AREAS OF INTEREST Burns's research interests include theater and performance, Filipino Studies, cultures of/against empire Brief Bio: Lucy Burns is an Associate Professor at UCLA's Asian American Studies Department. She is the author of Puro Arte: On the Filipino Performing Body, is published by NYU Press. Current inquiries include representations of the future in performance through the figure of the robot, and “commonwealth” as an American identity. Burns is also a dramaturg, whose recent collaborations include David Rousseve's Stardust, and R. Zamora Linmark's But, Beautiful, and TeAda Productions’ Global Taxi Drivers' Project. She has participated in several projects focusing on Asian American theater and performance, including attending the 2007 World Social Forum as a member of a U.S. artist delegation and as a reviewer for the National Asian American Theater Festival (2009, 2011). PROFILE Lucy Burns is an Associate Professor at UCLA's Asian American Studies Department. She is the author of Puro Arte: On the Filipino Performing Body, is published by NYU Press. Current inquiries include representations of the future in performance through the figure of the robot, and “commonwealth” as an American identity.