Michelle Granshaw is an Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre Arts. She teaches undergraduate and graduate students, mentors undergraduates as an undergraduate advisor, and serves as the department's Director of Graduate Studies. In her publications, including her book Irish on the Move: Performing Mobility in American Variety Theatre, she researches and writes about American and Irish theatre and popular entertainment, diaspora and global performance histories, performance and the working class, and historiography. Her research has taken her to archives and theatres across the United States, United Kingdom, and Ireland. She looks forward to sharing her experiences with the London Field Studies scholars and exploring London with them in May.