Jackson, Shannon 1967-

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Jackson, Shannon 1967-

PERSONAL:

Born January 5, 1967, in Orange, CA; daughter of Robert and Jacqueline Jackson; married Michael Korcuska (an operations officer), June, 2000; children: R. Jackson, Daphne E. Education: Stanford University, B.A. (with honors), 1989; Northwestern University, M.A., 1991, Ph.D., 1995.

ADDRESSES:

Office—101 Dwinelle Annex, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720. E-mail—shjacks@berkeley.edu.

CAREER:

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, assistant professor, 1995-98; University of California, Berkeley, began as assistant professor, became professor of rhetoric and dramatic art and dance, 1998—.

WRITINGS:

Lines of Activity (nonfiction), University of Michigan Press (Ann Arbor, MI), 2000.

Professing Performance: Theatre in the Academy from Philology to Performativity, Cambridge University Press (New York, NY), 2004.

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