Peggy Phelan (born April 23, 1959) is an American feminist scholar.
She is one of the founders of Performance Studies International,[1] the former chair of New York University's Department of Performance Studies from 1993 to 1996, Stanford's Theatre and Performance Studies Department (then called the Drama Department) from 2007 to 2011, and continues as the Ann O’Day Maples Professor of the Arts, Professor of Theater & Performance Studies and English, and the Denning Family Director of the Stanford Arts Institute.
[3] Phelan's work is primarily concerned with the investigation of performance as a live event.
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