Research

Associate Professor Crystal Davis was selected for the first cohort of "Breaking the M.O.L.D." Initiative at UMD supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The cohort worked with Psyche Williams-Forson, professor and chair of American studies, Bonnie Thornton Dill, professor in the Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; former dean of the College of Arts and Humanities, faculty leaders-in-residence Marisa Parham and Ruth Enid Zambrana, Distinguished University Professor in The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. 

The projection designer Jared Mezzocchi has become a go-to guy for ambitious virtual productions. Next up: Starring in his own haunted house play.

The projection designer Jared Mezzocchi has become a go-to guy for ambitious virtual productions. Next up: Starring in his own haunted house play.

History and theory faculty Caitlin Marshall co-edited a special issue for the journal Performance Matters entitled "Sound Acts." The issue explores the resonances of sound in the field of performance studies, asking "how the materiality of sound acts as a form of aesthetic and political possibility."

Imagine a future where theatre can show the world how the internet is a living, breathing, site-specific treasure trove of real-time performance.th

PhD student Jordan Ealey was selected to be a 2021 National Humanities Without Walls Predoctoral Fellow.

Assistant Professor Crystal U. Davis received the Executive Director's Award for Service to the National Dance Education Organization (NDEO). The awardee is chosen by the NDEO Executive Director to honor a deserving member who has shown excellent service to the field of dance education and to NDEO.

Ph.D. candidate Leticia Ridley publishes a stage review of Round House Theatre’s 2018 production of Gem of the Ocean in the August Wilson Journal.

Ph.D. candidate Fraser Stevens publishes an article, "The Performance of Covert Cultural Landscapes: A Theatre/Archaeology Analysis," in Global Performance Studies.

Ph.D. student Lindsey Barr was elected president of the American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR) Graduate Student Caucus. Her term starts in November 2020.