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'''Tavia Nyong'o''' (born 1974){{cn|date=April 2022}} is a critic and scholar of art and performance. He is William Lampson Professor of African American Studies, [[American Studies]] and Theater and Performance Studies at [[Yale University]] where he teaches courses on [[African diaspora|black diaspora]] performance, cultural studies, and critical and aesthetic theory.
'''Tavia Nyong'o''' (born 1974){{citation needed|date=April 2022}} is a critic and scholar of art and performance. He is William Lampson professor of African American studies, [[American Studies|American studies]] and theater and performance studies at [[Yale University]] where he teaches courses on [[African diaspora|black diaspora]] performance, cultural studies, and critical and aesthetic theory.


== Education ==
== Education ==
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Nyong'o received his B.A. from [[Wesleyan University]]. He then received a [[Marshall Scholarship]] to study at the [[University of Birmingham]] (England). In 2003, he received his PhD in American Studies from [[Yale]], where he studied under the mentorship of [[Paul Gilroy]] and [[Joseph Roach]]. Nyong'o was the 2004 runner-up for the [[Ralph Henry Gabriel]] Dissertation Award given by the [[American Studies Association]] annually for the best doctoral dissertation written in the field of American Studies.
Nyong'o received his B.A. from [[Wesleyan University]]. He then received a [[Marshall Scholarship]] to study at the [[University of Birmingham]] (England). In 2003, he received his PhD in American studies from [[Yale]], where he studied under the mentorship of [[Paul Gilroy]] and [[Joseph Roach]]. Nyong'o was the 2004 runner-up for the [[Ralph Henry Gabriel]] Dissertation Award given by the [[American Studies Association]] annually for the best doctoral dissertation written in the field of American studies.


== Career ==
== Career ==
Nyong'o is Professor of African American Studies, [[American Studies]] and Theater and Performance Studies at [[Yale University]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Tavia Nyong'o {{!}} Theater and Performance Studies|url=https://theaterstudies.yale.edu/people/tavia-nyongo|access-date=2020-12-25|website=theaterstudies.yale.edu|language=en}}</ref> where he teaches courses on [[African diaspora|black diaspora]] performance, cultural studies, social and critical theory. Prior to his appointment at Yale, Nyong'o taught in the Department of Performance Studies at [[New York University]].<ref name=":0" />
Nyong'o is professor of African American studies, [[American Studies|American studies]] and theater and performance studies at [[Yale University]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Tavia Nyong'o {{!}} Theater and Performance Studies|url=https://theaterstudies.yale.edu/people/tavia-nyongo|access-date=2020-12-25|website=theaterstudies.yale.edu|language=en}}</ref> where he teaches courses on [[African diaspora|black diaspora]] performance, cultural studies, social and critical theory. Prior to his appointment at Yale, Nyong'o taught in the Department of Performance Studies at [[New York University]].<ref name=":0" />


