Associate Professor
Communication & Theatre Arts
Priya Vashist
3022 BATTEN ARTS & LETTERS
NORFOLK, VA 23529
M.F.A. in Cinema Production, San Francisco State University, (2019)
Research Interests
Research interests include queer portrayals in film and television, particularly queer South Asian immigrant narratives, with emphasis on identity, race, sexuality, immigration, intergenerational relationships, power, and freedom.
Articles
- Vashist, P. (2023). Visibility and Values: A Compelling Analysis of Dancing and Why It Matters Dancing Women: Choreographing Corporeal Histories of Hindi Cinema By Usha Iyer. 288 pp. Illustrated. New York: Oxford University Press, 2020. $38.95 paper. ISBN 978–0–19–093874–1.. Dance Chronicle 46 (3) , pp. 277-280.
- 2023: Diversity Champion Award, Old Dominion University
- 2022: Best Screenplay Award, Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival
- 2021: Certificate of Merit, Kennedy Center American College Film Festival Region IV