David Roman

  • Professor of English
Office: (323) 906-1984

Expertise Summary

Documentary expert specializing in contemporary documentary filmmaking

Expertise

  • theatre, drama and performance studies
  • AIDS and the arts
  • Latino studies
  • contemporary performing arts

Additional Information

  • Author of Acts of Intervention: Performance, Gay Culture and AIDS (1998)
  • Co-editor of O Solo Homo: The New Gay Performance (1998)
  • Editor of Theatre Journal, a quarterly academic journal published byJohns Hopkins University Press
  • Co-editor of Triangulations, a book series published by the Universityof Michigan Press
  • Past President, Gay and Lesbian Caucus, Modern Language Association (1994-1996)
  • Scholar-in-Residence, Latino Theatre Initiative at Mark Taper Forum
  • Recipient of ATHE Award for “Outstanding Book in Theatre Studies” for
  • Acts of Intervention (1999)
  • Recipient of Lambda Literary Award for O Solo Homo (1999)