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Curriculum Vitae
Education:
Ph.D. 2007
University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Theater
Specialties: American Theater Historiography
Native American and Chicano Studies
Performance and Cultural Studies
Critical Race Theory.
Dissertation Director: Dr. Haiping Yan
Dissertation Committee UCLA Faculty:
Dr. Juan Gómez-Quiñones, Dr. Patricia Harter,
Dr. Gary Gardner
B. A. 2002 Department of Theater
University of California, Los Angeles
Concentrations: Acting and Critical Studies.
Ph.D. Dissertation: Clashes of Cultural Memory in Popular Festival Performance in
Southern California: 1910s-Present
Languages: Spanish: reading, writing and speaking.
Teaching & Research Positions:
2007 Instructor, Human Cultures: Introduction to Native American Culture
Dominican University of California, San Rafael
Instructor, Eyewitness to History
Dominican University of California, San Rafael
Instructor, Indigenous Healing Traditions
Dominican University of California, San Rafael
Instructor, Film and the American Superhero
Dominican University of California, San Rafael
Instructor, Human Cultures: Race and Place in the USA
Dominican University of California, San Rafael
Instructor, Cultural Anthropology: Power & Culture
Dominican University of California: San Rafael
2005 - 2006 Research Assistant, Professor Hanay Geiogamah,
Director of American Indian Studies Center
University of California, Los Angeles
2004 - 2005 Instructor, Race and the American Drama
College of Letters and Science, University of California, Los Angeles
Teaching Fellow, Inside the Performing Arts
College of Letters and Science, University of California, Los Angeles
2003 - 2004 Teaching Assistant, American Theater History
The School of Theater, Film and Television, Department of Theater
University of California, Los Angeles
Teaching Assistant, Drama of Diversity
The School of Theater, Film and Television, Department of Theater
University of California, Los Angeles
Research Assistant, Professor Hanay Geiogamah,
Director of the American Indian Studies Center
University of California, Los Angeles
2001 - 2002 Teaching Assistant, American Theater History
The School of Theater, Film and Television, Department of Theater
University of California, Los Angeles
ArtsBridge Scholar, Creative Dramatics
Implemented original dramatic curricula to 2nd, 4th, and 10th grade public school students.
Conference Panel Presentations:
"Public Performance and Memory as Home: The Creation of Homeplace
through Performance of the Past in Santa Barbara's 'Old Spanish Days Fiesta.'" American Society for Theatre Research Conference,
November 18, 2007.
"Inter-active Workshop: Planning and Funding a California Native Studies Program." California Indian Conference and Gathering: Building Community, October 27, 2007.
Conference Co-Host and Project HOOP Project Manager; "Project HOOP,
National Gathering 2006: The Second Half," University of California, Los Angeles, June 19-22, 2006.
American Indian Playwriting Workshop Facilitator; "Project HOOP, National
Gathering 2006: The First Half," University of California, Los Angeles
March 23-25, 2006.
"Dividing the Present by Performing the Past: Surrogation and Nostalgia in Santa Barbara's 'Old Spanish Days.'" American Theater in Higher Education Conference, August 4, 2006.
"Native Arts Towards Decolonization: An Examination of Jaune-Quick-to-See Smith's 'Paper Dolls,' and Hanay Geiogamah's 'Foghorn.'" The Southwest Texas Popular Culture and American Cultures Association Conference, February10, 2005.
"Dividing the Present by Performing the Past: Surrogation and Nostalgia in Santa Barbara's Old Spanish Days,'" presented at "(dis)junctions," University of California, Riverside's Annual Humanities Graduate Conference, March 26, 2004.
"Unpacking Ramona: Identity of Nostalgia in Hemet California's 'Ramona Festival,'" University of California, Los Angeles, School of Theater, Film and Television, Graduate Forum, March 11, 2004.
"Little (white) Women: Whiteness constructed in Alcott's Little Women And Split Britches "Little Women, the Tragedy." University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Theater, Graduate Symposium, November 5, 2002.
Awards and Fellowships:
Institute of American Cultures Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in American Indian Studies, 2006-2007, awarded by the Graduate Division, University of California, Los Angeles.
Cota Robles Graduate Diversity Fellowship, 2002 - 2006, awarded by the Graduate Division, University of California, Los Angeles.
ArtsBridge Scholarship Program, 2001- 2002, awarded annual support for excellence in teaching creative dramatics in under-funded elementary and high school classes.
UCLA Alumnae Scholarship for Theater Arts, June 1998, awarded by University of California, Los Angeles Alumnae Association.
Professional Memberships:
Member of American Association for Theatre in Higher Education, Latina/o Focus Group
Member of American Society for Theatre Research
Member of the National Collegiate Honors Society
Member of Environment California
Production Experience (most recent and selective)
Leading Roles:
The World Premiere of "Arlington,"roles: Sunsong/Betty/Iris, The Company of Angels, Sept. 2006
"Mrs. Warren's Profession," role: Vivie Warren, Foggy Day Productions, Mar. 2004
"Romeo & Juliet," role: Juliet, East India Theater Company, June 2002
Direction and Assistant Direction:
The Bay Ensemble, "Dancing at Lughnasa," position: director/producer, July 2005
UCLA Underground, "Spring Storm," position: director, January 2002
Marin Theater Company Summer Youth Program, "Much About Nothing," assistant director, August 1999
Professional and Personal Interests:
Grassroots theater, Shakespeare in performance, community issues & formation, Native cultural renewal, learning the Inezeño Chumash language, Environmental activism, Women's Studies, travel, cross-cultural intellectual exchange, live music & performance
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