Karin Shankar

Karin Shankar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities and Media Studies at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, where she teaches at the intersection of performance studies, critical theory, and pedagogy. Holding a PhD in Performance Studies from UC Berkeley and an MPA from Cornell University, her work examines contemporary art practices, postcolonial theory, and urban spatial dynamics.

• PhD, University of California at Berkeley
• MPA, Cornell University
• BA, Colby College

Shankar's research focuses on performative approaches to postcoloniality, autotheory as a pedagogical framework, and participatory urbanisms in South Asian contexts. Her upcoming books Present Conditional: Contemporary Art and Performance in India and Autotheory and Performative Writing: A Teacher's Journal synthesize critical analysis with embodied practice.

Her scholarly and artistic work appears in journals like Performance Philosophy, Women & Performance, and Art India, with recurring themes of neoliberal critique, feminist pedagogy, and decolonial spatial practices.

• Andrew W. Mellon Global Postdoctoral Fellowship at Creative Time