I am a cultural historian who specializes in U.S. racial formation from the nineteenth century to the present. A graduate of Yale's doctoral program American Studies and an elected member of the American Antiquarian Society, I am the Dillon Professor of...
Education: B.A., Yale University (2002)
Ph.D., Stanford University (2011)
Interests: Asian American literature; modern and contemporary theater; performance studies.
Selected Works: “Between Paper and Performance: Suspicion, Race, and Casting in The Piano...
Dissertation Topic:
"Afro-Filipino Archives: Sound Cultures and Performance Aesthetics, 1898-2020"
Research Methods:
Literary Analysis, Archival Theory and Practice, Performance Studies, Sound Studies, Sensory Ethnography, Ethnic Studies, and Gender and...
Professor Imani Perry is appointed jointly as Professor in Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, and in African and African American Studies. She is scheduled to teach a course on Black feminist theory in fall 2023 and the WGS Junior Tutorial in Spring...
