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Sam Kolodezh

Lecturer

Sam Kolodezh earned his Ph.D. in Theatre from UC San Diego and in Drama from UC Irvine. Before joining UCSD’s Analytic Writing Program, he taught in the Warren College Writing Program. His areas of specialization include Shakespeare, Early Modern English theatre and culture, global adaptations of Shakespeare, concepts of time in world-building, and the relationships between identity and character across media. His recent projects include a collaborative analysis of race, time, and performance in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton, an edited collection of contemporary Bengali plays by Bratya Basu, and an analysis of a bisexual-vampire film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, With a Kiss I Die. Sam also teaches courses in theatre and media, culture, and communication at New York University and California State University Northridge.