Paige McGinley

Paige McGinley, Ph.D., Brown University, is Assistant Professor of African American Studies, American Studies, and Theater Studies. Her research focuses on representations of mobility and black diaspora in twentieth century musical performances, a topic she explores in her current book project, Sound Travels: Staging Diaspora and the Imagined American South. Her essays and criticism have been published by TDR, Performance Research, PAJ, and Theatre Survey. At Yale she has taught courses on African American theater and performance, performances of the American South, and site–specific art. Other research and teaching interests include: transatlantic modernism and the avant–garde, documentary performance, and American musical theatre.