Carrie Preston

Dr. Carrie Preston is a professor in the English Department and Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Program. Her writing on gender, sexuality, race, performance, and critical displacement has appeared in three book and numerous articles. Her awards for teaching and research include the Methodist Scholar-Teacher of the Year and the Torre de la Bueno Award for a book in dance studies. Her most recent book, Complicit Participation: The Liberal Audience for Theater of Racial Justice, was published by Oxford UP in June 2024.