Rachel Tracie

Rachel Tracie is a theater professor, writer, director and spectator. She is interested in exploring the connections between a theoretical analysis of theater and its practical application in courses. She seeks to create a space in which students can freely engage in investigating the historical, social and spiritual aspects of theater while drawing on the richness of their liberal arts education. Her book, Christina Reid’s Theatre of Memory & Identity: Within and Beyond the Troubles, was published in 2018 by Palgrave MacMillan. Tracie is passionate about higher education and arts programming in prison as a means for transformation and rehabilitation. She serves as writing coordinator and instructor for the Prison Education Project in Southern California, and on the board of Shining Light, an organization that pairs arts programming with character strength development in Prisons across the United States. In 2020, she was awarded the L'Engle/Rahman prize in mentorship from PEN America's Prison & Justice Writing Program. She holds a Master of Arts in Drama from the University of Alberta and a Ph.D. in Theatre Studies from Royal Holloway, University of London. She lives in Pomona, California with her husband and their two dogs.