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Visiting Assistant Professor
Glenn Odom's course range from the Ancient Greeks to Shakespeare. His primary field
of research is defined by a genre - drama- rather than a period, and, aside from the
Greeks, and Shakespeare, Odom pursues research on contemporary Nigerian drama.
He is most interested in the intersections between the political and theatrical.
Odom's publications range in subject matter from speech act theory, to Titus
Andronicus, to concepts of teleology in the Yorùbá world. The work on teleology
exemplifies his current research directions: it examines the epistemological and
ideological milieu in which works of theatre are created. While this piece deals
specifically with time, issues of subjectivity, identity, interpretation, space, and
performativity are also part of the ideological structure of a given time that Odom
examines. Stripped to its minimum, Odom's work argues that theatre can change
fundamental aspects of how we see the world.
Odom's research interests are matched with a commitment to the actual performance
of texts. Odom has directed, acted, designed, and done dramaturgical work for a
variety of community and college theatres.
Odom received his B.A. and M.Ed. from Vanderbilt University and his M.A. and Ph.D.
from University California, Irvine.
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