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Dr. Sophia Emmanouilidou received her Ph.D. from
the School of English, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece,
with distinctions in 2003 and on a full scholarship from the Foundation
of National Scholarships in Greece (IKY). She has been a Fulbright
grantee at the University of Texas, Austin and the John F. Kennedy
Institute (JFKI) for North American Studies, Freie Universität of Berlin.
She has published several articles on Chicana/o literature and identity-focused
theories. She has lectured at the University of the Aegean, Department
of Social Anthropology and History; and the University of the
Peloponnese, Department of History and Culture, and the TEI of the
Ionian Islands, Department of Environment Technologists. Her interests
include border cultures, social studies, space theory and ecocriticism.
She is presently affiliated with the Aristotle University of
Thessaloniki, Department of American Literature and edits the volume
Ecothinking across the Disciplines: Transnational Interconnections of
Nature Studies and the Environmental Humanities. |
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Sarah Hentges is an Associate Professor of
American Studies at the University of Maine at Augusta and the 2018-19
Fulbright Danish Distinguished Chair of American studies at the
University of Southern Denmark. She teaches a variety of
interdisciplinary classes on myriad topics including “American Fitness:
Culture, Community, and Transformations” and “Critical Themes in
American Studies: Bodies, Minds, and Movements.” Sarah is also the
author of several books including Women and Fitness in American
Culture and Girls on Fire: Transformative Heroines in Young Adult
Dystopian Literature. In addition to her academic work, Sarah has
been a fitness instructor for over 20 years and is an RYT-200 certified
yoga teacher. She also maintains a blog and website at
www.cultureandmovement.com. |
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Dr. Penelope Chatzidimitriou received her PhD
and BA from the English School of the Aristotle University of
Thessaloniki and her MA in Drama and Theatre Studies, specializing in
directing, from Royal Holloway University of London. She has worked as a
theatre and performance studies affiliated lecturer in the English
Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (BA level) and
the interdepartmental MA in European Literature and Culture of the
School of Philosophy, in the International Programmes of the University
of London, the franchised BA English programme of University of
Northampton in Thessaloniki, local superior drama schools and drama
therapy centers. Ever since her PhD thesis on the theatre of Theodoros
Terzopoulos, she has been collaborating with him and Attis Theatre in
Athens as a researcher. She has co-founded the professional theatre
group Ars Moriendi in Thessaloniki and has worked as director,
dramaturge and set designer in Ars Moriendi theatre group and director
in amateur theatre groups. She is also a theatre critic. Her current
research activity focuses on the representation of (cultural) trauma in
drama, theatre and performance arts. She has published articles in many
Greek and international journals and volumes as well as two books in
Greece. |
