Performance Studies
Karen Shimakawa |
Education
Ph.D., 1995; English Literature, University of Washington
M.A., 1991; English Literature, University of Virginia
J.D., 1989; University of California, Hastings College of the Law
B.A., 1986; English Literature, University of California, Berkeley
Biography
Major Interests: Asian American performance/cultural studies; critical race theory; transnational/diaspora studies; intercultural performance.
Affiliations: Modern Language Association; American Studies Association; Association of Asian American Studies; Association for Theatre in Higher Education.
Fellowships/Honors: University of California Humanities Research Institute Convener/Fellow (Transnationalisms & Intercultural Performance, 2002); Rockefeller/Ford Writers Fellow (APPEX, 1999); U.C. Davis Humanities Institute Fellow (1999); Robert Penn Warren Humanities Center Fellow (1996-97).
