Ph.D. Theatre. 2017.
Dissertation:
"Performing National Identity, Civic Resistance, and Cultural Memory in Costa Rica's
Mask Traditions."
M.A. Theatre and Film. 2007.
Thesis:
"Latin American Theatre for Social Change: The Case of Augusto Boal and Enrique Buenaventura."
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Sandi Diaz, G., Blackburn R., et al. Directing Intersectionally: Rethinking Theatre Directing Practices for the 21st Century. Routledge. (Forthcoming) 2026.
Book Chapter: “Putting Divas Back in Their Place: Controversy and Backlash at the
2020
Superbowl Halftime Show.” DIVA. Feminism and Fierceness from Pop to Hip-Hop. Ed.
Faircloud, Kirsty et all. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023.
Book Review (in Spanish): “Dramaturgia Invisible: 30 años del teatro Abya Yala.” By
Roxana
Avila y David Korish. Latin American Theatre Review, 56:1, 4-6. University of Kansas
Press,
2022.
Book contribution: "Augusto Boal (1931-2009)". In Fifty Key figures in LatinX and Latin American Theatre. Ed. Paola Hernandez and Analola Santana. Routledge, 2022, (pp. 45-48).
Book contribution: "Ropa Intima by Lynn Nottage. Profile and Interview by Gina Sandi-Diaz".
In Seeking Common Ground: LatinX and Latin American Theatre and Performance. Ed. Trevor Boffone, Teresa Marrero and Chantal Rodriguez. Methuen Drama, 2022, (pp.
89-93).
Book review: "Comedy Acting for Theatre: The Art and Craft of Performing in Comedies".
By Sidney Homan and Brian Rhinehart. Methods: A Journal of Acting Pedagogy, V.4, 133-35.
Pace University Press, 2018.