories That Soar! Artist-in-Residency.
Summer Arts Camp. Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac, AZ. 2009; 2013.
Story Drama. Ages 4-11.
Borton Magnet School. Tucson, AZ. 2011-2012.
Collaborative Playbuilding. Stories That Soar! Artist-in-Residency.
Central School Project/Boys’ and Girls’ Club. Bisbee, AZ. 2012.
Collaborative Playbuilding. Stories That Soar! Artist-in-Residency for MAKE Youth Arts Festival.
Presidio School. Tucson, AZ. 2011.
Collaborative Playbuilding. Stories That Soar! Artist-in-Residency.
Lighthouse/City YMCA. Tucson, AZ. 2009.
Collaborative Playbuilding. Stories That Soar! Artist-in-Residency.
Green Fields Country Day School. Tucson, AZ. 2006-2010.
Creative Drama. Grades 1-5.
Integrated Fine Arts (Drama, Music, Art). Kindergarten.
Yoga and Dance. Grades K-5.
Spanish. Grades K-2.
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION:
Martha Cooper Public Library. Tucson, AZ. 2010-2011.
Dramatized weekly Storytimes for infants, toddlers, and emerging readers.
Organized multi-lingual/multi-cultural storytimes for refugees and immigrants.
Production assistant for Storytown, a free community event celebrating early literacy.
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH:
Child and Family Resources. Tucson AZ. 2011-2013.
GoGrrrls Facilitator. Arts-Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program for girls ages 11-16.
Las SinFronteras. Tucson, AZ. 2000-2003.
Co-Founder.
Co-founded a youth arts organization/ venue for performance and art, focused on engaging re: reproductive health issues.
Successfully filed for 501 (c) (3) status. Recruited Board of Directors.
Wrote capacity-building grants totaling $175,000.
Completed grantee training from the Ms. and Gill Foundations on strategic planning, grantwriting, and program evaluation.
Opened a performance venue/art gallery in downtown Tucson.
Developed and presented youth arts programming and performances.
ARTICLES FORTHCOMING
“The Old South Lives Again” in Theatre Annual 75. Ed. Dr. Ann Folino White.
“Performing Primates” in Reconceptualizing Renaissance Performance: Beyond the Public Stage. Eds. Drs. Amrita Sen and Jennifer Linhart Wood.
ARTICLES PUBLISHED
“Natchez Confederate Pageant” in Dance in US Popular Culture. Ed. Dr. Jennifer Atkins. Routledge, July 2023.
“Performing Performance Moms” in Staging Motherhood: Representations of the Maternal in 21st Century North American Theatre & Performance. Eds. Drs. Lynn Deboeck and Aoise Stratford. Routledge, June 2023.
“Thingspiele: Fascist Avant-Garde Theatre” in Theatre Symposium 30. Eds. Drs. Charles Bringardner and Susanne Shawyer. May 2023.
Review of Natalie Crohn Schmitt, Performing Commedia Dell’Arte, 1570-1630. Routledge, 2020, for publication in Theatre History Studies.
Article. “See Me, Hear Me: Toward a Collaborative Theatre for Deaf and Blind Audiences.” In Theatre for Young Audiences and Perceptions of the Contemporary Child (part of Medien und Theater series). Olms Press. Co-editors Professor Mary McAvoy, Professor Geesche Wartemann and Professor Tulin Saglam. March 2015.
“Missy Elliott,” encyclopedia entry for The Women's Movement Today: An Encyclopedia of Third-Wave Feminism (Greenwood, 2005).
“Lil’ Kim,” encyclopedia entry for The Women's Movement Today: An Encyclopedia of Third-Wave Feminism (Greenwood, 2005).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
NON-PROFIT ARTS LEADERSHIP:
Education Director. Stories That Soar. Tucson, AZ. June 2011- May 2013.
Developed collaborative playbuilding curricula for schools, afterschool programs, and summer camps.
Supervised interns and teaching artists presenting this curriculum.
From 2011-2013, presented this program at 21 different sites to 1900+ students.
Founding Artistic Director. Boys’R’Us Kings’ Cabaret. Tucson AZ. 2001-2004.
Co-Founder. Las SinFronteras. Tucson, AZ. 2000- 2003.
COMMUNITY RESOURCES & DEVELOPMENT:
Refugee Liaison. Martha Cooper Public Library. Tucson, AZ. Feb 2010- Sept 2011.
Served as community liaison to large, diverse refugee population.
