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    Margaret B. Wilkerson

    Margaret B. Wilkerson earned a PhD in dramatic art from UC Berkeley in 1972. In the 1970s and 1980s, Professor Wilkerson was director of the UC Berkeley Center for the Study, Education, and Advancement of Women. As chair of UC Berkeley’s Department of African American Studies from 1988-1994, she led the faculty to establish the PhD program in African diaspora studies. Professor Wilkerson chaired the Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies from 1995-1998, where she led the development of the new interdisciplinary PhD program in performance studies. She was also the 2009 commencement speaker for the Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies.

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