I am an Associate Professor in Theatre and Performance Studies with the department of English, Linguistics and Theatre Studies at NUS. I came to Singapore in 2012, having lived for most of my life in Canada. I have also taught at the University of Toronto, where I completed my Masters and PhD in Drama. I also hold a B.A.(Honours) and B.Ed from Queen's University, Canada. At NUS, I teach TS2239 "Major Playwrights of the 20th Century", TS3236 "Theatre Ecologies", GEH1058/GEC1021 "The Theatre Experience", and HSH1000 "The Human Condition".
• Major Playwrights of the Twentieth Century (TS2239)
• Theatre and Postmodernism (TS4218)
• The Theatre Experience (GEH1058/GEC1021)
• Theatre Ecologies (TS3236)
• The Human Condition (HSH1000)
I welcome discussions with potential graduate students, particularly if you are interested in 20th- and 21st-century theatre, popular film, critical theory (especially aesthetic and performance philosophy or psychoanalysis), detective fiction, and/or intersections between theatre and the novel.
Past Supervision:
Deng Xiaofei, "Towards a Local Identity: Food and Care Labour in Ann Hui's Domestic Fillms" (MA thesis, Aug. 2022)
Felipe Cervera, "Planetary Performance Theory" (PhD dissertation , Nov. 2017)
Theatre-fiction and Theatre/novel relations
20th and 21st Century Theatre and Drama
Psychoanalytic Theory (especially Žižek and Lacan)
The Sublime
Theatre's Intersections with Philosophy
Detective Fiction
Music Videos
BOOKS/MONOGRAPHS AUTHORED
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
ARTICLES IN JOURNALS