Gainor, J Ellen
Associate Deanresearch
research and scholarship focus
- American Drama and Theatre
- Women and Theatre
research areas
- women's studies | Research Area
international geographic focus
- United Kingdom | country
domestic geographic focus
- United States | country
affiliations
faculty appointment in
- Theatre, Film, and Dance (THETR) | Cornell department
administrative appointment
- Cornell University Graduate School | Graduate School
member of graduate field
- American Studies | minor graduate field
- English Language and Literature | graduate field
- Feminist, Gender, & Sexuality Studies | minor graduate field
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender studies | minor graduate field
- Theatre Arts | graduate field
other Cornell affiliations
- American Studies Program | academic program office
teaching
teaching focus
- British and American Drama
- Feminist Theatre Criticism
- Women Playwrights
- Dramaturgy
- Arts Management
background
educational background
- Ph.D., Princeton University
- M.F.A., Yale School of Drama
featured in
- Gainor co-authors new 'Norton Anthology of Drama' | Cornell Chronicle feature
publications
selected publications (listing in progress)
- Shaw's Daughters: Dramatic and Narrative Constructions of Gender.
- The Plays of Susan Glaspell: A Contextual Study.
- Editor, Imperialism and Theatre and Performing America: Cultural Nationalism in American Theatre.
contact
email address
jeg11@cornell.edu