M.A. Class of 2025

M.A. Student Biographies

Our students are a large part of what makes Performance Studies special. They come from a wide range of academic, cultural, and artistic backgrounds and create a vibrant intellectual environment. Click on the thumbnails below to learn more about them.

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    Yen Agustin

    Comedy performance and technique; identifying and redefining modern humor

  • Ahmad Almahdi

    Ahmad Almahdi

    Performance Studies

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    I-Chien Chen

    performance and visual art, dance studies, sound studies, contemporary art

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    Yiwen Deng

    Dance studies: post-modern in US, modern and contemporary dance in China, cross-media studies in dance, theater, and others, dance film.

  • Performance Studies' MA Candidate Giselle Galindo

    Giselle Galindo

    Performance Studies, Teatro, Resistance, Community preserving, BIPOC & LGBTQIA+ groups, Mujeres, Chicanismo, Mexican-American Studies, Latinx diaspora, Afro-Latinx identity

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    Ian Gray

    Performance Studies

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    Ash Heffernan

    Performance Art, Gender, Disability, Race/Ethnicity/Lineage

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    Lele Han

    Fandom ＆Theatre, Theatre History, Body Politics, Dramaturgy

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    Pui Yan Li

    Preservation and adaptation of traditional art form in modern society

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    Raven Malouf-Renning

    Dance and Inclusive Performance, Disability Justice, Queer/Trans Studies

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    Jesús Quintero

    Performance Studies

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    Eureem Shin

    Music, Performance Studies,Visual Arts

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    Yiran Shu

    Architecture, Dance, Performance Studies

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    Justin Starks

    Performance Studies

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    Noah Witke Mele

    trans studies, disability studies, science fiction studies, dance

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    Nicole Yost

    Public History; Theatre and Dance Performance; Feminist Theory; STS