Biography:
Andreea S. Micu received her B.A. in Journalism and Communication in 2008 from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid in Spain. Currently, she is a M.A. student in performance studies at Texas A&M University. Her plans upon graduation from Texas A&M in May 2012 include continuing her current research as a Ph.D. student in performance studies.
Andreea’s current research project focuses on Muslim and Arab-American stand-up comedians post 9/11 and examines the ways in which they employ humor to engage current stereotypes about Muslims and Arabs circulating in American society. This projects looks specifically at the carnivalesque potential of stand-up comedy to invert those negative stereotypes and comment upon hegemonic discourses of Islamophobia.
