Rashida Resario

Rashida Resario is interested in the interaction of cultures through performance, dramaturgy of playwrights, creative industries, mediated performance, and gender in performance. Her PhD research focused on the micro and macro intercultural activities of the Ghana Dance Ensemble. She recently completed a research project on ‘Fat-shaming and/or Claiming in Contemporary Ghana,’ which was funded by the Andrew Mellon Foundation. The study explored the motivations, of participants and producers, behind a TV dance reality show involving fat market women. She is currently a co-principal investigator in a collaborative project: Advancing Creative Industries for Development in Ghana, funded by DANIDA. In addition to teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, she has served as the Departmental Examinations officer since August 2018.