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Elaine A. Peña

Elaine A. Peña (Ph.D., Northwestern) is professor of performing arts, American culture studies, and anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis. In addition to publishing her research in several peer-reviewed journals, Peña is the author of Performing Piety: Making Space Sacred with the Virgin of Guadalupe (University of California Press, 2011), ¡Viva George! Celebrating Washington’s Birthday at the U.S.-Mexico Border (University of Texas Press, 2020), and editor, with Guillermo Gómez-Peña, of Ethno-techno: Writings on Performance, Activism, and Pedagogy (Routledge 2005). Her work has been recognized widely, including by the British Academy, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Ford Foundation.