Tavia Nyong'o

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Tavia Nyong'o
American Studies and Theater and Performance Studies
RelativesLupita Nyong'o (cousin)
Academic background
EducationWesleyan University
Yale University
Academic work
InstitutionsYale University

Tavia Nyong'o (born 1974)[

American studies and theater and performance studies at Yale University where he teaches courses on black diaspora
performance, cultural studies, and critical and aesthetic theory.

Education

Nyong'o received his B.A. from

Yale, where he studied under the mentorship of Paul Gilroy and Joseph Roach. Nyong'o was the 2004 runner-up for the Ralph Henry Gabriel Dissertation Award given by the American Studies Association
annually for the best doctoral dissertation written in the field of American studies.

Career

Nyong'o is professor of African American studies,

American studies and theater and performance studies at Yale University[1] where he teaches courses on black diaspora performance, cultural studies, social and critical theory. Prior to his appointment at Yale, Nyong'o taught in the Department of Performance Studies at New York University.[1]

His book, The Amalgamation Waltz: Race, Performance, and the Ruses of Memory, is published by the University of Minnesota Press (2009),[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] and won the Errol Hill Award.[10]

In addition, Nyong'o has published articles in

GLQ.[citation needed
]

Personal life

Nyong'o, who is of

Academy Award winning actress Lupita Nyong'o.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b "Tavia Nyong'o | Theater and Performance Studies". theaterstudies.yale.edu. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
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  5. ISSN 1531-4715
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  8. S2CID 218547674
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  9. ISSN 1054-2043
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  10. ^ "Errol Hill Awards". ASTR. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  11. ^ Nyong'o, Tavia (2008-01-03). "Kenya's Rigged Election". The Nation. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
  12. ^ Nyong'o, Tavia (2005). "Black Theatre's Closet Drama". Theatre Journal. 57 (4): 590–92. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
  13. ^ https://ezrastiles.yalecollege.yale.edu/tavia-nyongo
  14. ^ Cowles, Charlotte; Holmes, Sally (2013-10-18). "A Primer: Lupita Nyong'o, Gorgeous Rising Star". The Cut. New York Magazine. Retrieved 2020-12-25.

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