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Christine Bacareza Balance

Assistant Professor, Asian American Studies
School of Humanities

Affiliated Faculty, Women's Studies
School of Humanities

Ph.D., New York University (NYU), Performance Studies


M.A., New York University (NYU), Performance Studies


B.A., UC Berkeley, Ethnic Studies

Phone: (949) 824-4523
Fax: (949) 824-3885
Email: cbalance@uci.edu

University of California
Humanities Gateway Building
Room 3305
Mail Code: 6900
Irvine, CA 92697


Research
Interests
Filipino American studies, Asian American studies, performance studies, queer/feminist theory, and U.S. popular culture
   
URL Oh! Industry
   
Appointments UC President's Postdoctoral Fellow, 2007-2009
Department of Music; University of California, Riverside

Consortium for Faculty Diversity Pre-doctoral Fellow, 2006-2007
American Cultures Program; Vassar College
   
Publications “The First National Asian American Theatre Festival.” (co-authored review) Theatre Journal.(May 2008), 283-285

“Notorious Kin: Filipino America Re-Imagines Andrew Cunanan.” Special issue on “Violence”
for Journal of Asian American Studies. Min Hyoung Song, ed. (Johns Hopkins University Press,
March 2008), 87-106.

“Interview with Ralph Pena.” Stage Presence: Conversations with Filipino American Performing Artists. Theo Gonzalves, ed. (Meritage Press, 2007), 85-99

“Searching for Cunanan: Filipino America and Its Notorious Son.” in La Jolla Playhouse Audience Engagement Guide for Jessica Hagedorn and Mark Bennett’s Most Wanted (October 2007), 8-10

“On Drugs: The Production of Queer Filipino America through Intimate Acts of Belonging.” Women and Performance: a journal of feminist theory (Volume 16, no. 2; London: Routledge Press; July 2006), 269-282

“Cities, Nations, and Histories: Asian American Female Performance Art.” TEN magazine (New York: Asian American Writers’ Workshop, Spring 2004), 31-36
   
Other Experience Advisory Board member
1st Annual Asian American Theatre Festival 2006—2007

Research Consultant
Arts & Culture program, Ford Foundation 2004—2006

Co-organizer
1st and 2nd annual Queer Pilipina/o conferences 1999—2001

Events Associate
NYU Asian/Pacific American Studies Program & Institute 2000—2003

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Last updated 08/25/2009