Karina Gutiérrez

Teaching Artist | Imagining Justice

Karina Gutiérrez is Assistant Professor of Theater and Dance at Santa Clara University. Her work concentrates on the intersection of politics and performance, more specifically how digital interventions, institutionalization efforts, and historical narrative affect the development and sustainability of social and politically engaged performance companies and collectives in the Americas.

She is a recent Doctoral graduate of Stanford University’s Department of Theatre and Performance Studies, where she served as the inaugural Artistic Director of The Nitery Experimental Theatre (NEXT), student director, and undergraduate mentor. Gutiérrez additionally served as a Scholar-in-Residence at El Centro Chicano y Latino, a Co-Graduate Coordinator at the Woman’s Community Center, and a Diversifying Academia, and a Recruiting Excellence (DARE) Fellow. Upon graduation Dr. Gutiérrez was awarded the Carl Webber Prize for integration of Creative Practice and Scholarly Research.