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Rachel Joseph serves as Associate Professor in the Human Communication and Theatre department at Trinity University, where she teaches playwriting, dramatic literature, performance, and theatre history. Her academic foundation includes a Ph.D. in Drama from Stanford University, complemented by an M.A. in Theatre Studies and M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Arizona.
Her research centers on theoretical intersections between theatre and film, particularly examining screened stages, trauma representation, and suburban aesthetics in cinema. Current projects include Screened Stages: On Theatre in Film, analyzing cinema's relationship to presentness and reproducibility. Her scholarship frequently engages with Wes Anderson's cinematic universe, David Lynch's surrealism, and Busby Berkeley's choreographic spectacles.
Joseph's publication trends reveal consistent exploration of intermedial performance, with recent work appearing in Performance Research, College Literature, and Word & Image. Her articles demonstrate methodological range across Lacanian psychoanalysis, trauma theory, and screendance studies, often focusing on how cinematic techniques mediate theatrical concepts.
- Finalist for 2017 Arts & Letters Drama Prize
- Semi-finalist for 2017 Elixir Press Fiction Award
- Shortlisted for William Faulkner-William Wisdom competition
- Contributor to Oxford Handbook of Screendance Studies
As both scholar and practitioner, Joseph directs theatrical productions including Anne Washburn's Mr. Burns and Sarah Ruhl's adaptation of Chekhov's Three Sisters. Her creative work spans playwriting (Stripped, Buried) and fiction, with publications in Kenyon Review Online and North American Review. She actively participates in campus cultural initiatives including faculty performances of The Vagina Monologues.
