Olivia Gessella “Gigi” Perez-Langley
Doctoral Candidate
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
[email protected]
EDUCATION
PhD. Communication Studies
ABD March 17, 2012
Southern Illinois University Carbondale anticipated graduation Dec. 2016
Dissertation: From Text to Textile: An Autoethnographic
Exploration of the Guatemalan Huipil
Foci: Performance Studies and Intercultural Communication
Advisor: Craig Gingrich-Philbrook, Ph.D.
December 2008
M.A. Communication Studies
University of North Texas
Thesis Project: Traces of a Bloody Past
Foci: Performance Studies and Rhetoric
Advisor: Justin Trudeau, Ph.D.
December 2005
B.A. Communication Studies
University of North Texas
Advisor: Kelly Taylor, Ph.D.
Minor: Women’s Studies
Minor Advisor: Sandra Spencer, Ph.D.
TEACHING INTERESTS
Public Speaking
Intercultural Communication
Latin@ Communication Studies
Autoenthnography
Performance Studies
Latina/o Performance Art
Performing Visual Rhetoric
Political Performance
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Park University, Communication Studies and Liberal Education Program
Adjunct Instructor
• Public Speaking (Summer 2016, Fall 1 2016)
• Serial Killers as Heroes in Popular Culture (Fall 2 2016)
Angelo State University, Department of Communication and Mass Media
Adjunct Instructor
• Public Speaking (3 Fall 2015, 2 Spring 2016, and 4 Fall 2016)
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE CONTINUED
Southern Illinois University Carbondale, The Department of Speech Communication
Graduate Assistant
• Tablet initiative assistant to Sandy Pensoneau-Conway, Ph.D. (Spring 2013)
• Tablet research web-based resources;
• 101 Instructor Manual Development
• Instructor of Record, Introduction to Oral Communication: Speech, Self, and
Society (2009-2011, 2013-2014)
• Three speeches, Communication Analysis Paper, and Tablet Integration
• Instructor of Record, Communication Across Cultures (2011-2013)
• Group Exploration Across Cultures Journal Assignments;
• Coordinated with the Center for English as a Second Language (CESL) for
conversation partner program, pairing my students with international
students for shared experiences of speaking across cultures
University of North Texas, Department of Communication Studies
Adjunct Instructor (2008-2009)
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Undergraduate Advisor
• Staff Adviser and Recruiter of Undergraduates interested in
Communication Studies as a Major or Minor
Performance of Literature
• Instructor on Record: Lecturer
• Supervised three Teaching Assistants
Emergency Instructor for Dr. Kelly Taylor:
• Performance Methods & Group Performance (2009)
Graduate Teaching Assistant (2006-2008)
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Undergraduate Advisor
• Student Adviser and Recruiter of Undergraduates interested in
Communication Studies as a Major or Minor
Graduate Performance Assistant
• Black Box Scheduling and Management
• 2 years, Student Director Petit Jean Performance Festival
Performance of Literature (2006-2008)
• Teaching Assistant on Record
• Assessed performances
• Grade exams
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
“Women of Color in Higher Education.” Presented with Dr. Dani Soto. Kappa Delta Chi Mid-West
Regional Conference. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL. Nov. 3,
2012. Presentation.
“Justicia Y Mascarás.” Presenter. Hispanic Heritage Month sponsored by the Hispanic Resource
Center and The Center for Inclusive Excellence. Southern Illinois University Carbondale,
Carbondale, Illinois. 26 September 2012. Presentation.
Summer Writing Workshop on Critical Latin@ Communication Studies. Participant. University of
North Texas, Denton, Texas. June 2010. Seminar.
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PUBLICATIONS
Woodhouse, Diana, Lindsay Greer, and Olivia Perez-Langley. “The Leaky Architecture of Bees
and Boxes: Feminist Consciousness-Raising as Performance Methodology”. Liminalities:
A Journal of Performance Studies 11.2 (2015): http://liminalities.net/11-2/leaky.html.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“Embodying Origami.” Presenter. Southern States Communication Association in Performance
Studies Division. New Orleans, Louisiana. April 6, 2014. Paper.
"Performing Justicia." Presenter. National Communication Association in Latin@
Communication Studies Division. Orlando, Florida. November 2012. Paper.
