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About Etudes

Etudes is, as the masthead tells you, an online theatre and performance studies journal for emerging scholars.

What does that mean, "emerging scholars?"  From what are we emerging?  Into what?  What exactly defines one as having emerged?

What a journal for emerging scholars means for us is that it is a place to try things, to study, to dangle toes in the shallows or cannonball into the deep end.  But mostly, it's a place that celebrates those voices that haven't yet received their desired level of amplification.

Before we mix our metaphors any further, here's the deal.  We believe:
  • Success builds on success
  • Success builds on community
  • Each scholar has her/his own performative, unique voice
  • That voice should be heard, not drowned out by traditions and shoulds
  • Scholarship need not be dry to be rigorous
Etudes aims to publish two peer-reviewed editions annually, but is also interested in providing an ongoing forum for works in progress, non-traditional research, networking, advising, and general positivity that can be the key to sanity in the early years of our careers in academia.

EDITORS-in-Chief/Co-Founders

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Dr. Jennifer Goff
BA - University of Portland
MA - University of South Carolina
PhD - Wayne State University





Jen is an actor, improv comedy performer, singer, director, dramaturg, scholar, teacher, aunt, big sister, daughter, wife, friend, and kitty mom.  She is an Assistant Professor of Dramatic Arts at Centre College in Danville, KY. Her primary research interests include comedy, women playwrights, and contemporary Russian theatre practices.  Her dissertation is titled: "'If more women knew more jokes...': The Comic Dramaturgy of Sarah Ruhl and Sheila Callaghan."

Twitter handle: @ProfGoff
Favorite candy: Peanut Butter M&Ms
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Julia Moriarty
BA - Drake University
MA - Emerson College
PhD - Wayne State University (in progress)





Julia is a director, singer, actor, baker, and ukulele enthusiast. She is currently an adjunct professor at Wayne State University.  Her primary research interests include mother theory, contemporary works by female playwrights, and the influence of Epic theatre.  Her dissertation is titled: "Maternal Instinct: Exploring the Dynamic Between Mother and Non-Mother Characters in Feminist Plays"

Twitter handle: @ProfsrMoriarty
Favorite movie: Josie and the Pussycats
She/Her

Editorial Board

Dr. Mary Anderson - Wayne State University
Cathy Brookshire - University of South Carolina
Dr. Michael Butterworth - Independent Scholar
Karenanna Creps - Michigan State University
Stephanie Cunningham - Independent Scholar
Maria Enriquez - University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Jeanmarie Higgins - Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Victor Holtcamp - Tulane University
Adam Howard - Texas Tech University
Dr. Patrick Konesko - University of Wyoming

Dr. Patricia Leavy - Independent Scholar

Dr. Amy Lehman - University of South Carolina
Jenna Lourenco - Emmanuel College
Kate Neff Stone - University of California, Irvine
Nadine Schmidt - Southwest Minnesota State University
Jerrold Scott - Case Western Reserve University

Brian M. Scruggs - Eastern Michigan University
Dr. Angenette Spalink - Weber State University
Jim Tabaka - Southwest Minnesota State University
Sheila Tabaka - Southwest Minnesota State University
Dr. Miriam Hahn Thomas - Wofford College
Quincy Thomas - Bowling Green State University

Header photo by Jennifer Goff

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