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Irvin Manuel Gonzalez is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Dance at The Ohio State University’s College of Arts and Sciences. He holds a PhD in Critical Dance Studies from the University of California, Riverside (2021), and a BA in English from the same institution. His interdisciplinary work bridges scholarship, art, and community organizing, focusing on how marginalized communities navigate systemic oppression through creative practices.
Education:
- PhD in Critical Dance Studies, University of California, Riverside (2021)
- BA in English, University of California, Riverside
Research interests include:
- Analyzing Latin American social dancing as methodologies for social change
- Exploring prison abolition and migrant activism through embodied practices
- Investigating transborder belonging among working-class Latine communities
- Chicanx rasquachismo’s influence on artistic resistance
Key collaborations include:
- Primera Generación Dance Collective (founding member)
- Dancing Through Prison Walls Project
- Show Box Los Ángeles (board member)
Awards:
- National Endowment for the Arts Grant (via Primera Generación Dance Collective)
- Intention Foundry Fellowship (American Council of Learned Societies)
His artivist practice employs rasquachismo—a low-brow Chicanx aesthetic—to create community-engaged choreographies addressing Latine joy, loss, and systemic inequities. Notable presentations include performances at the Kennedy Center for the Arts (DC), Redcat (LA), and Critical Resistance (Oakland, CA).
