Patrick McKelvey is a doctoral student in Theatre and Performance Studies at Brown University where he isPatrick McKelvey concurrently pursuing an MA in Anthropology. His primary research interests - which live at the intersection of performance studies, disability studies, and neoliberal critique - are driving him to  develop a dissertation project concerning disability and theatrical/affective labor in the United States from the 1960s to the present. His academic interests also include theatre historiography, queer performance, and spectatorship. In the 2012-2013 academic year, he is co-convening (with Micah Salkind) a year-long Mellon Graduate Workshop entitled "There's No Outside: Queer Space Under Late Capitalism." Patrick is an associate at Brown University's Writing Center and Assistant Managing Editor of Digital Humanities Quarterly. 

Prior to arriving at Brown, Patrick spent a year as Literary Intern at McCarter Theatre, where he worked as an assistant dramaturg for directors such as Emily Mann, Liesl Tommy, Tina Landau, and Robert O'Hara. Additionally, he has worked as a freelance dramaturg and script reader in New York, where he collaborated with companies including Aporia Theatre, Sundance Theatre Lab, Ensemble Studio Theatre, and Repertorio Español. Patrick holds an M.A. in Theatre and Performance Studies from Brown University and dual B.A.s in English and Theatre (Performance as Public Practice) from The University of Texas at Austin.