Biography

Gayle Austin (Ph.D., City University of New York, 1988) is an Associate Professor whose research interests include gender and performance, dramaturgy, and interdisciplinary forms of performance art. Earlier in her career, Dr. Austin won the Junior Faculty Award for most accomplished non-tenured faculty member in the GSU College of Arts and Sciences. Austin’s book, Feminist Theories for Dramatic Criticism (Michigan 1990), has been translated into Japanese and South Korean. She also has an established artistic career, having completed an artistic residency and workshop production grant with Mabou Mines Theatre and having served as dramaturg for two off-Broadway productions, for several playwrights in the Southeast Playwrights Project, and for plays performed at the Horizon Theatre Company, 7 Stages, 14th Street Playhouse, and the National Black Arts Festival. In addition to serving on the Board of Advisor’s for The Women’s Project and Productions, Dr. Austin has reached out to colleagues expert in Photography and Art & Design to produce experimental performance art that draws on the full range of related work being done in other academic disciplines. Research Areas: Feminist Performance Studies, Theater. Degree Track Affiliations: Ph.D. (Moving Image Studies).