Dr. Roberto D. Pomo
Theatre History, Film Studies, Dramatic Literature, Honors Program
(916) 278-7720/e-mail: pomor@saclink.csus.edu
Dr. Roberto D. Pomo is Professor of Theatre History and Film Studies at Sacramento State, he has served as Director of the Honors Program, Chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance, Interim Director for the School of the Arts, and Coordinator of the Film Studies Program. In 2009, Dr. Pomo was selected as winner of the university’s The John C. Livingston Award.
Dr. Pomo’s teaching (graduate and undergraduate level) and research concentrate on Latin American Drama, Latino/Chicano Drama and Theatre, Latin American film, Film Theory and Criticism, Theatre History, Performance Theory, and Multicultural Perspectives in American Cinema.
A co-author of The Longman anthology of World Drama and Theatre: A Global Perspective, and The Longman Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Drama, Dr. Pomo’s current work center in the areas of playwriting and translation.
Dr. Pomo was a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, in the field of Caribbean Literature and Performance Theory. He was also an NEH Fellow at the Center for Twentieth Century Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, in the area of Post-Modern Performance Studies.
Dr. Pomo received the Diploma in Religions and Philosophy of Contemporary India from Dharmaran Vidya Kshetram University, Pontifical Athenaem of Philosophy, Theology and Canon Law, Centre for the Study of Philosophy and World Religions, Bangalore, India.
As Artistic Director of the Elenco Experimental for 12 years, Dr. Pomo directed productions grounded in the areas of political theatre and multicultural performance aesthetics.
Dr. Pomo holds the Ph.D. in Theatre History and Theory from the University of Utah, a Master of Arts in Dramatic Literature from the University of California, Davis, and the Bachelor of Arts in Drama and Theatre from Brigham Young University.
Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dr. Pomo is a citizen of the United States of America.
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