Department of American Studies

Kim Marra

Department Chair
Professor of American Studies and Theatre Arts
PhD University of Wisconsin at Madison (1990, Theatre and Drama)
718 Jefferson Building
(319) 335-2216
kim-marra@uiowa.edu

Research Interests

Intersections of sexuality, gender, and ethnicity in late nineteenth and early twentieth century U.S. theatre; women, horses, and equestrian performance on American stages, 1865-1930

Curriculum Vitae

Courses Taught

49:002 Theatre and Society: Ancients and Moderns

49:003 Theatre and Society: Romantics and Rebels

49:112 History of Theatre and Drama I

49:113 History of Theatre and Drama II

49:118 American Women Playwrights

45:156 Arts in America: Starmakers and Impresarios

45:155 Performing America Queerly
- Histories of Sexuality On & Off the Stage

49:215 Theatrical Analysis

49:271 Orientation to Graduate Studies

45:118 American Women Playwrights 19th & 20th Centuries

45:230 Seminar: Performing Arts in American Culture
- America through the Theatre

45:299 American Studies Proseminar: Performance Studies/American Studies

154:110 Introduction to Sexuality Studies