Jean Graham-Jones, an expert in the field of Latin American theatre studies, particularly the theatre of Argentina, earned her Ph.D. at University of California-Los Angeles. She was previously a faculty member at Florida State University- Tallahassee, where, for six years, she was also coordinator of the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program and adviser/producer of the campus Spanish-language theatre group, Teatro Latino. She is the author of Exorcising History: Argentine Theater under Dictatorship and editor/translator of Reason Obscured: Nine Plays by Ricardo Monti, a collection of the plays of, arguably, Argentina's greatest living playwright. The coeditor of Theatre Journal and an editorial board member of the Latin American Theatre Review, she has published numerous journal articles, book chapters, and reviews, and has also worked extensively as a director and performer.

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