“Non-place of an Immigrant Detention Center.” Presenter. Southern States Communication
Association, Intercultural Division. San Antonio, Texas. April 2012. Paper.
“Pirating Performance Art.” Presenter. Student Conference at University of North Texas. Denton,
Texas, March 9, 2012. Paper.
“Latin@ Voices From the Classroom.” Panelist. National Communication Association.
Roundtable in Pedagogy Studies Division, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 2011.
Roundtable.
“Presentation of Justicia @ Hutto.” Presenter. National Communication Association.
Performance Studies Division, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 2011. Paper.
“Talk(ing) Back: Pedagogical Reflections on Staging Sundown in Southern Illinois.” Panelist.
Southern States Communication Association. Performance Studies Division and
Ethnography Interest Group Little Rock, Arkansas, 2011. Roundtable.
“Feminine Style.” Presenter. National Communication Association. Division of History of
Rhetoric, San Diego, California, 2008. Paper.
“Regina José Galindo.” Presenter. National Communication Association. Division of Performance
Studies, San Diego, California, 2008. Paper.
“Disciplining the Feminine Style & Narrative Phronesis in Contemporary Rhetorical Culture.”
Panelist. Roundtable at Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas, 2008. Paper.
“Shut up and Pose.” Presenter. Southern States Communication Association. Division of Gender
Studies, Savannah, Georgia, 2008. Paper.
"Interconnections between Gaia and Ecofeminist Theories." Presenter. National Women’s Studies
Association. Renaissance Resort at Seaworld: Orlando, Florida, 2005. Paper.
Revisicon: Imaging Homeplace Through Site-Specific Performance. Performer with Lindsey
Greer, Sarah Jackson, Violet Juno, Nico Wood, and Diana Woodhouse. National
Communication Association. DC Connections. November 21, 2013. Collaborative
Performance.
Generating Performance: An Experiment in Long Distance Community Collaboration and
Connection. Performer. National Communication Association. Division of Performance
Studies. Washington, D.C. November 21, 2013. Collaborative Performance
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PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
Voicing Ancestry: A workshop with Tami Spry. Performer. Southern Illinois University
Carbondale. The Department of Communication Studies. Carbondale, Illinois. June 28July 3, 2013. Installation Performance.
What (not) To Wear. Performer. Southern States Communication Association. Division of
Performance Studies. Louisville, Kentucky. April 11, 2013. Performance.
Reversicon: Dipping Lucida. Guest Artist Violet Juno. Performer with Lindsay Greer, Diana
Woodhouse, and Nico Wood. Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale,
Illinois, 1 October 2012. Collaborative Performance.
Sentenced S(i)lence. Performer. Southern States Communication Association. Top Performance
Panel, Division of Performance Studies, San Antonio, Texas, 2012. Solo Performance.
Little Miss Grotesque. Performer. By Andrea Baldwin, Director. Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, Kleinau Theatre. Patti Pace Performance Festival, Carbondale, Illinois, 24
February 2012. Performance.
Little Miss Grotesque. Performer. By Andrea Baldwin, Director. Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, Kleinau Theatre. Carbondale, Illinois, 16-19 February 2012. Performance.
Elephant in the Room. Performer. National Communication Association. Division of
Performance Studies, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2011. Solo Performance.
(I) Rigoberta Menchú. Performer. Southern States Communication Association. Division of
Performance Studies, Little Rock, Arkansas, 2011. Solo Performance.
Diving With Disaster. Performer. Western States Communication Association. Division of
Performance Studies, Monterey, California, 2011. Solo Performance.
Justicia @ Hutto. Performer. By Olivia G. Perez-Langley. Southern Illinois University Carbondale,
Illinois. 9 November 2010. Solo Performance.
Sundown in Southern Illinois. Performer. By Elena Esquibel, Writer and Director. Kleinau Theatre,
Carbondale, Illinois. 28-30 October 2010. Performance.
The Penelopiad. Performer. By Dr. Elyse Pineau, Director. Klienau Theatre, Carbondale, Illinois.
19-21 Feb 2010. Performance.
The Carnival. Performer. By Rick Jones, Director. Kleinau Theatre, Carbondale, Illinois. 31 Oct
2009. Performance.
Theatre of the Oppressed Workshop. Performed with Elena Esquibel, Jennifer Freitag, and
Aubrey Huber. Hispanic Heritage Month, Festival Latino. Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois. 18 Sept 2009. Collaborative Performance.
