Performance Studies as a field of study began at NYU. The areas of research Faculty within the Department of Performance Studies undertake are as varied as the field of Performance Studies. All members of the faculty are widely recognized as leading authorities in their respective areas of research.
The varied interest areas and diverse backgrounds of our faculty provide an exciting and dynamic learning environment. Faculty areas of interest range from dance to aesthetics of everyday life; from theories directing to queer and feminist theory; from performance and politics to performance and healing.
Performance Studies Faculty integrate theory and practice and utilize various methods of research and analysis including fieldwork, archival research, interviews, and movement analysis.
- Barbara Browning
- Associate Professor, Performance Studies More
- Deborah A Kapchan
- Associate Professor, Performance Studies
Affiliated Associate Professor, Anthropology, Middle East Studies, Music More - Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett
- University Professor; Professor, Performance Studies
Affiliated Professor, Hebrew and Judaic Studies More - André Lepecki
- Associate Professor, Performance Studies More
- José E Muñoz
- Professor, Performance Studies More
- Tavia Nyong'o
- Associate Professor, Performance Studies More
- Ann Pellegrini
- Associate Professor, Performance Studies and Religious Studies More
- Richard Schechner
- University Professor; Professor, Performance Studies More
- Karen Shimakawa
- Chair, Associate Professor, Performance Studies More
- Anna Deavere Smith
- University Professor; Professor, Performance Studies and Art and Public Policy
Affiliate, NYU School of Law More - Diana Taylor
- University Professor, Performance Studies and Spanish More
- Allen S Weiss
- Associate Adjunct Professor, Performance Studies and Cinema Studies More
