Sharon Mazer is an academic in New Zealand who is professor of theatre and performance studies at

Auckland University of Technology Auckland University of Technology (AUT) ( mi, Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau) is a university in New Zealand, formed on 1 January 2000 when a former technical college (originally established in 1895) was granted university status. AUT ...

. She is known for her book, ''Professional Wrestling: Sport and Spectacle'', and as a researcher of popular performance.

Academic career

After completing a BA at

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, Oregon in 1977, Mazer worked for some years as a theatre director. She returned to study, graduating with an MA from

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in 1985 and then moving to New York to study at

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for a MPhil in 1989 and a PhD in 1991. Mazer moved to New Zealand in 1994 to lecture at the

University of Canterbury The University of Canterbury ( mi, Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha; postnominal abbreviation ''Cantuar.'' or ''Cant.'' for ''Cantuariensis'', the Latin name for Canterbury) is a public research university based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was ...

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. She joined Auckland University of Technology in 2014, where she was promoted to full professor in November 2019.

Selected works

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* * * Living people Reed College alumni University of California, Los Angeles alumni Columbia University alumni Academic staff of the University of Canterbury Academic staff of the Auckland University of Technology Professional wrestling historians Professional wrestling journalists and columnists New Zealand women journalists Year of birth missing (living people) {{NewZealand-academic-bio-stub