Katherine C. Wilson

Theatre & Culture in Middle East & the Anglo West

Former theatre artist with MFA from Brooklyn College (playwriting), PhD from Graduate Center (Theatre Studies), researching cultural performance & Applied Theatre in the Arab Middle East, and Material Texts/Book History with varied cases. Adjunct Assistant Professor teaching Arabic Drama, Literature, Clothing/Fashion, and Writing in NYC colleges.

Academic Interests

Marginal cultural topics in the industrial Anglo Atlantic & the contemporary Arab world
Book History || Sociology of Material Texts
Theatre in Society
Applied Theatre || Theatre for Social Change
Arabic Theatre & Performance
Cultural Resistance || Participatory Theatre & Performance

Education

Ph.D., Theatre Studies, Graduate Center, City University of New York
MFA, Playwriting, English Program, Brooklyn College
BA, Philosophy/Sociology-Anthropology, Swarthmore College