Biography

Francesca Marini (she/her), Ph.D., is the associate dean for academic affairs and a tenured associate professor at the College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts at Texas A&M University. She holds a doctorate in Library and Information Science (UCLA), a master’s degree in Archival Studies (Modena State Archives), and a bachelor’s degree in Film and Theatre Studies (University of Bologna). Her research focuses on performing arts documentation and archiving and on theatre history, as well as on special collections and archives outreach. She publishes in performing arts journals and archival and library journals.

Prior to her current role, Marini worked for eight years in the Texas A&M University Libraries and Cushing Memorial Library and Archives. She also served as director of archives at the Stratford Festival (Canada) and as assistant professor of archival studies at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Marini is an active member of several professional and scholarly associations and has served in leadership roles including president of the Theatre Library Association (2019-2022). She is engaged in service at the university and college level, and she serves on the committee of the Texas A&M Cushing Library’s Don Kelly Collection of Gay Literature and Culture Research Fellowship. She is an Honors Aggie Core Values Faculty Fellow, part of the Honors Academy Minor. She teaches courses on topics including aesthetics of activism, devised theatre, applied theatre and arts documentation.