PS Spotlights

Cassondra is a M.A. Student who is a working musician, actor, and photographer in NYC. Her current current academic interests include: Hauntology, Memory, Black Studies, Feminist Theory, Photography, Phenomenology, Trauma, Humor, Environmental Studies (specifically the Great Dismal Swamp).

Fred Moten is Professor in the Departments of Performance Studies and Comparative Literature, where he teaches courses in black study, poetics and critical theory.

Jeannine Tang is an art historian from Singapore, who teaches as Assistant Professor in the Department of Performance Studies at NYU.

Jen Chen-su Huang is a weaver, writer, and current PS Ph.D. student.

Zachary Easterling is a Ph.D. student and boxing critic from Durham, NC.

Vu Nguyen is an undergraduate double majoring in Performance Studies & Math.

Bobbie’s primary area of study is in Critical Race Studies within the music industry specifically Rap/Hip-Hop music along with R&B music. Her musical influences are Amy Winehouse, Rihanna and Jhené Aiko leading her to also focus on women empowerment within the heavily male-dominated genres within the industry.

Professor of Performance Studies and Social and Cultural Analysis, Ann is also the Director of NYU's Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality. She is currently a candidate in adult psychoanalysis at the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (IPTAR) in New York City.

Professor Emeritus and founder of the Department of Performance Studies, Richard is also the founding artistic director of East Coast Artists and editor of TDR: A Journal of Performance Studies.

Professor of Performance Studies, Barbara is working on intermedia fiction/performance and a semi-fictional documentary film.