Mujeres de Juarez. Performer and Director. Southern States Communication Association,
Norfolk, Virginia. 6 April 2009. Solo Performance.
Brideland. Performer and Director. Southern States Communication Association, Savannah,
Georgia. 2008. Solo Performance.
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PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE CONTINUED
Frida Kahlo in Love. Performer. By Dr. Kelly Taylor, Director. Petit Jean Performance Festival.
Morrilton, Arkansas. 2007. Performance.
Frida Kahlo in Love: A Readers Theatre Performance of Selected Poetry and Prose of Frida
Kahlo. Performer. By Dr. Kelly Taylor, Director. Southern States Communication
Association, Louisville, Kentucky. 2007. Performance.
DIRECTING EXPERIENCE
The Gospel According to Crag. Co-Director with Andrea Baldwin. Kleinau Theatre at Southern
Illinois University Carbondale. Carbondale, Illinois. November, 2013. Performance.
Sideshow. Road Director. With Nico Wood, Writer/Performer and Carlye Schweska, Performer
Assistant. Petit Jean Performance Festival. Morrelton, Arkansas Petit Jean State Park.
October 19, 2013. Performance.
Nico Wood’s: Sideshow. Road Director. With Nico Wood, Writer/Performer and Carlye Schweska,
Performer Assistant. The East Room. Sideshow Fringe Festival Nashville, Tenessee.
August 1, 2013. Performance.
The Leaky Architecture of Beehives and Boxes. Director. With Diana Woodhouse and Lindsay
Greer, Performers. Kleinau Theatre at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Illinois.
April 25-27, 2013. Performance.
The Leaky Architecture of Beehives and Boxes. Director. With Diana Woodhouse and Lindsay
Greer, Performers. Patti Pace Performance Festival at Georgia Southern University.
Statesboro, Georgia. Feb 1-2, 2013. Performance.
Animalice. Guest-Director. By Nico Wood, Writer and Director. Erin Zimmerman, Assistant
Director. Carbondale, Illinois. November 2011. Performance.
Lightbulb. Director. By Rick Jones, Writer and Technical Director. Carbondale, Illinois. 22-24
September 2011. Performance.
Leaning: Stories of Personal Relationships. Assistant Director. By Dr. Ron Pelias, Director.
Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana Champaign, Illinois. 20 May 2011. Performance.
Leaning: Stories of Personal Relationships. Assistant Director. By Dr. Ron Pelias, Director.
Kleinau Theater SIUC, Illinois. 28-30 April 2011. Performance.
Vagina Monologues. Co-Directed with Jennifer Freitag. Written by Eve Ensler. McLoed Theater,
Carbondale, Illinois. 19-20 March 2010. Performance.
Traces of a Bloody Past. Director. With Raquel Polanco and Sheilianne Lugo, Performers.
Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed, Augsburg College, Minnesota. 23 May 2009.
Performance.
Elmer Gantry. Assistant Director. By Dr. Kelly Taylor, Director. The Department of
Communication Studies Black Box. University of North Texas, Denton, Texas. 26 April
2009. Performance.
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DIRECTING EXPERIENCE CONTINUED
Traces of a Bloody Past. Director. With Raquel Polanco and Sheilianne Lugo, Performers. Patti
Pace Performance Festival. Kleinau Theatre, Southern Illinois University Carbondale,
Illinois. 7 Feb 2009. Performance.
Contagion: Or the Sad Case of a Performance Art Critic. Assistant Director. By Dr. Justin
Trudeau, Director. University of North Denton, Texas. 13 November 2008. Performance.
Traces of a Bloody Past. Director. Performers Raquel Polanco and Sheilianne Lugo. University of
North Texas: Denton, Texas. 5 September 2008. Performance.
Petit Jean Performance Festival: Performing Nature. Graduate Student Director. Hosted by
University of North Texas and Capital University. Petit Jean State Park, Morrilton,
Arkansas. April 2008. Performance Festival.
Wild Ducks Flying Backwards. Assistant Director. By Dr. Justin Trudeau, Director. Patti Pace
Performance Festival. Hopkins Black Box Theatre Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge,
Louisiana. February 2008. Performance.
