Damon Mitchell Gage Darling, M.A.
Damon Mitchell Gage Darling (He/They) is a Ph.D. Candidate, teacher-scholar, and performance artist, housed in the Department of Communication at The University of Utah. His research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of gender studies, queer studies, and performance studies. In 2023, he was awarded six awards at local, regional, and national levels, including the 2023 NCA John T. Warren Top Student Paper in Ethnography Award, the 2023 NCA Organizational Communication Division Top Student Paper, the 2023 WSCA Intercultural Division Top Student Paper, and the 2023 WSCA Outstanding Graduate Forensics Educator Award. Throughout his early career, Damon has published work in the Journal of Homosexuality, Critical Studies in Media Communication, Kaleidoscope, and Text and Performance Quarterly.