Assisted in development of annual Refugee Health Fair.
Curated a library of children’s literature in foreign languages for Tucson’s refugee and immigrant populations.
Supervised 25+ volunteers and managed summer teen interns.
HIGHER EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION:
Administrative Assistant. University of Arizona Graduate College, Department of LGBT Studies. June 2004-August 2005.
Organized nationwide search for Director of LGBT Studies Department.
Organized Sex, Race, and Globalization conference.
THEATRE PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE
ENSEMBLE DEVISING (selected):
Ensemble Actor. #24TEEN. ASU/Tempe, AZ 2014
Ensemble Actor. Stories That Soar/Tucson, AZ 2003-2013
- Collaborated on an average of 10 full-length, original plays per school year.
SuperJoe. Adventures of SuperJoe. San Francisco Mime Troupe 2007
Co-Producer. BodyMind Theatre Group
Black and White Denver, CO 2006
DoubleSpeak: Media War Tucson, AZ 2004
Clown/ Puppeteer. …And Now This! Forks of Salmon, CA 2006 - Dell’ Arte Rural Residency
Clown. Laughter: an Evening of Clown Dell’Arte (CA) 2006
Melodrama. Thunder, Tears and Rage Dell’Arte (CA) 2006
Pinocchio. Pinocchio Dell’Arte (CA) 2005
Actor. Boys’R’Us Kings’ Cabaret Tucson, AZ 2001-2004
Ensemble Actor. Las SinFronteras. Tucson, AZ 2000-2003
Suck-sess (opening act for Fugazi).
Queer Circus (opening act for Le Tigre).
MenstruRama!
ACTING (selected):
Susan. Romeo and Juliet: VOID. ASU/Tempe, AZ 2014
Marisgala. Nation. ASU/ Tempe, AZ 2014
Antonia. We Won’t Pay! Beowulf Alley/ Tucson, AZ 2012
Gertrude. Hamlet. Beowulf Alley/ Tucson, AZ 2011
Juliet. Clown Romeo and Juliet. Beowulf Alley/ Tucson, AZ 2011
Bembo/M. Bonville. Red Noses. Rogue Theatre/Tucson, AZ 2008
Crespo. A Tucson Pastorela. Borderlands/ Tucson, AZ 2007
Gabriel. A Tucson Pastorela. Borderlands/ Tucson, AZ 2006
Various. Lesbian Shorts New Play Fest I-IV. Bloody Unicorn/ Tucson, AZ 2004-2007
Various. New Play Festival. Old Pueblo Playwrights/ AZ 1998-2000
Puppeteer. The Skriker. Timespace Theatre /PA 1998
Woman Alone. Female Parts The Acting Company /PA 1997
Vampire. Dracula. The Acting Company /PA 1996
Street Urchin. The Poor of New York. The Acting Company/PA 1995
Lily. The Chimes. The Acting Company /PA 1995
DIRECTING (selected):
Director. Inside the Mind of Edmund Wolfe. FSU Fringe Festival/Tallahassee, FL 2022
Director. #24TEEN. ASU/Tempe, AZ 2014
Director. Stories That Soar/Tucson, AZ 2003-2013
- Collaborated on an average of 10 full-length, original plays per school year.
Marie Antoinette: The Color of Flesh. Beowulf Alley/Tucson, AZ 2012
- Arizona Daily Star MAC Award Nominee for Best Director
Circus. Green Fields Country Day School/Tucson, AZ 2010
Fairy Tale Theatre. Green Fields Country Day School/Tucson, AZ 2010
Under the Gaslight. Green Fields Country Day School/Tucson, AZ 2009
Peter Pan. Green Fields Country Day School/Tucson, AZ 2009
The BFG. Green Fields Country Day School/Tucson, AZ 2009
A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Green Fields Country Day School/Tucson, AZ 2008
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears. Green Fields Country Day School/Tucson, AZ 2008
Head, Body, Legs. Green Fields Country Day School/Tucson, AZ 2008
Big Pumpkin. Green Fields Country Day School/Tucson, AZ 2008
Attack of the Mutant Carrots. Green Fields Country Day School/Tucson, AZ 2007
The Lorax. Green Fields Country Day School/Tucson, AZ 2007
Boys’R’Us Kings Cabaret. Vaudeville Theatre/Hotel Congress. Tucson, AZ 2001-2004
Vagina Monologues/ Monólogos de la Vagina.
