Associate Professor
Kimberly Jew holds a joint appointment in the Departments of Theatre and Ethnic, Gender, and Disability Studies at the University of Utah. She received her doctorate from New York University; master’s from Georgetown University; and bachelor’s from UC Berkeley. She teaches a wide range of topics including dramatic literature, script analysis, theatre and theory, Asian Pacific American Women, and creative arts courses. Her expertise lies in modern and contemporary theatre with a research focus on American, Asian American, and Pacific Islander theatres.
Dr. Jew has directed numerous university productions including a recent production of Lauren Yee’s The Hatmaker’s Wife at Westminster University. Furthermore, she has written on a variety of topics, exploring the intersections of feminism, postcolonialism, theatrical experimentation, and ethnic identity. Her essays can be found in the journals of Pacific Coast Philology, Pacific Asia Inquiry, MELUS, Theatre and Performance Notes and Counternotes, and in numerous edited collections such as The Routledge Guide to Absurdist Literature.
She is currently a co-editor for Theatre Topics and the subject editor for “Performance Art and Devised Theatre” for the Routledge Performance Archive. She is co-editing Women’s Innovations in Theatre, Dance, and Performance: Leaders (Volume 4) to be published by Bloomsbury Press. Also, she is a past co-editor for Frontiers, a Women Studies Journal where she edited two special issues titled “Staging Feminist Futures” (41.3) and “Black Performance.” (42.2) One of the highlights of her time at the University of Utah was her work in a coordinating and faculty role for the Diversity Scholars program. She has also served in administrative roles for the University’s Theatre Teaching area and the Ethnic Studies division.