Stanton B. Garner Jr. (born 1955) is an American scholar of drama, theater, and performance who specializes in modern and contemporary drama, theatre and performance theory, and medical humanities. A graduate of the
Pennsylvania State University
The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a public state-related land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania. Founded in 1855 as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania, Penn State becam ...
and
Princeton University
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, he is currently James Douglas Bruce Professor of English and Theater at the
University of Tennessee
The University of Tennessee (officially The University of Tennessee, Knoxville; or UT Knoxville; UTK; or UT) is a public land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee. Founded in 1794, two years before Tennessee became the 16th state ...
. With J. Ellen Gainor and
Martin Puchner, he is co-editor of the ''Norton Anthology of Drama'' and ''The Shorter Norton Anthology of Drama'' (2009; 3rd ed. 2018) (
W. W. Norton & Company).
His late father, Stanton Garner (1925 - 2011), was a scholar of nineteenth-century American literature.
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1955 births
Living people
University of Tennessee faculty
Pennsylvania State University alumni
Princeton University alumni
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