Melissa Flower Gladney
Melissa is currently a Level II PhD student in Theatre and Performance at The City University of New York. Her research interests center around physical theatre, biopolitics, and radical pedagogies. Before coming to the Graduate Center, she was a theatre director, performance artist, and dramaturg. She trained throughout her career in physical theatre with SITI company as well as with SCOT in Toga, Japan. Her publications include Transitions published in the Emergency INDEX by Ugly Duckling Press in 2018 and 2019, and a chapter in (M)other Perspectives: Staging Motherhood in 21st Century North American Theatre & Performance. Melissa acted as an assistant literary manager at the Alley Theatre and as a research assistant to Dr. Richard Schechner. She holds an MA in Dramaturgy from the University of Houston.