Nolan Hanson

I take up the study and practice of boxing in an effort to engage history, theory and criticism. 

Education:
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,
BFA: Painting and Drawing; Minor: Art History and Criticism 

Portland State University
MFA: Art and Social Practice 

Publications:
Trans Boxing: A Boxing Club, An Art Project, co-authored with Zac Easterling. Boxing, Narrative, and Culture: Critical Perspectives, Edited by P. Solomon Lennox and Sarah Crews, Routledge Press, 2023 

Why Performance Studies?
This program was initially recommended by two incredible professors I studied with as an undergraduate: Shelleen Greene and Fo Wilson. I have had several friends who studied in the department– including Zac Easterling– who recently defended their dissertation, titled "Stricken Together: Boxing, Black Study, & The Performance of Conflict". I was really excited by what I'd witnessed in their lives as a result of their time in the PS Department. This, alongside the incredible work of the current and former faculty members, as well as the department's engagement with and reverence for New York City's history of cultural production is what informed my decision to study here.