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About Kimberly Welch

Kimberly Welch is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English. She has a Ph.D. in Theater and Performance Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles. With an emphasis on the African diaspora, her research focuses on the intersections of performance, homelessness, and incarceration, and the ways in which constructions of gender, sexuality, and race mediate how people navigate said sites of spatial dispossession.  Her work has been featured in Theatre Journal and Lateral, and her forthcoming publications include contributions to The Metheun Drama Handbook to Theatre and Gender as well as Theatre Survey.

New UMSL faculty member 2019.

Positions

Present Assistant Professor, University of Missouri-St. Louis ‐ Department of English
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2018 - 2019 Visiting Assistant Professor, Ramapo College of New Jersey ‐ School of Humanities & Global Studies
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Curriculum Vitae

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Education

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June 2018 PhD, University of California, Los Angeles ‐ Department of Theater
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2013 BA, Duke University ‐ Theater Studies
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Open Access Works (1)

Research Works (3)

Performance Reviews (1)

Invited Talk (1)