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William Lewis is an Assistant Professor specializing in Theatre History, Literature, and Criticism at Purdue University's College of Liberal Arts. His research focuses on spectatorship, politics, digital cultures, and experiential performance. He is the author of the upcoming book 'Experiential Spectatorship: Immersion, Participation, Play Deep Mediatization', to be published by Routledge in 2025. Additionally, he co-edited the volume 'Experiential Theatres: Praxis-Based Approaches Training 21st Century Theatre Artists', which is set for release in 2023. Lewis has received the 2024 Edited Works Award from the Association for Theatre in Higher Education and served as the founding editor of 'PARtake: The Journal of Practice as Research' from 2016 to 2024. As a scholar-artist, his work utilizes interactive technologies to explore the relationships between contemporary audiences and mediatized cultures, with current practice-based research focusing on developing gamified performance forms to address political polarization and the societal impact of algorithmic technologies. He teaches courses that emphasize the ways technologies and media impact performance making and analysis in the 21st century. Proudly a first-generation college graduate, Lewis continues to contribute to the field through various articles and chapters in esteemed journals and publications.
Purdue University • West Lafayette, IN
Teaching courses on modern and contemporary performance history and theory.
Patti Rusty Rueff School of Design, Art, Performance • West Lafayette, IN
Served as coordinator for undergraduate theatre studies, focusing on directing performance.
GRE is not required.