curriculum vitae


education


  • Master of Professional Studies in Interactive Telecommunications, New York University (2006); 4.0 GPA.
  • Master of Arts in Performance Studies, New York University (2004); 4.0 GPA.
  • Bachelor of Arts in Theater, Commonwealth Honors College, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, (2002); Certificate of Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies; Latin American Studies Minor; 3.728 GPA.

media and education appointments


  • Director of Creative Applications (July 2010-Present) Enole, San Francisco, CA
  • Researcher and Editor for Douglas Rushkoff (May 2011-Present, September 2004–May 2006) New York University, Department of Interactive Telecommunications, New York, NY
  • Academic Programs Coordinator (May 2010–June 2011) The Brooklyn Museum, Education Division, Adult Programs, Brooklyn, NY
  • Robert and Ruby Priddy Professor of Performance Studies and Digital Media (September 2006–May 2009) Colorado College, Department of Drama and Dance, Colorado Springs, CO
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor of Communications (June–August 2007) New York University, Department of Interactive Telecommunications, New York, NY
  • Instructor of Arts Administration (September–December 2005) Trinity College/La MaMa E.T.C. Undergraduate Experimental Performing Arts Program, New York, NY
  • Program Assistant Administrator (August 2001–May 2006) Trinity/La MaMa Undergraduate Experimental Performing Arts Program, New York, NY

grants and honors


  • Robert and Ruby Priddy Charitable Trust Grant (2006-2009)
  • Colorado College Research and Development Grant (2007, 2008, 2009)
  • New York University Interactive Telecommunications Program partial scholarship for Master’s study (2005-2006)
  • Lew and Edie Wasserman Partial Scholarship for Master’s study (2005-2006)
  • New York University Performance Studies Award (2004)
  • New York University Tisch School of the Arts Award and full tuition scholarship for Master’s study (2003-2004)
  • University of Massachusetts Chancellor’s Art Award and full tuition scholarship (2001-2002)

professional publications


Journal Articles
  • “Approaching an Analog-Digital Dialectic: The Case of The Blue Man Group.” Theatre Journal. John Hopkins University Press. December, 2009. 563-573. Refereed article.
  • “Biting Off the Tongue of Discourse: How Sarah Kane's 4:48 Psychosis Performs as Hélène Cixous's Laughing Medusa.” Journal of Drama Studies. Viva Books. Spring 2009. Refereed article.
  • “Beauty and the Street: 72 Hours in Union Square, NYC.” TDR: The Drama Review. The MIT Press. Winter 2008. Solicited article.
  • “Sorry for your loss: Grieving and Griefing in World of Warcraft.” Explorations in Media Ecology. Hampton Press. Fall 2006. Solicited article.
Book Chapters
  • “Calendar Art: How the 1968 SNCC Wall Calendar Brought Activism Indoors” in Activism in Modern U.S. Print Culture. Ed. Rachel Schreiber. Ashgate. 2012.
  • “Seriously Fun: Marketing and the Gaming Experience of Nolan’s The Dark Knight” in S(t)imulated Realities: The Hyperreal in Popular Culture. Ed. Robin DeRosa. McFarland Publishing. 2011.
  • "Fragmented Self-Portraits: How the Historical Avant-Garde Foretold Online Identity Construction" in Digital Visual Culture: Intersections and Interactions in 21st Century Art Education. The National Art Education Association. 2011.
  • “Mourning Amongst the Famous: Madame Tussaud’s Wax Memorial of 9/11” in 9/11 in Popular Culture. Praeger. 2010.
  • “Directing Feminism: The Experience of Ellen McLaughlin’s The Trojan Women” in Beyond Burning Bras: Feminist Activism for Everyone. Eds. Laura Finley and Emily Reynolds Stringer. Praeger. 2010.

