Leah Woehr

Leah Woehr is a Graduate Teaching Fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Her educational background includes:

• B.A. in Theatre & Communication from Trinity University
• M.A. in Communication Studies from UNC Charlotte

As a scholar-artist, Woehr specializes in performance studies and cultural studies with research centered on Chinese transnational adoption. Her work examines how citizenship, interculturality, and familial identity are performed among Chinese adoptees, utilizing decolonial frameworks and integrating artistic practice to illuminate complexities of identity and belonging. Her methodology bridges academic inquiry with creative expression to explore sociocultural dynamics within adoption communities.