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Sharrell D. Luckett is a Charles P. Taft Distinguished Professor of Drama and Performance Studies at the University of Cincinnati, where she also directs the Helen Weinberger Center for Drama & Playwriting. Holding a PhD in Theatre and Performance Studies from the University of Missouri-Columbia, she specializes in Black Theatre, Fat Studies, and Black Feminist Theory. Her research explores acting methodologies, autoethnography, and devising processes.
Her academic leadership includes roles as editor of African American Arts: Activism, Aesthetics, and Futurity and co-founder of the Black Acting Methods movement. Recent grants include a $10,000 UC AHSS Faculty Research grant (2021-2022) supporting empirical studies on Black Acting Methods.
- Education: PhD (University of Missouri), M.Ed (Kennesaw State), BIS (Georgia State)
- Key Roles: Director of Helen Weinberger Center, CEO of Black Acting Methods Studio
Award-winning author of YoungGiftedandFat (2018) and co-editor of multiple seminal works, her scholarship bridges performance studies with social justice. She has presented at over 70 institutions globally and leads workshops on intersectional performance practices.
