Chloë Jackson (she/they) is a third-year student at Northwestern University enrolled in their Interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in Theatre and Drama with degree certificates in Black Studies and Gender and Sexuality Studies. She earned her B.A. in both Theatre and Performance and English from Spelman College in May of 2021. Interested broadly in Black queerness, the American South, literature, and performativity, Chloë’s dissertation project explores how the imagination is critically life-saving for Black women and queer folks throughout the long 19th century and still today. Outside of academia, Chloë is a working dramaturg and theatre educator. She passionately believes that performance art and imagination are key to a liberatory future.
