I am a PhD candidate in the Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance at the University of California, Los Angeles. My dissertation broadly theorizes and applies the concept of multiracialism as an interpretive lens for twenty-first century North American experimental dance and performance art. My research interests include: critical dance studies, critical race studies, critical mixed-race studies, visual studies, American studies, and cultural studies. My writing is published or forthcoming in Arts Journal, The Routledge Handbook of Dance in US Popular Culture, Dance Chronicle, and Performance Matters.

My dissertation is generously funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). My project has also been supported by the American Society for Theater Research, Institute for American Cultures, New York Public Library’s Short-Term Research Fellowship, the University of California Humanities Research Institute, and UCLA’s Graduate Division. I am the 2019 recipient of the Dance Studies Association’s Selma Jeanne Cohen Award for graduate student excellence in dance scholarship and the 2024 runner-up for the Routledge Award from Performance Studies International.