Dr. Stephanie Lim (she/they) teaches in the English, Theatre, Queer Studies, and Academic First-Year Experiences departments at CSUN, teaching courses on writing and research, theatre history, public speaking, pop culture, and college success. She is also a General Education and Graduate Programs faculty member at AMDA College of the Performing Arts, Los Angeles campus, where she teaches academic writing courses and works as a Writing Lab coach. She earned her BA and MA in English from CSUN and her PhD in Drama & Theatre from UC Irvine. Her research focuses on contemporary American musical theatre, with specific interests in Deaf and disability studies and the integration of American Sign Language and Deaf culture in performances of popular music across stage and screen. She has worked as a dramaturg across Southern California, including for musicals at East West Players, Chance Theater, and UC Irvine. She currently serves on the Executive Boards of the Disability, Theatre, and Performance (DTaP) focus group of Association of Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) and Southwest Popular/American Culture Association (SWPACA), and she is the Book Review Editor for the Journal of American Drama & Theatre (JADT).
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Ph.D. Drama & Theatre 2022, University of California, Irvine
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M.A. English 2015, California State University, Northridge
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B.A. English 2011, California State University, Northridge