conference presentations


  • 2011 Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts: Art and Law Symposium, "Art Beyond the Centerfold: Copyright, Cultural Restriction, and Playboy" as part of 2011 Art and Law Writing Residency
  • 2011 Brooklyn Museum Academic Symposium: “From Portraits to Pin-ups: Representations of Women in Art and Popular Culture.” Symposium organizer, curator, and moderator.
  • 2009 Popular Culture Association Conference, New Orleans, LA (Panel Chair): “Seriously Fun: Viral Marketing and the Gaming Experience of Nolan's The Dark Knight”
  • 2009 Northeast Modern Language Association, Boston University, MA: “'Immediate and Painful:' How Guido Crepax's Graphic Novel Venus in Furs Performs Artaud's Concept of Cruelty”
  • 2008 Radical Philosophy Association Conference, San Francisco State University, CA: “Biting Off the Tongue of Discourse: How Sarah Kane's 4:48 Psychosis Performs as Hélène Cixous's Laughing Medusa
  • 2008 Association of Theatre in Higher Education, Denver, CO: “Beautiful Street Theater: 72 hours on the Union Square Traffic Island, NYC”
  • 2008 Berkeley Big Bang New Media Symposium, University of California at Berkeley, CA: “Female Embodiment and New Media” (Invited Artist Talk)
  • 2008 International Colloquium On Tourism & Leisure, Chiang Mai, Thailand: “Performing the Red Carpet: The Production of Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum as the Tourism of Celebrity”
  • 2008 Popular Culture Association Conference, San Francisco, CA: “Beauty And The Street: Performing the Private for New York City”
  • 2008 Sarah Kane Reassessments Conference, University of Cambridge, England: “’Look away from me’: How Sarah Kane’s 4:48 Psychosis performs as Hélène Cixous’s Laughing Medusa”
  • 2006 Media Ecology Association Conference, Boston College, MA: “Sorry for your loss: Grieving and Griefing in World of Warcraft”

performance


Original Live Performance
  • Swimming to Spalding (2011) Dir. Richard Schechner. The Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
  • Daddy’s Black and Jewish (2011) Dir. Melissa F. Moschitto. Nuyorican Poets Cafe, New York, NY
  • Swimming to Spalding (2011) Dir. Richard Schechner. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
  • Shakespeare’s Pale Queen of Night (2010). Farnsworth Park Amphitheater, Altadena, CA
  • Swimming to Spalding (2009) Dir. Richard Schechner. HERE Arts Center, New York, NY
  • Ecstatic Cerulean Bearded SeaMales (2009) with Sadie Lune. Fear Society Pavilion, Venice, Italy
  • Fashionably Late for the Relationship (2007). Union Square, New York, NY
  • Corpus Projecti (2007). Recoleta Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina/ Hemispheric Institute
  • Corpus Projecti (2007). University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
  • Corpus Projecti (2007). Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
  • Corpus Projecti (2006). New York University, New York, NY
  • Corpus Projecti (2005). New York University, New York, NY
  • 14 UnNatural Acts (2005) with Roberto Sifuentes. Annex Theatre, Houston, TX
  • 14 UnNatural Acts (2004) with Roberto Sifuentes. Performance Space 122, New York, NY
  • Post Traumatic Love Affair (2004) with Roberto Sifuentes. Avant-Garde-Arama/ Performance Space 122
  • Our Lady of Perpetual Freedom (2003) with Roberto Sifuentes. New York University/Hemispheric Institute, New York, NY
  • 14 UnNatural Acts (2003) with Roberto Sifuentes. Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
  • 14 UnNatural Acts (2003) with Roberto Sifuentes. Trinity College, Hartford, CT

Directing and Choreography
  • All My Mother's Diets (2011) by Thomas Patrick Naughton. Oberon, ART, Cambridge, MA
  • Wholly Joans; The Freak (2009) by Erik Ehn; also designed; Colorado College ensemble. Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
  • Elixir that Renews (2009) Choreography for Colorado College dance ensemble. Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
  • 4:48 Psychosis (2009) by Sarah Kane; also designed; Colorado College ensemble. Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
  • After Hours: A Night of Performance Art (2008) Colorado College ensemble. Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
  • Kafka: The Shorter Stories (2008) also designed; Colorado College ensemble. Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
  • The Trojan Women (2007) by Ellen McLaughlin; Colorado College ensemble. Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
  • Terminal Connection 1968 (2007); New York University ensemble. Monkey Town, Brooklyn, NY
  • Play Back (2007) Choreography for Colorado College dance ensemble. Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
  • Performing the Network (2004) also designed; New York University ensemble. New York University, New York, NY

