Sarah M. Misemer

Sarah M. Misemer is a professor in the College of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts (PVFA) with a joint appointment in the Department of Global Languages and Cultures, and she serves as the associate dean for faculty affairs in the PVFA. She is the author of three monographs [Secular Saints: Performing Frida Kahlo, Carlos Gardel, Eva Perón, and Selena, (Tamesis, 2008), Moving Forward, Looking Back: Trains, Literature, and the Arts in the River Plate (Bucknell UP, 2010), Theatrical Topographies: Spatial Crises in Uruguayan Theater Post-2001 (Bucknell UP, 2017)] and co-editor of The Trial That Never Ends: Hannah Arendt’s Eichmann in Jerusalem in Retrospect (Toronto UP, 2017). Professor Misemer has published numerous articles on contemporary River Plate, Mexican, Spanish, and Latino theater. She is the Editor for the Latin American Theatre Review Book series, serves on the Editorial Board for the Latin American Theatre Review journal, and is a member of the Advisory Board for South Central Review: The Journal of the South Central Modern Languages Association. Her main research areas include contemporary Uruguayan and Argentine theater, performance, and literature. She is the former associate director of the Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research, and the former associate director of LAUNCH: Undergraduate Research.

Contemporary Southern Cone theater and performance