Olivia Hendricks, 2024–25

Olivia Hendricks completed her PhD in English at Emory University in 2020. She most recently served as Visiting Assistant Professor of English at Oxford College of Emory University. Hendricks specializes in late twentieth- and twenty-first-century US literary and cultural studies. Her research interests include embodiment, transnational representations of cultural icons, theories of hegemony, and intersections of writing and performance. She is deeply curious about others’ writing experiences and has taught numerous writing courses. Hendricks has held roles as a writing center fellow, an English Language Learning Program Assistant, and a fellowships advisor for writers developing competitive grant applications. A violinist with over twenty years of amateur performance and study experience, she credits her many violin teachers with modeling for her the pedagogical importance of teacher-student rapport. She continues to perform for special occasions in the lives of family and friends.

Selected Publications

• Hendricks, Olivia. “Refusing to Lose: The Politics and Performance of U.S. Citizen Diplomacy.” Presentation at the Annual Conference of the American Society for Theatre Research, Providence, RI, November 9–12, 2023.
• Hendricks, Olivia, Sara DeLacey, and Levin Arnsperger. “Writing Center Research as Community-Building During COVID-19.” Presentation at the Annual Conference of the International Writing Center Association, October 2021.
• Hendricks, Olivia. “Contextualizing Performances of Astor Piazzolla’s Tango-Opera within U.S.-Latin American Relations.” Presentation at the Annual Conference of the American Society for Theatre Research, Arlington, VA, November 7–10, 2019.
• Hendricks, Olivia. “Singing Along? Broadway Icons as Empty Signifiers.” Critical Juncture Conference: Translating Across Boundaries, Atlanta, GA, April 5–6, 2019.