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Danielle R. Williams

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BIOGRAPHY

Danielle R. Williams is a second year master鈥檚 student, in the Department of Communication at the 黑料老司机, from Dominica, a small Caribbean island. She holds a B.A in Communication from the 黑料老司机, and a A.A in Business Administration from the College of Central Florida. Currently she serves as a Graduate Teaching Assistant as an instructor of Public Speaking. 

Her research interests sit at the intersection of Performance and Cultural Studies where she looks at the performed lived experiences of Caribbean people- with particular interest in Dominica and other anglophone Caribbean islands. She is especially interested in looking at how cultural identity is formed and sustained through performed acts of resistance, be it through oral histories, ritualistic performances, traditions, festivals, etc. Danielle鈥檚 research plays into frameworks of performance, cultural memory, and cultural identity theory, with her projects aiming to highlight the need for difference and cultural survival against colonial hegemony. Her approach to performance studies is not through a theatrical, aesthetic lens, but rather through the lens of lived experience; a study of everyday performance. 

RESEARCH AREAS

Oral history, performance studies, critical cultural studies, Caribbean studies 

ADVISOR

Aubrey Huber