Allison Hsu is an arts administrator, writer, and performance curator. Her research interests include bridging Asian American studies and feminist and queer theory. She is currently an assistant to movement-based interdisciplinary artist Eiko Otake, and she has worked with a number of arts organizations in New York, including the Museum of Chinese in America, Movement Research, and the Asian American International Film Festival. Allison received her MA in Performance Studies from New York University and a BA from Wesleyan University in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.

Areas of concentration/study:

FEMINIST, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY STUDIES; ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES; QUEER THEORY; DISABILITY STUDIES; CINEMA STUDIES; ART HISTORY

Internship Sites:

INSTITUTE OF CURATORIAL PRACTICE IN PERFORMANCE (MIDDLETOWN, CT)
MUSEUM OF CHINESE IN AMERICA (NEW YORK, NY)
CRITICAL CORRESPONDENCE, MOVEMENT RESEARCH (NEW YORK, NY)

Why PS @NYU?

PS is both interdisciplinary and anti-discipline, theoretical and grounded in the body. PS has offered me a lens through which I can un-work, layering scholarship, experience, and artistic performance.

Articles Published:

"Imagining Asian Futurity: History, Multiplicity, and Racial Solidarity" (Color Bloq)

"Eiko Otake in Conversation with Allison Hsu: A Body in a Cemetery" (Critical Correspondence)