Rialto Theatre/Tucson, AZ 2002
PAPERS PRESENTED
“Aestheticizing Fascism.” Southeastern Theatre Conference Theatre Symposium. Virtual. April, 2021.
“Confederate Pageantry in Natchez, MS.” Florida State University Fellows Society Research Share. Virtual. June 2020.
“Performing Monkeys in Rococo France.” Young Scholars Graduate Award. Southeastern Theatre Conference. Louisville, KY. February 2020.
“Confederate Pageantry: Natchez.” Southeastern Theatre Conference Symposium. Decatur, GA. April 2019.
“Resistance and Affirmation in Zarco Guerrero’s Dia de los Muertos Masks.” XVIII Congreso de Literatura de Estudiantes de Posgrado de Español. Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ. July 2015.
“Resistance and Affirmation in Zarco Guerrero’s Dia de los Muertos Masks.” PSi: Performance Studies International. Shanghai Theatre Academy. Shanghai, China. July 2014.
“Hear Me, See Me: Towards a Collaborative Theatre for Deaf and Blind Youth.” ASSITEJ/ITYARN Conference. Warsaw, Poland. May 2014.
“Resistance and Affirmation in Zarco Guerrero’s Dia de los Muertos Masks.” Graduate Theatre Symposium. Arizona State University. Phoenix, AZ. October 2013.
“Drag Kinging.” Women’s Studies Colloquium. University of Arizona. Tucson, AZ. April 2004.
“Using Image Theatre to Create Drag Performances.” Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed
Conference. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. June 2003.
“Manifesta.” Theory Matters: New Directions in Critical Theory. University of Arizona. Tucson, AZ. May 2003.
WORKSHOPS PRESENTED
Successful Strategies for Engaging Latinx Communities & Unmasking Popular Stereotypes. Rural Women’s Health Network Conference. Prescott, AZ, May 2016.
Arts Infusion Strategies for Kinesthetic Learners. Redefining Safe: Meeting the Sexual Health Needs of Youth in Foster Care Conference. Tucson, AZ, March 2016.
Forum Theatre Workshop, Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ, March 2014.
Collaborative Playbuilding to Support Common Core. Tucson, AZ, September 2012.
Commedia and Clown Archetypes. Beowulf Alley Theatre. Tucson, AZ, 2011.
Theatre of the Oppressed workshops. No Más Muertes/ No More Deaths volunteer training. Tucson, AZ, Summer 2008, 2009.
Image Theatre workshops, Boys’R’Us. Tucson, AZ, Spring 2003.
CONFERENCES ATTENDED (selected)
American Society for Theatre Research. New Orleans, LA. November, 2022.
American Society for Theatre Research. San Diego, CA. October, 2021.
Southeastern Theatre Conference Theatre Symposium. Virtual. April, 2021.
Southeastern Theatre Conference. Louisville, KY. February, 2020.
Southeastern Theatre Conference Theatre Symposium. Decatur, GA. April, 2019.
Drawing Water from a Deeper Well. Atlanta, GA. August 2017.
Native American Fatherhood and Families Association Teen and Young Parent National Conference. Mesa, AZ. June 2017.
Native American Fatherhood and Families Association Teen and Young Parent National Conference. Mesa, AZ. May 2016.
PSi: Performance Studies International. Shanghai Theatre Academy. Shanghai, China. July 2014.
ASSITEJ World Congress. Warsaw, Poland, May 2014.
Healthy Teen Network. Savannah, Georgia, October 2013.
Arizona Commission on the Arts Joint Arts Education Conference. Mesa, AZ, October 2012.
Arizona Center for Afterschool Excellence, Annual Statewide Afterschool Conference. Phoenix, AZ, November 2011.
Animating Democracy, Tucson Pima Arts Council. Tucson, AZ, September 2011.
STEP into Storytime: StoryTime Effective Practice for Mixed-Age Storytimes (Saroj Ghoting). Arizona State Library Assn. Tucson, AZ, May 2011.
What’s New in Children’s Literature (Dr. Peggy Sharp). Pima County Public Library. Tucson, AZ, March 2011.
Arizona Commission on the Arts Southwest Arts Conference. Chandler, AZ, July 2010.
Arizona Commission on the Arts Southwest Arts Conference. Carefree, AZ, July 2009.
Sex, Race, and Globalization. University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, April 2005.
Theatre of the Oppressed workshops, Compass High School, led by Doug Paterson. Tucson, AZ, April 2004.
Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. May/June 2003. Attended advanced TOP/Joker workshops led by Augusto Boal.
