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Theatre Scholar, Educator, Artist
Upcoming and Recent Talks
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"Haunting the Stage: Dark Tourism, Lieux de Mémoire, and the
Immortal Death of Abraham Lincoln at Washington D.C.'s Ford's
Theatre," Scholars@Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY. May 2020.
UB Humanities Institute Faculty Fellows Talk. -
"American Girls, American Guns: Nineteenth-Century
Sharpshooting Acts and the Character of Western Womanhood,"
Mid-America Theatre Conference, Chicago, IL. March 2020. -
"Where He Fell: Macabre Tourism and the Immortality of
Abraham Lincoln at Washington D.C.'s Ford's Theatre," Arlington, VA. November 2019. -
"Whiteness and Transgressive Womanhood in the Sharpshooting Performance of Annie Oakley and Lillian Smith," UB Gender Institute/Feminist Research Alliance Workshop, Buffalo, NY. November 2019.
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"Bullets Over Broadway: Firearms and the Spectacle of National Identity in the U.S. American Musical," UB Humanities Institute New Faculty Lecture Series, Buffalo, NY. May 2019.
Recent Awards, Fellowships, and Grants
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Harry Ransom Center Research Fellowship. Supported by the Ransom Distinguished Fellowships Endowment. 2019-2020.
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Buffalo Bill Center of the West Residency Fellowship. 2019-2020.
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University at Buffalo Humanities Institute Faculty Fellowship. 2019-2020.
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University at Buffalo Gender Institute Faculty Research Award. 2019.
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American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR) Research Fellowship. 2018.
Engagements Cancelled or Postponed Due to COVID-19
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"Fish's Gun(s): The Revised Rules of the Range in the 2019 Oklahoma! Revival," Association for Theatre in Higher Education, Detroit, MI. August 2020.
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"Outlaw Encounters: Guns, Gender, and U.S. American Belonging in The CiviliTy of Albert Cashier and Gun & Powder," Song, Stage, and Screen XV Conference. June 2020.

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