CV

Complete CV on ORCID

This video was created in conjunction with a Mellon Foundation working group: “Scholars as Humans: Enacting the Liberal Arts in Public” (2016-2017).

Education

  • Ph.D., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Comparative Literature (with Honors); Certificate in Gender Studies; A&S Dissertation Teaching Award (for my thesis on prison theater and the art of rehabilitation)
  • M.A., San Francisco State University
    World & Comparative Literature (with Distinction)
  • B.A., Louisiana State University
    English & Philosophy (cum laude)

Employment

  • Director, LGBT Studies Program, Cornell University (2020-Present)
  • Director, Graduate Studies, Cornell University (2016-2020)
  • Associate Professor, Cornell University (2012-Present)
    Department of Performing and Media Arts; Affiliated Faculty Member in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; LGBTQ Studies; American Studies; Visual Studies
  • Faculty Fellow, Harvard University (2012-2013)
    Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History
  • Assistant Professor, Cornell University (2006-2012)
    Department of Theatre, Film, and Dance
  • Visiting Assistant Professor, Cornell University (2004-2006)
    Department of Theatre, Film, and Dance
  • Harper-Schmidt Postdoctoral Fellowship – Declined
    University of Chicago

Elected Offices & Leadership Positions

  • The Women & Theatre Program (President, Vice President)
  • Civic Ensemble Theatre Company (Board)
  • Arch & Bruce Brown Foundation (Board)
  • Open Meadows Foundation (Award Committee)
  • Cherry Arts (Board)
  • Association for Theatre in Higher Education (Secretary)
  • Modern Language Association (Delegate)