His book, ''The Amalgamation Waltz: Race, Performance, and the Ruses of Memory'', is published by the [[University of Minnesota Press]] (2009),<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Dagbovie|first=Sika Alaine|date=2011-03-22|title=Tavia Nyong'o. The Amalgamation Waltz: Race, Performance, and the Ruses of Memory|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=AONE&sw=w&issn=10624783&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA278172241&sid=googleScholar&linkaccess=abs|journal=African American Review|language=en|volume=44|issue=1–2|pages=317–320|doi=10.1353/afa.2011.0017|s2cid=161805360}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Paulin|first=Diana R.|date=2012-03-01|title=Amalgamation waltz: Race, performance, and the ruses of memory, by Tavia Nyong|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/0740770X.2012.685400|journal=Women & Performance: A Journal of Feminist Theory|volume=22|issue=1|pages=151–154|doi=10.1080/0740770X.2012.685400|s2cid=194095457|issn=0740-770X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=JONES|first=DOUGLAS A.|date=2011|title=Review of THE AMALGAMATION WALTZ: RACE, PERFORMANCE, AND THE RUSES OF MEMORY|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41307521|journal=Theatre Journal|volume=63|issue=1|pages=136–138|doi=10.1353/tj.2011.0003|jstor=41307521|s2cid=194946360|issn=0192-2882}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Colbert|first=Soyica D.|date=2012-02-24|title=The Scene of Harlem Cabaret: Race, Sexuality, Performance, and: The Amalgamation Waltz: Race, Performance, and the Ruses of Memory (review)|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/466485|journal=TDR: The Drama Review|language=en|volume=56|issue=1|pages=158–160|doi=10.1162/DRAM_r_00151|issn=1531-4715}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Zack|first=Naomi|date=2010-06-01|title=The Amalgamation Waltz: Race, Performance, and the Ruses of Memory|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/14664658.2010.481885|journal=American Nineteenth Century History|volume=11|issue=2|pages=269–270|doi=10.1080/14664658.2010.481885|s2cid=145226817|issn=1466-4658}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Byrne|first=Kevin|date=November 2011|title=The Amalgamation Waltz: Race, Performance, and the Ruses of Memory. By Tavia Nyong'o. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2009; pg. 248.|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-survey/article/abs/amalgamation-waltz-race-performance-and-the-ruses-of-memory-by-tavia-nyongo-minneapolis-university-of-minnesota-press-2009-pp-248-6750-cloth-2250-paper-embodying-black-experience-stillness-critical-memory-and-the-black-body-by-harvey-young-ann-arbor-university-of-michigan-press-2010-pp-272-8000-cloth-3250-paper/117482863C6A92D4A23FF7F5B490A14B|journal=Theatre Survey|language=en|volume=52|issue=2|pages=348–351|doi=10.1017/S0040557411000482|issn=1475-4533}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Raimondo|first=Meredith|date=2010-01-01|title=Review: The Amalgamation Waltz: Race, Performance, And The Ruses Of Memory|url=https://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/faculty_schol/1530|journal=Contemporary Theatre Review|doi=10.1080/10486801003684290|s2cid=218547674}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Colbert|first=Soyica D.|date=2012-02-13|title=The Scene of Harlem Cabaret: Race, Sexuality, Performance. By Shane Vogel. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009; 257 pp. $60.00 cloth, $17.00 paper. The Amalgamation Waltz: Race, Performance, and the Ruses of Memory. By Tavia Nyong'o. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2009; 230 pp. $67.50 cloth, $17.82 paper|url=https://doi.org/10.1162/DRAM_r_00151|journal=TDR/The Drama Review|volume=56|issue=1|pages=158–160|doi=10.1162/DRAM_r_00151|issn=1054-2043}}</ref> and won the Errol Hill Award.<ref>{{cite web |title=Errol Hill Awards |url=https://www.astr.org/page/AwardWinnerArchive#errolhill |website=ASTR |access-date=28 February 2019}}</ref>
His book, ''The Amalgamation Waltz: Race, Performance, and the Ruses of Memory'', is published by the [[University of Minnesota Press]] (2009),<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Dagbovie|first=Sika Alaine|date=2011-03-22|title=Tavia Nyong'o. The Amalgamation Waltz: Race, Performance, and the Ruses of Memory|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=AONE&sw=w&issn=10624783&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA278172241&sid=googleScholar&linkaccess=abs|journal=African American Review|language=en|volume=44|issue=1–2|pages=317–320|doi=10.1353/afa.2011.0017|s2cid=161805360}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Paulin|first=Diana R.|date=2012-03-01|title=Amalgamation waltz: Race, performance, and the ruses of memory, by Tavia Nyong|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/0740770X.2012.685400|journal=Women & Performance: A Journal of Feminist Theory|volume=22|issue=1|pages=151–154|doi=10.1080/0740770X.2012.685400|s2cid=194095457|issn=0740-770X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=JONES|first=DOUGLAS A.|date=2011|title=Review of THE AMALGAMATION WALTZ: RACE, PERFORMANCE, AND THE RUSES OF MEMORY|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41307521|journal=Theatre Journal|volume=63|issue=1|pages=136–138|doi=10.1353/tj.2011.0003|jstor=41307521|s2cid=194946360|issn=0192-2882}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Colbert|first=Soyica D.|date=2012-02-24|title=The Scene of Harlem Cabaret: Race, Sexuality, Performance, and: The Amalgamation Waltz: Race, Performance, and the Ruses of Memory (review)|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/466485|journal=TDR: The Drama Review|language=en|volume=56|issue=1|pages=158–160|doi=10.1162/DRAM_r_00151|issn=1531-4715}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Zack|first=Naomi|date=2010-06-01|title=The Amalgamation Waltz: Race, Performance, and the Ruses of Memory|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/14664658.2010.481885|journal=American Nineteenth Century History|volume=11|issue=2|pages=269–270|doi=10.1080/14664658.2010.481885|s2cid=145226817|issn=1466-4658}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Byrne|first=Kevin|date=November 2011|title=The Amalgamation Waltz: Race, Performance, and the Ruses of Memory. By Tavia Nyong'o. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2009; pg. 248.|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/theatre-survey/article/abs/amalgamation-waltz-race-performance-and-the-ruses-of-memory-by-tavia-nyongo-minneapolis-university-of-minnesota-press-2009-pp-248-6750-cloth-2250-paper-embodying-black-experience-stillness-critical-memory-and-the-black-body-by-harvey-young-ann-arbor-university-of-michigan-press-2010-pp-272-8000-cloth-3250-paper/117482863C6A92D4A23FF7F5B490A14B|journal=Theatre Survey|language=en|volume=52|issue=2|pages=348–351|doi=10.1017/S0040557411000482|issn=1475-4533}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Raimondo|first=Meredith|date=2010-01-01|title=Review: The Amalgamation Waltz: Race, Performance, And The Ruses Of Memory|url=https://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/faculty_schol/1530|journal=Contemporary Theatre Review|doi=10.1080/10486801003684290|s2cid=218547674}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Colbert|first=Soyica D.|date=2012-02-13|title=The Scene of Harlem Cabaret: Race, Sexuality, Performance. By Shane Vogel. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009; 257 pp. $60.00 cloth, $17.00 paper. The Amalgamation Waltz: Race, Performance, and the Ruses of Memory. By Tavia Nyong'o. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2009; 230 pp. $67.50 cloth, $17.82 paper|url=https://doi.org/10.1162/DRAM_r_00151|journal=TDR/The Drama Review|volume=56|issue=1|pages=158–160|doi=10.1162/DRAM_r_00151|issn=1054-2043}}</ref> and won the Errol Hill Award.<ref>{{cite web |title=Errol Hill Awards |url=https://www.astr.org/page/AwardWinnerArchive#errolhill |website=ASTR |access-date= 2019-02-28}}</ref>


