Research

Vocal Ontology, Opera, and Adriana Cavarero

Conferences

“The voice I heard just now has thrilled my very heart:” Singing opera with Adriana Cavarero at Society for Italian Philosophy, Annual Meeting, University of Turin (2024)

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The Unique Voice: Adriana Cavarero’s vocality as critique of Hannah Arendt’s political action at Society for Italian Philosophy, Annual Meeting, University of Toronto (2023)

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“Who Holds Himself Apart … We’ll Destroy” : Adriana Cavarero’s ‘Sound of the Masses’ and Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes,” 10th Annual International Conference of the Centre for Phenomenology in South Africa (2023)

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Adriana Cavarero’s Theory of Vocality: The Voice Beyond Libretto (focus on Barbara Strozzi) at New Directions in the Humanities, “Literary Landscapes: Forms of Knowledge,” Sorbonne University (2023)

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In unison or in concert: Adriana Cavarero’s voice of the masses and voice of plurality (focus on The Marriage of Figaro) at Carleton University Music and Culture Graduate Symposium, “More Than Meets the Ear,” Carleton University (2023)

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Lecture

Adriana Cavarero’s Inclinations: Arts, Ethics, Politics, Feminism at University of Houston, McGovern College of the Arts (2020, 2021)

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Book Review

Towards a Feminist Ethics of Nonviolence, Ed. by Timothy J. Huzar and Clare Woodford. Arendt Studies, Volume 6 (2022)

Performance Art and Hannah Arendt

Conferences

Revolution! Scholars and Artists Rethinking Political Action at American Political Science Association & Tufts University’s Tisch College of Civic Life, “Frontiers of Democracy” (2019)

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The Participating Body: Spencer Tunick’s ‘Everything She Says is Everything She Means at Hannah Arendt Circle, University of California Davis (2018)

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“Reenacting War Crime Trials: Performance Artists and a New Form of International Justice,” Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics and Ethics, Radical Interventions: Politics, Culture, Society Conference, University of Brighton, United Kingdom (2016)

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Lectures

Hannah Arendt and Revolutions at Texas Woman’s University, Department of History and Government (2020)

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Publication

Hannah Arendt’s Origin of Totalitarianism and fascist performance at Texas Woman’s University, Department of History and Government (2017)

Phenomenology and Dance Practices

Publication

Textbook: Collaboration Among the Arts: An Interdisciplinary Approach (Kendall Hunt)

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Conference/Presentation

“What is a democratic body? Judson Dance Theater and Open Democracy” at American Society for Aesthetics Eastern Conference (2021)

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“Significance or Survival: Depression-era dance marathons” for Archetype of Modern Man Series

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Teaching

Arts and Society Interdisciplinary Course at University of Houston McGovern School of the Arts (adjunct, 2022-present)

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Social Dance Course at the University of North Texas (adjunct)

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Studio: ballet, modern, tap, social dance