Catalina Florina Florescu

About Catalina Florina Florescu

I was born in the Balkans and came here at 23. I am what they call a hyphenated individual, but that\'s incomplete (and I enjoy that greatly). I earned my Bachelor’s from U of Bucharest, Romanian Literature (major), American Literature (minor); my Master’s and PhD from Purdue University (specializations: comparative theatre & medical humanities). At Pace, I teach undergraduate, honors, interdisciplinary courses in theater, literature, cinema, and writing. At Stevens, I teach to graduate students \"Writing and Speaking for Academic Purposes.\"I am a published author: Transacting Sites of the Liminal Bodily Spaces (literary criticism; medical humanities); Disjointed Perspectives on Motherhood (mothers in literature & motion picture; feminist criticism); Of Silences (philosophy; theater; art). Transnational Narratives in Englishes of Exile (cultural and literary criticism; immigration; Englishes and plurality). The Night I Burned My Origami Skin (poems); The Rebelled Body Plays (theater); Female Playwrights and Applied Intersectionality (Romanian theater; equity). In Romanian, Inventing Me/Exercitii de retrait, Teatru, & Corp de teatru.\"Mia\" premiered at HERE: Arts Center (2021).\"Suicidal Dog and Laika\" had its world premiere with support from RCINYC and \"Snowdrops and Chlorine\" with a grant from AFCN.\"Moss\" debuted during the New York Festival of short plays.\"Cliffhanger\" was part of Women in Theater festival.\"Unpack\" premiered in 2021 in Los Angeles.\"Femeia care tot uita sa se nasca\" was a finalist for UNITER\'s Play of the Year competition.\"La tiza\" was read professionally during a festival in Alaska.\"Woman, a Choreopoem (or, That Time when Michelle Obama & I Had Da Hong Pao Tea)\" debuted at Barons Court Theatre in London, UK.(More on my CV.) Staging Breast Cancer Trilogy is the world\'s first on the topic of cancer.(I DID IT, Mom!) https://lccn.loc.gov/20••••••52I presented as a guest speaker at New York University, Harvard, Sorbonne, Columbia, University of Bucharest, etc. I have been awarded several grants. My full CV can be downloaded here: or below (in documents). M-am născut într-o zi de duminică. Sunt soarele care aduce lumină şi caldură. PS: If I write to you \"bluntly,\" that may not be exactly the case, but a consequence of having a brain that is complex on account of having a disability. Do not judge. This \"book\" has loose covers that dissolve whenever I please.

Experience

1. Educator

   Pace University

   Aug 2014 — Present

Education

• University of Bucharest

  Bachelor's degree

• University of Bucharest

  Bachelor’s Degree

• University of Bucharest

  Bachelor of Arts - BA

• Purdue University

  Master’s Degree

• Purdue University

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  2007

Skills

• Art
• Higher Education
• E-Learning
• Writing
• Teaching
• Qualitative Research
• Curriculum Design
• Film
• Literature
• Interdisciplinary Research
• Philosophy
• Visual Arts
• Creative Writing
• Photography
• Tutoring
• Grant Writing
• Public Speaking
• Leisure Travel
• College Teaching
• Theatre
• Academic Writing
• Proofreading
• Social Media
• Copy Editing
• Editing
• Lecturing
• University Teaching
• Research
• Publishing
• Curriculum Development