Joseph Paul Hill

Ph.D. Candidate in Theatre & Performance interested in Disability Studies

I’m a doctoral candidate in the Theatre and Performance Program at the Graduate Center. I study the intersections of Deaf, Disability, and Performance Studies; the body as spectacle in the 19th c.; and the sociology of producing U.S. regional theatre. I’m also currently a Graduate Fellow in the Office of Career Planning & Professional Development.

Contact

(714) 328-8955

Academic Interests

– Deaf and Disability Studies

– 19th c. popular entertainments, esp. freak shows, circuses, museums, and zoos

– Interactions between U.S. regional theatre and Broadway

– Theatre aesthetics and theatrical conventions

Positions

Ph.D. Candidate, Ph.D. Program in Theatre and Performance, CUNY Graduate Center

Graduate Fellow, Office of Career Planning and Professional Development, CUNY Graduate Center

Adjunct Instructor, Marymount Manhattan College, *Non-CUNY

Education

Ph.D. in Theatre and Performance, The Graduate Center, CUNY, expected 2021

– Interactive Technology and Pedagogy Certificate Program

B.A. in Theatre Arts and English, California State University, Fullerton

– Production and Performance concentration, Directing emphasis

– Thesis Directing Project: Savage/Love by Sam Shepard and Joseph Chaikin- summa cum laude, President’s Scholar

Publications

NYC Ticket Guide (ITP Certificate Program Capstone Project): https://nyctickets.commons.gc.cuny.edu

The Graduate Center’s NEH Next Generation Humanities Ph.D. planning grant website: https://nextgenphd.commons.gc.cuny.edu