Zeina Salame holds a PhD in Theatre Arts from the University of Oregon. Her dissertation, Carried In One Woman—Reflections on Arab American Female Solo Performance centers on themes of "home" and the creative value of embodied generational knowledge, heritage, and intersectionality in performance aesthetics. Zeina is a director, actor, educator, and scholar. She is co-founder of Jacksonville, Florida based The 5 & Dime, A Theatre Company.