Visiting Scholars
micha c谩rdenas
Pronouns: she/her
Visiting Faculty, January 1, 2026 -December 31, 2028
Gender, Sexuality, and Women鈥檚 Studies; Institute of Performance Studies
micha c谩rdenas has joined the Institute for Performance Studies and GSWS has a visiting scholar and artist from 2026-2028.
Please check back for workshops, talks, and other events with her in the coming year.
Biography
micha c谩rdenas, PhD, is an artist, author and Professor of Critical Race & Ethnic Studies and Performance, Play & Design, at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she directs the . Her book , Duke University Press (2022), proposes algorithmic analysis to develop a trans of color poetics. Poetic Operations was the co-winner of the Gloria Anzald煤a Book Prize in 2022 from the National Women鈥檚 Studies Association. c谩rdenas is an Executive Editor of Transgender Studies Quarterly for Duke University Press. c谩rdenas鈥檚 co-authored books The Transreal: Political Aesthetics of Crossing Realities (2012) and Trans Desire / Affective Cyborgs (2010) were published by Atropos Press. She is a first generation Colombian American.
Her solo and collaborative artworks have been presented in museums, galleries and biennials including the Thessaloniki Biennial in Greece, Arnolfini Gallery, De La Warr Pavilion in London, Museum of Modern Art in New York, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, the Centro Cultural del Bosque in Mexico City, the Centro Cultural de Tijuana, the Zero1 Biennial and the California Biennial. c谩rdenas is a member of the artist collective Electronic Disturbance Theater 2.0.
Interested in becoming a Visiting Scholar at the 911吃瓜 Institute for Performance Studies? Contact Coleman Nye, the Director of IPS, at anye@sfu.ca.