Rachel C. Lee

Rachel C. Lee is Director of the Center for the Study of Women, Professor of English and Gender's Studies, Faculty Affiliate of the Institute for Society and Genetics at UCLA, and founder of the UCLA Life (Un)Ltd project. Her scholarship draws on critical methods from race/ethnic studies in conjunction with theories of gender and sexuality, to examine the specific interfaces and choreographies of stand-up comedy, dance, new media/digital technology, and literature. Her essays have appeared in the journals C-Theory, TDR: The Drama Review, The Scholar and the Feminist, Cultural Critique, boundary2, GLQ: The Gay and Lesbian Quarterly, and Meridians: Feminism, Race, Transnationalism . Other essays appear in the following books available on Amazon: The Critical Digital Studies Reader, 2nd Edition, Women's Studies on Its Own, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Toni Morrison, and An Interethnic Companion to Asian American Literature.