Publications

Student Agency in Devised Theatre Education: Creating Collaborative Theatre in Virtual and In-Person Classrooms.
Routledge 2025. Available Here.

“Devising in Hawaiʻi: The Efficacy of a Eurocentric Methodology With BIPOC Students.”
Journal of Consent-Based Performance, 2023. Available Here

Building the World of the Play Through Collaborative Performance.
Embodied Playwriting. Routledge 2023. Available Here

Metanoia And Our Legacy: The Fostering Of Student Agency Through Devised Theatre Education.
Doctoral Dissertation. ProQuest 2022. Available Here

Building An Engaging Zoom World: Lessons From Dramaturging A Digital Love’s Labour’s Lost
Theatre Topics, 2021. Available Here

Getting Serious about Playful Play: Identifying Characteristics of Successful Theatre for Very Young
Co-Written by Mark Branner. NYU ArtsPraxis 2019. Available Here

A Roadmap For Influencing Western Cinema With Moʻolelo Structure
Under review.

Courses Taught

THEA 318: Introduction to Playwriting
University of Hawaiʻi 2021-2022, Online

THEA 101: Introduction to World Theatre
University of Hawaiʻi 2018-2021, Online and In-Person

THEA 692: Topics in Theatre Instruction
University of Hawaiʻi 2018-2021, Online and In-Person

Conferences And Symposiums

Association for Theatre in Higher Education 2022 Conference
Panel Coordinator: Dramaturgy and Devising as Socially Conscious Pedagogy: Notes from the Field

University of California, Los Angeles Theater & Performance Studies Graduate Conference 2021
Presentation: Building An Engaging Zoom World: Lessons From Dramaturging A Digital Love’s Labour’s Lost

City University of New York. Negotiating Quotidian/Performing the Everyday 2021
Presentation: Building An Engaging Zoom World: Lessons From Dramaturging A Digital Love’s Labour’s Lost

University of Hawaiʻi Department of Theatre and Dance Graduate Student Symposium 2021
Presentation: Building An Engaging Zoom World: Lessons From Dramaturging A Digital Love’s Labour’s Lost

Association for Theatre in Higher Education 2021 Conference
Panel: Dramaturgy and Devising as Socially Conscious Pedagogy: Notes from the Field

Association for Theatre in Higher Education 2021 Conference
Panel: Decolonial Performances: Stage, Story, and Creative Communities

Association for Theatre in Higher Education 2020 Conference
Panel: Dramaturging the Phoenix

Hawai’i Student Success Institute Conference 2020
Panel: Challenges in Teaching Written and Oral Communication in Online Courses

University of Hawai’i Department of Theatre and Dance Grad Student Symposium 2020
Paper: Learning By Making It Up

Awards

2021-2022 Uehiro Dissertation 2021 Fellowship Recipient

2021-2022 Dai Ho Chun Fund for Graduate Fellowship Recipient

Nominated: 2022 Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching for Graduate Teaching Assistants

2021 Edward A. Langhans Award in Western Theatre and Dance History, Literature, Theory Annual Award Recipient

Nominated: 2021 Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching for Graduate Teaching Assistants