M.A. Class of 2024

M.A. Student Biographies

Our students are a large part of what makes Performance Studies special. They come from a wide range of academic, cultural, and artistic backgrounds and create a vibrant intellectual environment. Click on the thumbnails below to learn more about them.

  • Photo of MA candidate, Monika Błaszczaka

    Monika Błaszczak

    choreography, hauntology, somatics, queer-feminist studies, love

  • Photo of MA Candidate, Nadia Hannah

    Nadia Hannan

    Dance Studies, Trauma Studies, Queer Theory, Autotheory

  • Books

    Ellie Houlihan

    Abolition, dreams, adaptation, Disability justice, religion

  • Books

    Jean Huang

    Visual Arts/Music

  • Image of Shreya

    Shreya Kulshreshtha

    Performance in Film, Directing, Queer Theory, Autofiction, Diasporic Poetics

  • Photo of MA Candidate, Stacey Manos

    STACEY MANOS

    Religious Imagery in Queer Art, Latinx Performance, Poetry in Theatre

  • Image of MA Candidate, Joey

    Joey Mauro

    The pedagogical capacity of the novel as performance

  • N/A

    Sujin Moon

    Performance Studies

  • Photo of MA Candidate, Emerson

    EMERSON CYRUS OLSON

    American composers; experimental music; sound design; identity

  • Books

    Jerrold Poon

    Extroversion of actors on stage and social anxiety disorder in actors’ live

  • NA

    Joel Sedano

    Poetry, Horror & Sci-Fi, Environmental Humanities, Queer/Trans of Color Studies

  • Photo of MA Candidate, Noah

    Noah Witke Mele

    trans studies, disability studies, science fiction studies, dance

  • Photo of M.A. Candidate, Ray Yang

    Ray Yang

    Michael Chekhov's acting technique; Linklater's voice technique