Courtney A. Lau is a scholar, teacher, and dance artist. Her first book project, Face-to-Face: Portraiture, Performance, and Dissonant Encounters with Asian America, traces the face in Asian American performance, art, and literature to contend with the disorganizing force of racialized sexuality.
She holds a BA in the History of Art from Haverford College and, with the support of a Fulbright Postgraduate Student Award, an MA in Dance Studies from the University of Roehampton in London. She earned a PhD in Theatre Arts and Performance Studies from Brown University. Dr. Lau is currently a Lecturer in Theatre History and Theory at the University of Maryland, College Park.
She is from Providence, Rhode Island.
