معرفی
Marcela A. Fuentes is an Associate Professor in the Department of Performance Studies at Northwestern University's School of Communication. Her research examines performance's role in social justice movements, focusing on transnational feminist struggles and digital-era protest cultures across Latin America.
Educational background:
- PhD in Performance Studies, New York University
- MA in Performance Studies, New York University
- BA in Theatre, Dance, and Film Studies, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Research focuses on how performance redefines embodiment, liveness, and eventness in digitally mediated activism. She analyzes trans-feminist movements through frameworks of affect theory, queer of color critique, and hemispheric performance studies, emphasizing how street protests and social media create new forms of civic engagement and transnational solidarity.
Publication analysis reveals consistent exploration of digital protest networks, feminist aesthetics, and Latin American social movements. Her work bridges scholarly theory with activist practice, particularly examining how hashtag campaigns like #NiUnaMenos transform gender violence resistance into global transnational movements while innovating performance methodologies for social change.
Award highlights:
- Alumnae Award for Curriculum Innovation (Northwestern, 2020)
- Provost Faculty Research Grant (Northwestern, 2019)
- Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship (UCLA, 2008-2010)
- NEH Summer Fellowship (USC, 2010)
- Fulbright Fellowship (Argentina, 2001)
Professional engagement includes membership in Argentina's Ni Una Menos feminist collective (2016-2018), Council membership at the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, and External Consultant roles for the Buenos Aires Performance Biennial. Her grant history demonstrates sustained institutional support for interdisciplinary research at the performance-activism intersection.
As a practitioner, she creates lecture performances like "Sujeto Transnacional" and "#Mar. A Nomadic Lecture" presented internationally, merging scholarly inquiry with artistic expression to explore transnational feminist mobilization.