Directed Live Performance
  • Swimming to Spalding (2009) as Self, Dir. Richard Schechner. HERE Arts Center, New York, NY
  • Romeo and Juliet (2006) as Mercutio, Dir. Kate Cherry. Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
  • That’s Not How Maher Died (2006) as Alma Mahler, Dir. Ryan Holsopple. University of Minnesota/ Spark Festival
  • Rita, Katrina, and Stan (2005) as Rita, Dir. Ryan Holsopple. The White Box, New York, NY
  • That’s Not How Maher Died (2005) as Alma Mahler, Dir. Ryan Holsopple. The Brick Theater, New York, NY
  • That’s Not How Maher Died (2005) as Alma Mahler, Dir. Ryan Holsopple. Outside/Input / Ontological-Hysteric Theatre
  • Bon Voyage (2003) Dir. Antonio Martorell. New York University/Hemispheric Institute

exhibitions and festivals


  • 2011 VLA Exhibition: Notice of Public Hearing, SculptureCenter, New York City, Has Anyone Ever Told You: Pseudo-Self Portraits
  • 2011 College Art Association, New York City, Fashionably Late for the Relationship (feature film) with R. Luke DuBois
  • 2010 Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens' Purple Wedding to the Moon, Farnsworth Park, Altadena CA: Shakespeare's Pale Queen of Night
  • 2010 Intermedia Festival, Indianapolis, IN: Fashionably Late for the Relationship (feature film) with R. Luke DuBois
  • 2009 Esquire House, Soho, New York, NY: Fashionably Late for the Relationship (installation) with R. Luke DuBois
  • 2009 Venice Biennale, Society of Fear Pavilion, Italy: Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens' Blue Wedding to the Sea: Ecstatic Cerulean Bearded Seamales with Sadie Lune
  • 2009 Gallery Show, IDEA Space Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO: Fashionably Late for the Relationship (installation) with R. Luke DuBois
  • 2009 24-Hour Program on the Concept of Time, The Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY: Fashionably Late for the Relationship (feature film) with R. Luke DuBois
  • 2009 Superlight Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH: Fashionably Late for the Relationship (installation) with R. Luke DuBois
  • 2008 T-Minus Film Festival, Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, NY: Fashionably Late for the Relationship (feature film) with R. Luke DuBois
  • 2008 SIGGRAPH, Los Angeles Convention Center, CA: Fashionably Late for the Relationship (short) with R. Luke DuBois
  • 2008 The Audacity of Desperation Exhibition, Los Angeles Sea and Space Explorations Gallery: Zip-Tie Resistance
  • 2008 Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival, Sci-Arc Films, CA: Fashionably Late for the Relationship (feature film) with R. Luke DuBois
  • 2008 DigitalArt.LA Expo, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, CA: Fashionably Late for the Relationship (feature film) with R. Luke DuBois
  • 2008 Superlight Exhibition, San Jose Museum of Art: Fashionably Late for the Relationship (installation) with R. Luke DuBois
  • 2008 Zero1 Biennial: Global Festival of Art on the Edge, Camera 12 Cinemas: Fashionably Late for the Relationship (feature film) with R. Luke DuBois
  • 2008 The Show Starts at the Sidewalk/ Intervene! Interrupt! Festival, University of California, Santa Cruz: Fashionably Late for the Relationship (short) with R. Luke DuBois
  • 2008 Intervene! Interrupt! Festival, University of California, Santa Cruz: Annie Sprinkle’s Green Wedding Bridesmaid
  • 2008 The Audacity of Desperation Exhibition, Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center: Zip-Tie Resistance
  • 2007 T-Minus Film Festival, Monkey Town, Brooklyn, NY: Fashionably Late for the Relationship (short) with R. Luke DuBois
  • 2007 Burning Man: The Green Man, Black Rock City, NV: Automatic Subconscious/In the Loop with Matthew Dickey
  • 2007 Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, Recoleta Cultural Center, Argentina: Corpus Projecti
  • 2007 Pathogeographies Festival, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL: Corpus Projecti
  • 2007 Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art, University of Minnesota: Current Indiscretion with R. Luke DuBois
  • 2006 Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art, University of Minnesota: That’s Not How Maher Died with 31 Down
  • 2005 Performa Festival, New York: Rita, Katrina, and Stan with 31 Down
  • 2004 Mexico Now! Festival, Performance Space 122, New York, NY: 14 UnNatural Acts with Roberto Sifuentes
  • 2003 Enteractive Language Festival, Pacific Northwest College of Art: 14 UnNatural Acts with Roberto Sifuentes
  • 2003 Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, New York University: Our Lady of Perpetual Security with Roberto Sifuentes

