Selected Publication and Presentations

DISSERTATION

Play Ball! Baseball and Football as Paradigms of Masculine Performance in the Twentieth Century United States

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ACADEMIC PUBLICATION

Review of The Contemporary Political Play: Rethinking Dramaturgical Structure, by

Sarah Grochala; “New England Theatre Journal,” Boston, Vol. 29, 2018

 

PANELS and PRESENTATIONS

"Batter Up! White Masculinity and the Unwritten Rules of Baseball," Association for

     Theatre in Higher Education, [virtual]; 2020

"Sports and Theatre, A New Approach to Theatrical Concepts," Texas Educational

     Theatre Association, Dallas, TX; 2019

“Ahh ‘Real’ Monsters! An Examination of Staged Horror Adaptations,” Comparative

     Drama Conference, Orlando, FL; 2018

“’YOU CANNOT HURT ME’ Embodiment of Disabled Masculinity in Andrew

     Hinderaker’s Colossal,” Theatre Symposium, Atlanta, GA; 2018

“Portrayals of and Reactions to Feminine Violence in Dry Land” Southeastern Theatre

     Conference, Spectacle on Stage: Violent Delights Panel (Chair), Mobile, AL; 2018.

 “Dialogue in the Dugout: Cross Cultural Representations of Professional Athletes in

     Take Me Out,” Theatre Symposium, Decatur, GA; 2016.

“Sports and Masculine Performativity in the United States,” 4’33” Spotlight on Scholarship   

     Conference, Athens, GA; 2015. 

“Violent Performance” Southeastern Theatre Conference, Drama and Sports Panel (Panel Co-

     Chair), Chattanooga, TN; 2015.

“Shakespearian Archetypes in Wes Anderson’s The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou,” Georgia and

     Carolinas College English Association Conference Atlanta, GA; 2013.

 

Special Presentations and Workshops

“Savage Conversations, Talkback,” Moderator, Fall 2015

“Dry Land, Sexual Health Roundtable,” Moderator, Fall 2015

“Games, Rituals, and The Empty Space,” Guest Lecture, Theatre 2000, Spring 2014

“Video Games and Sports,” Guest Lecture, Theatre 2000, University of Georgia, February 2014

“Performance of Gender in Gymnastics and Figure Skating,” Guest Lecture, Theatre 2140,

     University of Georgia, September 2013

“Sexuality and Sexualization in Sports,” Guest Lecture, Theatre 2140, University of Georgia,

     November 2013

“Elektra’s Bloody Family: Sophocles and the Greek Tragedy,” Guest Lecture, Theatre 2313,

     Texas State University, Fall 2010

“The First Century of Cinema,” Guest Lecture, Theatre 2313, Texas State University, Fall 2009

 

OTHER RESEARCH

Research Assistant, UGA Theatre and Medical School Simulated Patient Program, 2012-2014

• Collaborated with professors and staff to create Simulated Patient (SP) training program

• Scheduled student and community volunteer SPs for in class encounters

• Developed quantitative analysis process to track training program’s efficacy