Men and Feminism Conference, University of Arizona, March 2002.
Grantee Training and Development: Strategic Planning for Nonprofits. Ms. Foundation. 2001-2002.
Grantee Training and Development: Fundraising Principles for Nonprofits. Gill Foundation, Denver, CO, 2001.
Creating Change. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November 2001.
CURRICULA TRAINING/CERTIFICATIONS
TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.) 2020.
Training of Trainers. Planned Parenthood. (Multiple) 2015-2017.
Go Grrrls Training of Trainers. Child & Family Resources. Tucson, AZ, May 2016.
Reducing the Risk. Tucson Teen Pregnancy Prevention Coalition. 2015.
Getting to Outcomes. Tucson Teen Pregnancy Prevention Coalition. July 2015.
Go Grrrls Facilitator Training. Child & Family Resources. Tucson, AZ, 2013.
TechGyrls Facilitator Training. Child & Family Resources. Tucson, AZ, 2013.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Intimacy Directing with Tonia Sina from Intimacy Directors International. Tallahassee, FL, March 2019.
Embodied Practices Workshop with Paolo Vignolo. Tempe, AZ, April 2015.
Cornerstone Theatre Intensive. Los Angeles, CA. October 2014.
Preparing Future Faculty, ASU. Tempe, AZ. 2014-2015.
Movement Workshop with Marc Bamuthi Joseph, ASU. Tempe, AZ, February 2014.
Viewpoints/Movement Workshop, Rhythm Industry. Tucson, AZ, March 2009.
Resident Intern, San Francisco Mime Troupe. San Francisco, CA, 2008 Season.
9 week summer workshop, San Francisco Mime Troupe. San Francisco, CA, 2008 Season.
Aerial Silks and Stilt Walking, Tucson Circus Arts. Tucson, AZ, 2006-2008.
Clown Workshop with Patty Gallagher (UC Santa Cruz/ Clown Conservatory), Rogue Theatre. Tucson, AZ, January 2008.
Alexander Technique lessons with Philip Gerstner, Dell’Arte International. Blue Lake, CA, Spring 2006.
Clown Workshop with Jeff Raz (Clown Conservatory), Dell’Arte International. Blue Lake, CA, April 2006.
Maskmaking Workshops, Tucson Puppet Works. Tucson, AZ, Fall 2006; Fall 2007.
300-hour Yoga Teacher Training, Providence Institute. Tucson, AZ, Fall 2004.
GRANTS AND AWARDS
ASTR Helen Krich Chinoy Dissertation Fellowship. 2022-2023.
PEO Scholar. 2021-2022.
Jay & Sue Newman Conference Paper Award. 2021.
Ada Belle Winthrop-King Visual Arts Endowment. 2020.
SETC Young Scholars Award, Graduate Student. 2020.
Jay & Sue Newman Conference Paper Award. 2019.
Legacy Fellowship, Florida State University, 2018-2023.
AriZoni Theatre Award for Excellence: Puppetry Design for Nation. Awarded September 2014.
Arizona Daily Star MAC Awards. Nomination for Best Director for Marie Antoinette: the Color of Flesh. December 2012.
$5950 received in scholarships and awards from Arizona State University, 2013-2014.
$12,000 received in grants written for Stories that Soar, 2012-2013.
$175,000 received in GOS/capacity building grants written for Las SinFronteras, Spring 2001.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
ASTR
ATDS
Southeastern Theatre Conference
Performance Studies International
PROFESSIONAL/COMMUNITY SERVICE
ASTR GSC representative to the Committee on New Paradigms in Higher Education. 2022.
United Faculty of Florida Senator for Florida State University Graduate Students’ Union. 2021.
Florida Education Association Delegate for Florida State University Graduate Students’ Union. 2021.
Graduate Students United. Tallahassee, FL, 2018-present.
Graduate and Professional Students’ Association. Phoenix, AZ, 2013-2015.
Arizona Association for Theatre Scholarship and Service. Phoenix, AZ, 2013-2015.
Volunteer, No Más Muertes/ No More Deaths. Arivaca, AZ, 2007-2009.
Wingspan Domestic Violence Project. Tucson, AZ, 2001-2002.
EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
Brass Diva: the Life and Legends of Ethel Merman by Caryl Flinn (University of California Press, 2009). Citations Editing.
LANGUAGES
Speak/Read/Write: Spanish, German Basic Speaking/Reading: French, Italian, Dutch
REFERENCES
Upon Request.