Research/Areas of Interest:
Performance Studies; queer studies; South Asian studies
Education
- PhD, Performance Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States, 2014
- MA, Performance Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States, 2009
- BA, Sociology and Anthropology, Colgate University, Hamilton, United States, 2004
Biography
Kareem Khubchandani (any pronouns) is Associate Professor of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies at Tufts University. He is the author of Ishtyle: Accenting Gay Indian Nightlife (University of Michigan Press, 2020), which received the 2019 CLAGS: Center for LGBTQ Studies Fellowship award, the 2021 Dance Studies Association de la Torre Bueno best book award, and the 2021 ATHE Outstanding Book Award. Kareem is co-editor of Queer Nightlife (University of Michigan Press) and curator of www.criticalauntystudies.com. He holds a Ph.D. in Performance Studies from Northwestern University, and previously served as Embrey Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.