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Dorinne Kondo is a Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity and Anthropology at the University of Southern California, where she previously served as Director of Asian American Studies. She holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Anthropology from Harvard University and a B.A. from Stanford University. Her academic appointments include positions at Harvard University and Pomona College, alongside residencies at the Getty Research Institute and Stanford Humanities Center.
Kondo's research integrates arts, scholarship, and activism, focusing on cultural theory, performance studies, race and power, and reparative creativity. Her work examines racialized structures in theater, affective politics, and interdisciplinary approaches to identity. She employs ethnography, dramaturgy, and critical race theory to analyze how artistic practices challenge systemic inequalities.
Her publications explore themes of racial affect, decolonization, and cross-racial collaboration. Recent works emphasize reparative creativity in BIPOC artistry and critiques of structural racism, while earlier articles delve into Japanese aesthetics, identity formation, and documentary theater.
Awards and Honors:
- USC Raubenheimer Outstanding Senior Faculty Award (2022)
- Jane Chambers Award runner-up (2014)
- J.I. Staley Prize for Crafting Selves (1999)
- Fulbright Award and multiple Rockefeller Fellowships
Kondo has secured grants including $60,000 from the ACLS for research on creativity and race. She mentors through initiatives like USC’s Advancing Scholarship program and co-leads the research cluster Creativity, Theory, Politics. As a playwright and dramaturg, she develops works like Seamless (addressing Japanese American incarceration) and collaborates with theaters including the Mark Taper Forum.
