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Dr. Jason Dorwart

Dr. Jason Dorwart is an Assistant Professor at the Department of English Language and Literature. He received his PhD in Drama & Theatre, Concentration: Critical Disability Theory from University of California, San Diego. His research areas includes Disability Theatre, Critical Disability Stides, Theatre History, Horror Film and Pop Culture.

//Selected output(s):

 

  • (i)“Cutthroat Kitchen and the Theatricality of Disability.” The Food Network Recipe: Essays on Cooking, Celebrity and Competition, edited by Emily L. Newman and Emily Witsell, McFarland, 2020.
  • (ii)“Christopher Reeve’s Still Me.” Disability Experiences: Memoirs, Autobiographies, and Other Personal Narratives. Edited by G. Thomas Couser and Susannah Mintz, Gale Cengage, 2019.
  • (iii)“Helmut Dubiel’s Deep Within the Brain: Living with Parkinson’s Disease.” Disability Experiences: Memoirs, Autobiographies, and Other Personal Narratives. Edited by G. Thomas Couser and Susannah Mintz, Gale Cengage, 2019.
  • (iv)“Michael J. Fox’s Lucky Man.” Disability Experiences: Memoirs, Autobiographies, and Other Personal Narratives. Edited by G. Thomas Couser and Susannah Mintz, Gale Cengage, 2019.
  • (v)“Guest Commentary: As a Quadriplegic Film Professor I’ve Been Asked If I Find the Upside Offensive. Well, Do I?” The Denver Post, 30 Jan. 2019. https://www.denverpost.com/2019/02/01/guest-commentary-as-a-quadriplegic-film-professor-ive-been-asked-if-i-find-the-upside-offensive-well-do-i/

 

//Current project(s):

 

  • (i)Dorwart, Jason. The Incorporeal Corpse: Performing Disability in the Liminal Stage. Lexington Books, 2022.
  • (ii)Dorwart, Jason (editor). Alternative Careers for the Performing Arts: Succeeding as a Creative Professional. Routledge, 2022.