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Dr. Kevin James Byrne

  • Assoc Professor of Instruction - School of Theatre, Dance, & Film

Biography and education

Dr. Byrne has a PhD in Theatre Studies from the City Univeristy of New York, Graduate Center, a MA in Theatre from Northwestern University, and BAs in Theatre and English from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Teaching Interests

Research Interests

  • Byrne, Kevin James. Travel Request 2023-2024, Texas State University, $500. (Submitted: 2023, Funded: 2023). Grant.
  • Byrne, K. J. (n.d.). Spiders, Clowns, Zulus: Black Comedy Baseball Teams of the Mid-Twentieth Century. In The Oxford Handbook of African American Humor Studies. Oxford University Press.
  • Byrne, K. J. (n.d.). Performance Review: “Fat Ham and White Girl in Danger.” Theatre Journal.
  • Byrne, K. J. (2022). Jukebox Musicals: An Interpretive History. London, UK: Routledge/Taylor & Francis.
  • Dramaturg, Scenarios. June 2021 - September 2021.
    Performances:
    • Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema. University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, Colorado.
  1. Member

    Area Head--Bachelor of Arts in Theatre

  2. Board Member

    aTypical Community

  3. Reviewer / Referee

    Black Theatre Review

  4. Editorial Review Board Member

    Journal of American Drama and Theatre

  5. Member

    Common Experience Committee

  6. Participant

    Annual Get Out the Vote Drive

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