Assistant Professor, Department of Africana Studies/Rites and Reason Theatre, Brown University
Lisa Biggs, Ph.D., is a performing artist and performance scholar who currently serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Africana Studies/Rites and Reason Theatre at Brown University. Biggs researches the role of the arts in movements for justice, including theatre for women incarcerated in the U.S and in South Africa. She earned her Ph.D. in Performance Studies at Northwestern University. Recent publications can be found in Theatre Survey, Solo/Black/Woman: Scripts, Interviews, Essays and in Black Acting Methods.
Experience
2018–present
Assistant Professor, Department of Africana Studies/Rites and Reason Theatre, Brown University
2013–2018
Assistant Professor, Michigan State University
Education
2013
Northwestern University, Department of Performance Studies, PhD
Publications
2022
The Healing Stage: Black Women, Incarceration, and the Art of Transformation, The Ohio State University Press
2017
Serious Fun at Sun City: Theatre for Incarcerated Women in the 'New' South Africa, Theatre Survey