Wild Ducks Flying Backwards. Assistant Director. By Dr. Justin Trudeau, Director. University of
North Texas Black Box. Denton, Texas. January 2008. Performance.
Petit Jean Performance Festival: Performing Parody. Student Director. Hosted by University of
North Texas. Petit Jean State Park, Morrilton, Arkansas. April 2007. Performance.
Feet on the Street Rambles Around New Orleans. Assistant Director. By Dr. Justin Trudeau,
Director at Patti Pace Performance Festival. New Orleans, Louisiana. October 2006.
Performance.
Feet on the Street Rambles Around New Orleans. Assistant Director. By Dr. Justin Trudeau
Director at University of North Texas. Denton, Texas. September 2006. Performance.
Ride the Peter Pan. Director. Group Performance Final Project. University of North Texas.
Denton, Texas. 2006. Performance.
SERVICE
Chair Elect. National Communication Association, La Raza Caucus. 2016 Service.
Chair Elect. National Communication Association, Latina/o Communication Studies Division,
2016 Service.
Vice Chair Elect. National Communication Association, La Raza Caucus. 2015 Service.
Vice Chair Elect. National Communication Association, Latina/o Communication Studies
Division, 2015 Service.
Secretary. Southern States Communication Association, Performance Studies Division. Elected
for 2015 Service.
Secretary. National Communication Association Latina/o Studies Division. 2014 Service.
Secretary. National Communication Association La Raza Caucus. 2014 Service.
Media. National Communication Association Latina/o Studies Division, 2013.
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SERVICE CONTINUED
Chair. Latina/os in Media: From Journalism to Social
Reviewer. National Communication Association Latin@ Studies Division, (2012-Present)
Advisor. Kappa Delta Chi Sorority Inc. Southern Illinois University Carbondale (2011- 2014)
• Riverside Blues Festival. Volunteer Coordinator. Sponsored by Murphysboro Chamber of
Commerce and Southern Illinois Blues Society. 21 September 2013
• Riverside Blues Festival. Volunteer Coordinator. Sponsored by Murphysboro Chamber of
Commerce and Southern Illinois Blues Society. 21 September 2012.
• Advisor for A.L.M.A. The Interested Ladies of Kappa Delta Chi. Southern Illinois University
Carbondale. 2010-2011.
Student Communication Organization (Southern Illinois University Carbondale)
• Planning and Development Committee, 2009-2010 & 2011-2012.
• Personnel Committee, 2010-2011.
Communication Organization Graduate Student (COGS), University of North Texas, 2006-2008.
AWARDS
Marion Kleinau Award for Excellence in Performance Studies 2014, Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois. Department of Communication Studies.
John T. Warren Memorial Scholarship Graduate Recipient 2013. Southern Illinois University
Carbondale. Carbondale, Illinois. Department of Speech Communication.
Outstanding Collaborative Project 2012-2013 Kleinau Season. For The Leaky Architecture of
Beehives and Boxes with Diana Woodhouse and Lindsay Greer. Kleinau Awards at
Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Carbondale, Illinois.
Certificate of Appreciation. Center for Inclusive Excellence and Hispanic Resource Center,
Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Carbondale, Illinois. Latina/o Heritage Month,
2012.
Advisor of the Year. Kappa Delta Chi Sorority Inc. Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Carbondale, Illinois. 2011-2012.
Newcomer of the Year Award. The Department of Speech Communication. Southern Illinois
University Carbondale. Carbondale, Illinois. 2010.
Outstanding Graduate Achievement in Directing. Department of Communication Studies.
University of North Texas. Denton, Texas. 2009.
Outstanding Graduate Student in Performance Studies. Department of Communication Studies.
University of North Texas. Denton, Texas. 2008.
Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Directing. Department of Communication Studies.
University of North Texas. Denton, Texas. 2007.
Outstanding Achievement in Undergraduate Directing. Department of Communication Studies.
University of North Texas. Denton, Texas. 2006.
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AWARDS CONTINUED
Dean’s List. University of North Texas: College of Arts and Sciences. 2005-2006.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
National Communication Association, member 2006-present.
Southern States Communication Association, member 2006-present.
Western States Communication Association, member 2011.
Lambda Pi Eta Communication Studies Honor Society, member 2006
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