Sunita NIGAM
Biography:
Sunita Nigam is a PhD candidate at McGill University. Her research focuses on popular performance and theory. Her dissertation, “The Exhibitionists: Performance, Pleasure, and Display from Mexico '68 to the Burlesque Revival,” examines twentieth- and twenty-first century popular performance and leisure cultures in North America, with a specific focus on New York City, Montreal, and Mexico City. Her work has appeared in Québec Studies Journal and Theatres of Affect: New Essays on Canadian Theatre (Playwrights Canada Press, 2014).
Degree(s):
Ph.D., McGill University (exp. 2016)
M.A., University of Toronto
B.A., University of Ottawa