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Michael Stablein Jr. is a Lecturer at the University of Chicago, where he teaches courses in the College of the University of Chicago’s Arts Core Curriculum. He is also a joint PhD candidate in Theater and Performance Studies and English Language and Literature, with a focus on masculinity and whiteness, queer and feminist theory, and psychoanalysis.
- Education: BFA in Theater (Florida State University), MFA in Visual Arts (Columbia University of New York)
His research explores contemporary masculinity’s crises through narratives, performances, and cultural analysis. His dissertation, “Boys Will Be Men and Other Consequences,” examines compulsory coming-of-age imperatives in 20th/21st-century US literature and culture. His performance practice investigates choreographies of masculinity through repetition and digital tracking via social media.
- ATHE Emerging Scholar in Performance Studies (2022)
- Arts, Science, and Culture Initiative Fellow (2022)
- Residential Dissertation Completion Fellow (Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality)
- Neubauer Collegium Fellowship (Movement Theory Lab founding member)
His recent publications in TDR/The Drama Review, GLQ, and ASAP/Journal reflect trends in performance studies, queer theory, and interdisciplinary analyses of masculinity. He has taught courses on text and performance, early modern theater, queer family drama, and critical videogame studies.
