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Publications  & Performances
                 
* - Publication was refereed/peer-reviewed

 Espinosa,  Micha (Editor). Monologues For Latino/a  Actors: A Resource Guide to the Contemporary Latino/a Playwrights for Students   and Teachers. Lyme, NH: Smith and Krause[i],  2014. Print.

 *Espinosa,  Micha. “Teaching in Cuba:  A Voice  Teacher’s Perceptions of Two Contrasting Learning Environments and the Effects  of Commodification.” Voice and Speech  Review [ii](Jan.2014, Under Review). Online and  Print.

 Espinosa,  Micha. “Vital Voices: Gloria Anzaldua.”  Spoken Word.  June 2012.  Performance in the  Borderlands/Project Humanities - Arizona Latino Arts Council. Phoenix,  AZ

 *Espinosa,  Micha. “A Call to Action: Embracing the Cultural Voice or Taming the Wild  Tongue.”  Voice  and Speech Review, A  World of Voice: Voice and Speech Across Culture,  (2011): 75-86. Print. 

Espinosa,  Micha. “This is Not a Fashion Show”:  Site Specific Performance, Spoken  Word, and Photography Shoot. February 2013. Pocha Nostra Salon, Tucson,  AZ.

 Espinosa,  Micha. Taming the Wild Tongue: Site  Specific Performance, Video  Installation, and Photography Shoot. Invited. August, 2012. Second Annual
Freedom and Focus Conference[iii],  Vancouver, BC, Canada.  
A parody and confrontational performance examining the implications of  abandoning one’s cultural voice and the politics of domination within the  voice and speech profession. Reviewed  by Sue  Klemp for Critical Stages, a  critically acclaimed web journal created by International  Association of Theatre Critics.
 “Ms. Espinosa exploration of the methodology of “taming” to standardize  speech patterns, pronunciations, and language usage powerfully demonstrated the potential  damage that can be  wrought upon the voice students who speaks with a non-standard dialect of  English. Ms. Espinosa’s work in this area is breaking new ground in the voice  community and beyond”. -Wounded  Voice, Wounded Heart: The Suppression of the Natural Voice Examined - Sue Klemp,  Critical Stages[iv],  June, 2013.

 Espinosa,  Micha and Antonio Ocampo Guzman. “Identity Politics and The Training of Latino  Actors.”  The Politics of American Actor  Training. Ed. Ellen Margolis andLissa Tyler Renaud. New York: Routledge,  2009. Print.                 
Chapter was developed and inspired by a series of bilingual  workshops.

 *Espinosa,  Micha. “Insights into the Challenges Latino Students Face While Training in  Theatre.” Voice and Speech Review,  Shakespeare Around The Globe: Essays on  Voice and Speech (2005): 129-143. Print.  

Espinosa,  Micha and Geoffrey Stephenson. “One Voice: Integrating Singing Technique and  Theatre Voice Training.”  Voice  and Speech Review, Shakespeare Around The Globe:   Essays on Voice and Speech (2005):388-390. Print.

 *Espinosa,  Micha. “Inner Voices and Tsunamis.” The  Journal of Intergroup Relations,  32.1 (Spring 2005): 85-87. Print. 
The  journal of record for Intergroup Relations. Publishes articles to scholars and  practitioners in the human rights causes worldwide.
  
[i]  Smith  and Kraus Publishers,  founded in 1990, is the largest publisher of trade theater books in the United States.
  
[ii]  Voice  and Speech Review (VSR)  is the scholarly journal of record for the voice and speech profession. VASTA is  the only organization that publishes a journal for voice and speech  professionals in the performing arts, and the VSR is the first journal of its  kind. It features writing about  cutting-edge theory and practice in the many aspects of voice and speech  work.  The VSR is the only  scholarly journal that exclusively publishes work about voice and speech
training for stage, film, TV and radio.
  
[iii]  Freedom  and Focus International Conferences  are devoted to practical explorations of Fitzmaurice Voicework by master and  associate teachers.  The second  International Freedom and Focus Conference was held in Vancouver’s Simon Fraser  University and attracted over 125 participants. The first Conference was held at the Institut del Teatre in Barcelona,  Spain.
  
[iv]  Critical  Stages  is a critically acclaimed on-line web journal created by International  Association of Theatre Critics.