Diana Taylor is Professor of Performance Studies and Spanish at New York University. She has published widely on memory, trauma, and performance. https://tisch.nyu.edu/about/directory/performance-studies/3092281

Susana Costa Amaral is a crossdiciplinary artist and researcher working at the intersection of performance and politics, queer of color critique, and anti-colonial strategies. Originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Susana has been based in Brooklyn since 2018, where she is a Phd Candidate at New York University.

Grecia Márquez García was born on the Mexican border with the U.S. in Ciudad Juárez. There she cultivated an interest for theater and performance as she used to work with local artists and audiences. As a PhD student at the Spanish and Portuguese Department at NYU, she is currently researching the representation, presence, interactions and narratives around different native groups in the North of Mexico from a feminist, decolonial perspective.

Mel Adún is a Brazilian writer, editor at Ogum’s Press (Brazil), and researcher. Raised in Salvador, Bahia, she has been published since 2004 in poetry and prose, and participated in over 20 anthologies in and outside of Brazil. In her writings, black-Amefrican-feminist voices can be heard, always carried by the ancestors’ power in her texts. Mel Adún is one of the coordinators at Kilomba – Black Brazilian Women Collective. Chosen by the Waters, she is the daughter of Oxum and the mother of Ominirê. Her research interests include the studies of the African Diaspora, gender, Latin America, and Black feminism in contemporary diasporic Black Literature. PhD student at NYU in the Spanish and Portuguese department since Fall 2023. https://meladun.com/

Juan Arias is Ph.D. student in Performance Studies at NYU. Through artistic pieces, he studies ninguneo as a technique of racialization that maintains the social hierarchies in Latin America, where the majority of the population considers itself mestizo. Ninguneo is a social practice that consists of turning somebody into a nobody. He has been involved in the theater sector of Bogotá, Colombia, his homeland, as a playwright, producer, and lecturer. He has published four of his original plays (2018 and 2023).

Monika Błaszczak is a Polish-Łemko dancer and choreographer. She presented her works at Tate Modern, The Barbican, Victoria and Albert Museum, Polish Dance Theatre, South London Gallery, and others. Monika is passionate about movement, embodied memory, hauntology, and the transformative power of love. Monika is currently pursuing a Master’s in Performance Studies at NYU. https://www.monikablaszczak.com/

Nadia Hannan is a dancer, choreographer, arts administrator, and educator from New York City. Situated at the intersection of movement and text, their research is focused on the relationship between art, trauma, and the body. Nadia is a current MA student in Performance Studies at NYU.

Aila Regina da Silva is a dance artist, independent curator, and researcher. Focused on Performance in Latin America, she’s interested in embodied movements, sotaques de corpo, and memories addressing social injustice, gender, and political engagement. Brazilian, Ph.D. candidate at the University of São Paulo, and Visiting Scholar at NYU.

Chloe Thorne is a filmmaker, as well as an MA student at New York University. She has been involved in the arts and film for many years in London, England. As a filmmaker and researcher at Forensic Architecture, programer at Berwick Film and Media Arts Festival, and lecturer at Falmouth University.

Danielle Martins de Farias is a Brazilian Ph.D. student in Theater at UNIRIO in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and a visiting scholar at City University of New York. Her academic research interests include politics and arts, decoloniality, documents on stage, nondramatic forms, and theatre of the real. She is also a director, actress, producer, and teacher in the theater field. She co-founded Alfândega 88 theatre company (2010), awarded with Prêmio Shell Special Category (2012).

Ray Yang is an actor, acting coach, and an MA student at New York University. He is focusing on Michael Chekhov’s acting technique and looks forward to experimenting with psycho-physical acting with anthropology.

Delicia Demaria Alarcón Esteche is a 2nd year MA Candidate in XE: Experimental Humanities and Social Engagement at New York University. She is a first-generation Paraguayan American Fulbright Alumna, Benjamin A. Gilman and Tinker Field Research Grant Recipient. Her research aims to bring more exposure to Paraguayan History and the production of cultural art, film, and literature that analyzes the intersections of race, power, and people’s individual stories and testimonies. Her goal is to make significant contributions to historical memory, cultural studies, and Latin American Transnational Studies. She also supports first-generation college students as a career mentor and academic advisor through her advocacy and podcast called First Gen Homies. You can learn more about her experiences here: https://www.deliciaalarcon.com/ 

Stacey Manos is a poet, playwright, and theatre artist currently working on her MA in Performance Studies at New York University. Her work focuses on the effect of trauma on the physical body, survival of sexual violence, and the intersections of queerness and spirituality. She has had poetry published in over ten anthologies and has produced two original plays, both focusing on themes of Latinx familial dynamics and childhood memory.

Jean Huang is currently studying in MA Performance Studies at New York University. She has international learning experiences during her undergraduate program in Tokyo and student exchange  in London. She gained knowledge and critical thinking of a variety of fields in liberal arts college, including film studies, history of art, literature and so on. Furthermore, she invested herself in music performance and ballroom dance aside from schoolwork, given the chance to perform at the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Concert and just join the Big Apple Dancesport Challenge. Currently, her academic research focuses on choir and vocal performance under the framework of post-colonial studies in East Asian countries.

Jerrold Poon is a Chinese performing artist and scholar who delves deeply into the nuanced interplay between the dramatization of everyday life and theatrical representation. His research and performances intricately weave together elements from contemporary East Asian societal and cultural paradigms with the nuances of modern trend cultures. Through his work, Poon offers a rich tapestry of insights into the ever-evolving fusion of East Asian modernity and traditional theatrical practices. Jerrold is currently pursuing an M.A. at New York University.

Shreya Kulshreshtha is an artist and filmmaker currently in the Performance Studies MA program at New York University, researching memory, trauma, and performance as well as performance of the everyday. She has worked on short film projects, such as documentaries, and continues to develop her own narrative in the form of an auto fictional episodic series. She specializes in the field of queer theory and has made work that looks at bodily autonomy; she is specifically interested in the intersection of these in theater and performance, as well as using literary devices more effectively in film. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Culture and Media from The New School.