Personal profile
Research Interests
Disability and Theatre
Disability Studies
Horror Film
Pop Culture
Performance Studies
Biography
Jason Dorwart, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Global Theatre Studies at Hong Kong Baptist University. His book The Incorporeal Corpse: Performing Disability in the Liminal Stage was released by Lexington Books in 2022. He is editing a book from Routledge called Alternative Careers for the Performing Arts: Succeeding as a Creative Professional. Jason’s work has appeared in TheatreForum, where he also served as Lead Editor, Gale Cengage’s Disability Experiences: Memoirs, Autobiographies, and Other Personal Narratives, and in The Food Network Recipe: Essays on Cooking, Celebrity and Competition. He was awarded the 2017 University of California Chancellor’s Dissertation Medal for Arts & Humanities.
Chinese Name
Education/Academic qualification
-, PhD, The University of California, San Diego
Award Date: 10 Jun 2017
Master, Phamaly and the DisAbility Project: Models of Theater by Disabled Performers, University of Colorado Boulder
Award Date: 19 Aug 2012
Doctorate, Sturm College of Law, University of Denver
Award Date: 8 May 2010
Bachelor, Creighton University
Award Date: 22 Dec 2002
External positions
Professor, Oberlin College
1 Jul 2017 → 30 Jun 2021
Professor, University of California at San Diego
26 Jun 2017 → 3 Aug 2017
Keywords
- PN2000 Dramatic representation. The Theater
- Disability Studies
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Chariots of Fear: Empty Wheelchairs as a Locus of Horror, Disability, Race, and Eugenics in The Changeling and Jessabelle
Dorwart, J. B., 13 Oct 2024, In: Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. 35, 1, p. 169-197 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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Disabled Actors Deserve To Blend Into The Background, Too
Dorwart, J. B., 29 Feb 2024, In: Huffington Post.Research output: Contribution to journal › Newspaper article
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What Navigating Hong Kong In A Wheelchair Taught Me About Accessibility Culture
Dorwart, J., 6 Jun 2024, In: Huffington Post.Research output: Contribution to journal › Newspaper article
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Charles Dickens' Great Expectations
Dorwart, J. B. (Performer), Jordan, P. E. R. (Director) & Wong, K. K., 14 Apr 2023Research output: Non-textual form › Performance
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The Incorporeal Corpse: Performing Disability in the Liminal Stage
Dorwart, J. B., Nov 2022, 1st ed. Lexington Books. 160 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book or report › peer-review
Prizes
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Bouchet Graduate Honor Society Member
DORWART, J. (Honorary Recipient ), 2017
Prize: Other distinction
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Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action and Diversity Universitywide Award
DORWART, J. (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Award
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Activities
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Disability Isn't the Tragic Flaw: Teatro La Plaza's Hamlet
DORWART, J. (Organiser)
27 May 2024Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by non-HKBU units
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Performing from a Wheelchair in Hong Kong and the USA: A Backstage Autoethnography
DORWART, J. (Organiser)
2 Jun 2024Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by non-HKBU units
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Reviewing Disability: Public Taste at Play with Disability Studies
DORWART, J. (Speaker)
Nov 2022Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by non-HKBU units
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Theatre/Practice: The Online Journal of the Practice/Production Symposium of the Mid America Theatre Conference (Journal)
DORWART, J. (Reviewer)
Sept 2022 → …Activity: Publication peer-review/editorial work › Editor/reviewer for publications (incl. CDCF T61 Journal Editor)
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This Uncanny Seat: Locating Eugenics and Disability in Horror Films' Empty Wheelchairs
DORWART, J. (Speaker)
14 Aug 2022Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by non-HKBU units
Press/Media
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What Netflix’s 'The Midnight Club' Gets Right About Disability Representation
26/10/22
1 Media contribution
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