In addition, Nyong'o has published articles in ''[[The Nation]]'',<ref>[http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080121/nyongo Kenya's Rigged Election<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ''[[n+1]]'', the ''[[Yale Journal of Criticism]]'', ''[[Social Text]]'', ''[[Theatre Journal]]'', and ''[[GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies|GLQ]]''.{{cn|date=April 2022}}
In addition, Nyong'o has published articles in ''[[The Nation]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/kenyas-rigged-election/ |title=Kenya's Rigged Election|website=The Nation|first=Tavia|last=Nyong'o|date=2008-01-03|access-date=2022-09-18}}</ref> ''[[n+1]]'', the ''[[Yale Journal of Criticism]]'', ''[[Social Text]]'', ''[[Theatre Journal]]'',<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Nyong'o|first1=Tavia|date=2005|title=Black Theatre's Closet Drama|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/25069722|journal=Theatre Journal|volume=57|issue=4|pages=590–92|doi=10.1353/tj.2006.0037 |jstor=25069722 |access-date=2022-11-24}}</ref> and ''[[GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies|GLQ]]''.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
He is a cousin of [[Academy Award]] winning actress [[Lupita Nyong'o]].<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Cowles|first1=Charlotte|last2=Holmes|first2=Sally|date=2013-10-18|title=A Primer: Lupita Nyong'o, Gorgeous Rising Star|url=https://www.thecut.com/2013/10/primer-lupita-nyongo-gorgeous-rising-star.html|access-date=2020-12-25|website=The Cut|publisher=New York Magazine|language=en-us}}</ref>
Nyong'o, who is of [[Luo people|Luo]] heritage, was born in the [[Midwestern United States]], and raised there and in [[Kenya]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ezrastiles.yalecollege.yale.edu/tavia-nyongo | title=Tavia Nyong'o &#124; Ezra Stiles College }}</ref> He is a cousin of [[Academy Award]] winning actress [[Lupita Nyong'o]].<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Cowles|first1=Charlotte|last2=Holmes|first2=Sally|date=2013-10-18|title=A Primer: Lupita Nyong'o, Gorgeous Rising Star|url=https://www.thecut.com/2013/10/primer-lupita-nyongo-gorgeous-rising-star.html|access-date=2020-12-25|website=The Cut|publisher=New York Magazine|language=en-us}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 14:14, 29 September 2024

Tavia Nyong'o
Born1974 (age 49–50)
OccupationAcademic
TitleProfessor of African American Studies, American Studies and Theater and Performance Studies
RelativesLupita Nyong'o (cousin)
Academic background
EducationWesleyan University
Yale University
Academic work
InstitutionsYale University

Tavia Nyong'o (born 1974)[citation needed] is a critic and scholar of art and performance. He is William Lampson professor of African American studies, American studies and theater and performance studies at Yale University where he teaches courses on black diaspora performance, cultural studies, and critical and aesthetic theory.

