Education

Ph.D. Communication Studies (Performance Studies, Gender Studies), University of Texas at Austin

M.A. Communication Studies (Performance Studies, Rhetoric), University of Texas at Austin

B.F.A. Acting (Theatre Conservatory), Webster University, St. Louis, MO

Research Interests

Performance of Identity; Collaborative Directing and Devising; Critical Performance Pedagogy; Performance Auto/Ethnography; Performance Art and Social Justice; Performative Writing;

Scholarly Articles

Carr, T. & Shoemaker, D. (2025). Collaborative performances for social justice in classrooms, across campuses, and with communities. Routledge Social Justice Communication Activism series. 

Shoemaker, D. (2022). Kinship bonds and breaks: Toxic masculinity meets white evangelicalism. Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies, 18(40). 

Shoemaker, D. & Werner, K. (2021). Listening and becoming through sound: Audio autoethnographic collaboration as critical communication pedagogy. The Review of Communication, 20(4), 355-366. (Re)Sounding Pedagogies Special Issue. 

Shoemaker, D. (2019). Stepping into Prison: Communication activism and pedagogy beyond Classrooms. Cultural StudiesóCritical Methodologies. https://doi.org/10.1177/1532708619843560

Clayton, P., Stokamer, S., Garvin, L., Shoemaker, D., Muse, S., Norvell, K. (2019). Practical wisdom on “co-“ in research on service learning. In Bringle, R., Hahn, T. & Hatcher, J. (Eds.), Practical Wisdom for Conducting Research on Service Learning: Pursuing Quality and Purpose. Stylus Publishing.

Shoemaker, D. & Carr, T. (2017). Hauntings: Marking flesh, time, memory. Text and Performance Quarterly, 37:1, 68-83. 

Shoemaker, D. & Carr, T. (2017, VIDEO). Hauntings: Marking flesh, time, memory. Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies,13:2. http://liminalities.net/13-2/hauntings.html

Shoemaker, D. & Dell, C. (2017, VIDEO). Mamafesto! (Why superheroes wear capes). Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies, 13:3. http://liminalities.net/13-3/

Shoemaker, D. (2014). Kind of blue (Music for the muse): Re/playing autoethnographic stories through music. Text and Performance Quarterly, 34(3), 321-325. 

Shoemaker, D. (2013). Autoethnographic journeys: Performing possibilities/utopias/futures. Handbook of Autoethnography. Adams, T.; Ellis, C.; Holman Jones, S., Eds. Left Coast Press.

Shoemaker, D. (2011). Citlali, La Chicana superhero as community activist. Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies, 7(1), 1-19.

Shoemaker, D. (2011). Mamafesto! (Why superheroes wear capes). Text and Performance Quarterly, 31(2), 190-202.

Shoemaker, D. (2010). Queer punk macha femme: Leslie Mah’s musical performance in Tribe 8. Cultural Studies-Critical Methodologies Special Issue on Music and Performance. 10(4), 295-306. 

Shoemaker, D. (2007). Pink tornados and volcanic desire: Lois Weaver’s resistant “femme(nini)tease” in ‘Faith and Dancing: Mapping Femininity and Other Natural Disasters.’ Text and Performance Quarterly, 27(4), 317-333. 

Community Engagement

Service Learning and Community Engagement with Interfaith Neighbors, KYDS, Trinity Episcopal in Asbury Park, NJ,

Professional Activities

Siren Arts Sonic Drawing: Lines in the Sand (choreographer, performer). Asbury Park, NJ

Internat’l Assoc. for Research on Service Learning & Community Engagement

National Communication Association member/presenter

International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry member/presenter

Awards and Honors

2022, Monmouth University Summer Faculty Fellowship

2021-2022, Monmouth University Stanley Fellowship to support Digital Teaching in Humanities

2020-2021, Monmouth University Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award (CommWorks student club)

2020-2021, Monmouth University Outstanding Program of the Year award for Celebrating Diverse Voices (CommWorks: Students Committed to Performance)

2018-2019, Awarded Urban Coast Institute Faculty Enrichment Grant for “Service Learning and Community Engagement Creative Oral Expression Project” focused on impact of gentrification in Asbury Park, NJ.

2017, July, Invited Keynote: Critical Autoethnography and Activist Practices in Neoliberal University and Prison Settings. Critical Autoethnography and Activism Conference, Monash University. Melbourne, Australia.

2017-2018, Awarded One year Research Sabbatical

2016-2017, Awarded 1st annual Monmouth U. Service Learning Faculty Fellowship

2013-2014, Awarded Monmouth U. Stanley Traveling Fellowship to support Teaching in Humanities