residencies


  • National Performance Network Residency at The Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA (November 2011)
  • Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts Art and Law Writing Residency, New York, NY (January-August 2011)
  • Supported Artist Residency Program at HERE Arts Space, New York, NY (November–December 2009)
  • Visiting Artist-in-Residence at The University of Chicago, Department of Visual Arts, Chicago, IL (May 2007)
  • Visiting Artist-in-Residence at Annex Theatre/Houston Community College, Houston, TX (April 2005)

selected press and reviews


Print
  • TDR: The Drama Review. "What To Do When Your Role Model Jumps Ship: Lian Amaris' Swimming to Spalding" by Theresa Smalec. Summer, 2011.
  • The Jewish Week. “Black and Jewish, Searching for Home” by Edward Merwin. February 15, 2011.
  • The Valley Advocate. “Swimming the Undercurrents” by Chris Rohmann. January 29, 2011.
  • The Daily Hampshire Gazette. “Strokes of Genius” by Chelsea Faria. January 25, 2011.
  • The New York Times. “As Good as Having an Uncle in the Business” by Felicia R. Lee. December 18, 2009.
  • The New York Times. “Spalding Gray Continues on as Inspiration” by Jason Zinoman. December 9, 2009.
  • The Denver Post. “Artist shows woman’s predate ritual in a most public way” by Kyle MacMillan. May 1, 2009.
  • The Colorado Springs Independent. “Slow Motion” by Stephanie Ives. April 2, 2009.
  • Allure Magazine. “Life of the Party” by Cara Litke. December, 2007.
  • The Denver Westword. “Body Art” by Amy Haimerl. July 19, 2007.
  • The New York Times. “Time Runs Out on Date Night” by Campbell Robertson. July 11, 2007.
  • The New York Post. “Date Does Big Screen Preen” by Marianne Garvey. July 10, 2007.
  • The New York Times. “She’s Got a Date and Only 72 Hours to Prepare” by Campbell Robertson. July 09, 2007.
Online (excluding articles also appearing in print)
  • TheaterIsEasy.com. “Swimming to Spalding Review: An Engaging Story.” December 12, 2009.
  • Backstage.com. “Swimming to Spalding Review: Critic’s Pick.” December 7, 2009.
  • The New York Times Urban Eye: The Best of New York Today. “Time is Relative.” November 25, 2008.
  • Panasonic.com. “72-Hour Happening will be presented as 72-Minute Film.” August 23, 2007.
  • The New York Times Homepage. July 08–09, 2007.
  • The Gothamist. “We Hope She Didn’t Get Stood Up.” July 09, 2007.
  • Cititour.com. “Street Theater.” July 09, 2007.
  • Style.com. “America’s Dress Address.” July 09, 2007.

professional appointments and service


Leadership Positions at Colorado College
  • Co-Chair of the Cornerstone Arts Initiative (September 2006–May 2009)
  • Faculty Advisor for Arts: Theory and Practice Minor (May 2008-May 2009)
  • Co-Chair of Women’s Faculty Caucus (September 2007–September 2008)
Committee Appointments at Colorado College
  • Feminist and Gender Studies Program, Core Faculty (September 2006–May 2009)
  • Latin American Studies Program, Core Faculty (September 2006–May 2009)
  • Women’s Faculty Caucus (September 2006–May 2009)
  • Diversity Requirement Focus Group (February 2009)
  • Film Studies Development Committee (October 2008)
  • Drama/Dance Department Faculty Search (October– December 2008)
  • Sociology Department Faculty Search, Women’s Concerns Representative (October–December 2007)
  • Admissions and Financial Aid Committee, Arts Representative (September 2007–May 2009)
  • Assistant Web-editor Search (August–September 2006)
Advising at Colorado College
  • Registered Advisees: (2006–2007) 3; (2007–08) 9; (2008–09) 11
  • Faculty Advisor for Arts Theory and Practice Minor (May 2008–May 2009)
  • Faculty Advisor for Liberal Arts and Sciences Independently Designed Majors: Critical Race Theory and Performance (2007–08); Media Ecology, (2007–09); Political Performance (2008–09)
Judge / Reviewer
  • Arts portfolio reviewer for Colorado College Admissions (February 2008 and February 2009)
  • Judge for 2008 University Film and Video Association Conference new media exhibition (August 2008)
  • Judge for Media Ecology Association’s Mary Shelley Award for Outstanding Fiction (April 2007)