Dr. Cecilia Josephine Aragón
Professor, Theatre for Young Audiences, Theatre Education, and Multicultural Theatre
Department of Theatre and Dance
Education: B.S. McMurry University 1991; M.A. University of New Mexico 1996; Ph.D. Arizona State University 2003
Dr. Cecilia J. Aragón is a Professor with a joint appointment in the Department of Theatre and Dance and the Department of American Cultural Studies, where she served as Director of Latinx Studies and as the Executive Director for the Wyoming Latina Youth Conference. She authored Borderlands Children’s Theatre (Routledge, 2022), co-edited Rudolfo Anaya: Billy the Kid and Other Plays (UNM, 2011) and Ceremony of Sisterhood. Her research focuses on Latinx Theater, Indigenous Performance, Theatre Education, and Latina Leadership. An alumna of Leadership Wyoming, Aragón is a widely published Interdisciplinary scholar, experienced director, producer, actor, and certified in Alexander Technique.
The University of Wyoming has earned its Research Level 1 (R1) status from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, placing Wyoming's only four-year university with the top research universities in the United States.