Education

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Nyong'o received his B.A. from Wesleyan University. He then received a Marshall Scholarship to study at the University of Birmingham (England). In 2003, he received his PhD in American studies from Yale, where he studied under the mentorship of Paul Gilroy and Joseph Roach. Nyong'o was the 2004 runner-up for the Ralph Henry Gabriel Dissertation Award given by the American Studies Association annually for the best doctoral dissertation written in the field of American studies.

Career

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Nyong'o is professor of African American studies, American studies and theater and performance studies at Yale University[1] where he teaches courses on black diaspora performance, cultural studies, social and critical theory. Prior to his appointment at Yale, Nyong'o taught in the Department of Performance Studies at New York University.[1]

His book, The Amalgamation Waltz: Race, Performance, and the Ruses of Memory, is published by the University of Minnesota Press (2009),[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] and won the Errol Hill Award.[10]

In addition, Nyong'o has published articles in The Nation,[11] n+1, the Yale Journal of Criticism, Social Text, Theatre Journal,[12] and GLQ.[citation needed]

Personal life

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Nyong'o, who is of Luo heritage, was born in the Midwestern United States, and raised there and in Kenya.[13] He is a cousin of Academy Award winning actress Lupita Nyong'o.[14]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Tavia Nyong'o | Theater and Performance Studies". theaterstudies.yale.edu. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
  2. ^ Dagbovie, Sika Alaine (2011-03-22). "Tavia Nyong'o. The Amalgamation Waltz: Race, Performance, and the Ruses of Memory". African American Review. 44 (1–2): 317–320. doi:10.1353/afa.2011.0017. S2CID 161805360.
  3. ^ Paulin, Diana R. (2012-03-01). "Amalgamation waltz: Race, performance, and the ruses of memory, by Tavia Nyong". Women & Performance: A Journal of Feminist Theory. 22 (1): 151–154. doi:10.1080/0740770X.2012.685400. ISSN 0740-770X. S2CID 194095457.
  4. ^ JONES, DOUGLAS A. (2011). "Review of THE AMALGAMATION WALTZ: RACE, PERFORMANCE, AND THE RUSES OF MEMORY". Theatre Journal. 63 (1): 136–138. doi:10.1353/tj.2011.0003. ISSN 0192-2882. JSTOR 41307521. S2CID 194946360.
  5. ^ Colbert, Soyica D. (2012-02-24). "The Scene of Harlem Cabaret: Race, Sexuality, Performance, and: The Amalgamation Waltz: Race, Performance, and the Ruses of Memory (review)". TDR: The Drama Review. 56 (1): 158–160. doi:10.1162/DRAM_r_00151. ISSN 1531-4715.
  6. ^ Zack, Naomi (2010-06-01). "The Amalgamation Waltz: Race, Performance, and the Ruses of Memory". American Nineteenth Century History. 11 (2): 269–270. doi:10.1080/14664658.2010.481885. ISSN 1466-4658. S2CID 145226817.
  7. ^ Byrne, Kevin (November 2011). "The Amalgamation Waltz: Race, Performance, and the Ruses of Memory. By Tavia Nyong'o. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2009; pg. 248". Theatre Survey. 52 (2): 348–351. doi:10.1017/S0040557411000482. ISSN 1475-4533.
  8. ^ Raimondo, Meredith (2010-01-01). "Review: The Amalgamation Waltz: Race, Performance, And The Ruses Of Memory". Contemporary Theatre Review. doi:10.1080/10486801003684290. S2CID 218547674.
  9. ^ Colbert, Soyica D. (2012-02-13). "The Scene of Harlem Cabaret: Race, Sexuality, Performance. By Shane Vogel. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009; 257 pp. $60.00 cloth, $17.00 paper. The Amalgamation Waltz: Race, Performance, and the Ruses of Memory. By Tavia Nyong'o. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2009; 230 pp. $67.50 cloth, $17.82 paper". TDR/The Drama Review. 56 (1): 158–160. doi:10.1162/DRAM_r_00151. ISSN 1054-2043.
  10. ^ "Errol Hill Awards". ASTR. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  11. ^ Nyong'o, Tavia (2008-01-03). "Kenya's Rigged Election". The Nation. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
  12. ^ Nyong'o, Tavia (2005). "Black Theatre's Closet Drama". Theatre Journal. 57 (4): 590–92. doi:10.1353/tj.2006.0037. JSTOR 25069722. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
  13. ^ "Tavia Nyong'o | Ezra Stiles College".
  14. ^ Cowles, Charlotte; Holmes, Sally (2013-10-18). "A Primer: Lupita Nyong'o, Gorgeous Rising Star". The Cut. New York Magazine. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
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