TAKEO RIVERA

Education

 

PhD, Performance Studies

University of California, Berkeley, 2017

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MA, Modern Thought and Literature

Stanford University, 2009

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BA, Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity

Stanford University, 2008

 

 

Research Interests

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• Performance studies

• Contemporary drama

• Race in the United States

• Queer Theory

• Gender Studies

• Masculinity

• Asian American Studies

• U.S. woman of color feminism

• New media

• Video game studies

 

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Courses

 

• English 785, “Queer Theory: Power, Pleasure, Performance.” Fall 2020. Boston University.

• English 356, “Contemporary Drama and Performance, 1945-present.” Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2020. Boston University.

• English 393/Women’s Studies 393, “Cyborgs, Goddesses, and Gamers: Technoculture and Horizons of Gender & Race.” Spring 2019, Spring 2021. Boston University.

• English 355, “Drama and the Modern.” Fall 2018. Boston University.

• Women’s Studies 801, “Theories and Methods of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.” Spring 2018. Boston University.

• English 177, “Introduction to Asian American Literature.” Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Spring 2021. Boston University.