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Lecturer

• Affiliation(s)

  • Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE), Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of America (LMDA), American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR), National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), The Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), Modern Langague Association (MLA), National Communications Association (NCA), Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA)

• Fields of Study

  • Performance studies, theatre history & criticism, performance as a public practice, dramatic literature, rhetoric

• About

  Shelley comes to the Sweetland Center for Writing from the University of Texas at Austin, where she taught in both the Theatre & Dance Department and the Department of Rhetoric and Writing, as well as mentoring and tutoring in the Athletics Department, as she completed her doctoral degree. Most recently, she taught for a year in UT’s Digital Writing and Research Lab and served as a production dramaturg for UT Theatre & Dance and the Zach Scott Theatre. Her work has appeared in Theatre Topics, and The Quarterly Review of Film and Video.

• Education

  • B.A. and M.A., English, University of Kansas
  • Ph.D., Theatre History & Criticism/Performance as a Public Practice, University of Texas at Austin

• Research Areas of Interest

  • Performance Studies, dramaturgy, dramatic literature/theory/criticism, pedagogy, rhetoric and composition, new media writing