{"id":289,"date":"2017-08-08T19:47:33","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T19:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/gender-sexuality-and-womens-studies\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:42:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:42:27","slug":"faculty-and-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/gender-sexuality-and-womens-studies\/faculty-and-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty and Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Zachary Dorsey<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n

Life Hall 0442
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University of Texas at Austin, PhD and MA (Performance as Public Practice)
Department of Theatre and Dance \/ Gender, Sexuality, and Women\u2019s Studies<\/p>\n

Expertise Areas:<\/strong> LGBTQ+ performance and activism; drag and musical theatre; dramaturgy; queer history; performance and pedagogy; feminist and queer methodologies; global and general education
\nBiography: <\/strong>Zachary Dorsey is an Associate Professor of Theatre Studies and advisor for the Theatre Minor. He joined Montclair State in 2024, after teaching at St. Lawrence University and James Madison University, where he was active in general education, gender studies, and study abroad programming.<\/p>\n

His current research focuses on the drag storytime movement and includes interviews with drag performers, librarians, and organizers. Zachary was a co-creator of Virginia\u2019s first regularly recurring drag storytime series. As a dramaturg, he has contributed to theatre, dance, and musical theatre productions across the U.S., including work with Austin Shakespeare, Jump Start Performance Co., and Pendragon Theatre.<\/p>\n

Dr. Dorsey\u2019s writing has appeared in journals such as Theatre Journal<\/em>, Theatre Topics<\/em>, Studies in Musical Theatre<\/em>, and in volumes including The Oxford Handbook of the American Musical<\/em>. His dissertation \u2013 which won the University\u2019s Outstanding Dissertation Award \u2013 explored the ways that artworks about queer history portray violence onstage.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Department Administrative Support Staff<\/h2>\n

Our administrative team can be reached at 973-655-7755<\/span><\/a><\/a>, via email at chssadmin@montclair.edu<\/a>, or in person in Schmitt 222.
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