Dr. Cameron Crookston 27-96 Isabella Street Toronto, ON M4Y 1N4 [email protected] | 416-666-5701
EDUCATION 2019 Ph.D., The Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies- The University of Toronto Dissertation: Living Legends: Performing a Queer Past Through Drag Defended Committee: Stephen Johnson (Supervisor), VK Preston, Jacob Gallagher-Ross 2013 M.A., The Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies- The University of Toronto 2012 B.A., The Department of Theatre- York University
PUBLICATIONS Peer Reviewed Journal Articles Crookston, Cameron. “Off the Clock: Is Drag ‘Just a Job’?” Queer Studies in Media & Popular Culture. 3.1. Intellect, 2018. Crookston, Cameron “Can I Be Frank with You? Laverne Cox and the Historiographic Dramaturgy of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies. (Forthcoming) Crookston, Cameron. “Out of the Closet and Into the Past: Performing Queer Origin Myths in The Vaudevillians.” The Journal of Homosexuality. (Under Review)
Peer Reviewed Book Chapters Crookston, Cameron. “Passing the Torch Song: Mothers, Daughters and Chosen Families in the Canadian Drag Community” in Q2Q: Queer Theatre and Performance in Canada. Edited by Peter Dickenson, C.E. Gatchalian, Kathleen Oliver, and Dalbir Singh. Playwrights Canada Press, 2018. Crookston, Cameron. “Introduction: Unpacking the Cultural Impact of RuPaul’s Drag Race” in The Cultural Impact of RuPaul’s Drag Race: Why Are We All Gagging? Edited by Cameron Crookston Intellect. (Forthcoming, January 2021)
Edited Volumes and Journals The Cultural Impact of RuPaul’s Drag Race: Why Are We All Gagging? Crookston, Cameron. Intellect. (Forthcoming, January 2021)
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“Drag Performance in Canada.” Guest editor with Peter Kuling, special issue, Canadian Theatre Review. (Forthcoming, Fall 2020)
Non-Peer Reviewed Publications 2017 “Queer Fear: A Film and Lecture Series on Horror Films and Queer Culture.” < sds.utoronto.ca/blog/queer-fear-a-film-and-lecture-series-on-horror-films-and- queer-culture/>. Sex Text: The SDS Blog. 2017 “Shen Te, You Stay: An Unlikely Link Between Bertolt Brecht and Bianca Del Rio.” < sds.utoronto.ca/blog/shen-te-you-stay-an-unlikely-link-between-bertolt- brecht-and-bianca-del-rio/> Sex Text: The SDS Blog. 2016 “Is She Serious?: Queer Parody in Kate McKinnon’s SNL Cold Open.”< sds.utoronto.ca/blog/is-she-serious-queer-parody-in-kate-mckinnons-snl-cold- open/>. Sex Text: The SDS Blog. 2013 “The History of 12 Alexander Street.” < http://buddiesinbadtimes.com/the- history-of-12alexander-street> -a history of Buddies’ performance venue for the company’s website.
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS 2018 The University of Toronto Doctoral Completion Award 2015 David Rayside Graduate Students Award 2015 Jack Hallam UC'52 Graduate Scholarship in Sexual Diversity Studies 2014 Ontario Graduate Scholarship 2012 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Joseph Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship-Masters Level 2012 Elizabeth Szathmary Theatre Scholarship 2012 Fitzhenry-Weatherhead Theatre Award
RESEARCH AND PROJECT GRANTS 2018 Sexual Diversity Studies Conference Travel Grant 2017 Sexual Diversity Studies Engagement Grant: Student Colloquium 2017 Sexual Diversity Studies Engagement Grant: Sex Salon 2017 Graduate Centre for Drama, Theatre & Performance Studies Travel Grant 2017 Sexual Diversity Studies Conference Travel Grant 2016 Sexual Diversity Studies Engagement Grant: Student Colloquium
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2016 Sexual Diversity Studies Engagement Grant: Sex Salon 2015 Graduate Centre for Drama, Theatre & Performance Studies Travel Grant 2015 Sexual Diversity Studies Engagement Grant: Student Colloquium 2015 Sexual Diversity Studies Conference Travel Grant 2014 Graduate Centre for Drama, Theatre & Performance Studies Travel Grant 2013 Graduate Centre for Drama, Theatre & Performance Studies Travel Grant
CONFERENCES Roundtables Organized 2020 “Partitions of Gender: Historicizing cross-gender casting in 21st century theatre education.” Canadian Association for Theatre Research Annual Conference- Montreal, Quebec. May 2020 (upcoming) 2020 “The Drag Studies Working Group: Historicizing the Future of Drag.” The Popular Culture Association National Conference- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 2020 (upcoming) 2019 “Looking Back Queerly: Performing Buddies in Bad Times Theatre's 40th Anniversary”- Canadian Association for Theatre Research Annual Conference at Congress- Vancouver, British Columbia. June 2019
Conference Papers Presented 2020 “‘To Move Forward You Have to Leave Something Behind’: Salvaging Queer Musicals of the 20th Century”- Association for Theatre in Higher Education Annual Conference- Detroit, Michigan. July 2020 (upcoming). 2019 “Scary Fairy: Halloween Festivals and Queer History”- Popular Culture Association National Conference- Washington, D.C. April 2019 2018 “Honey, I’m Home: Canadian Drag and National Identity”- Canadian Association for Theatre Research Annual Conference -Kingston, Ontario. May 2018 2018 “Kill the Beast: Angry Mobs in Queer Horror Movies”- Popular Culture Association National Conference-Indianapolis, Indiana. March 2018 2017 “Whose Story Lessons?: Overflowing Identity with Laverne Cox in The Rocky Horror Picture Show” -Performance Studies International- Hamburg, Germany. June 2017 2016 “Passing the Torch Song”- Q2Q: A Symposium on Queer Theatre and Performance in Canada- Vancouver, British Columbia. July 2016
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2015 “Are Drag Queens People?”- Popular Culture Association National Conference - New Orleans, Louisiana. April 2015 2015 “Drag Queens and ‘Real Names’”- Festival of Original Theatre: Queering Performance- The University of Toronto- Toronto, Ontario. February 2015 2014 “Retro Activities: Drag Performance as Utopian History”- Popular Culture Association of Canada National Conference- Calgary, Alberta. May 2014
Roundtable Participation 2019 “The Changing Landscape of Drag Performance: A Roundtable Discussion” - Popular Culture Association National Conference- Washington, D.C. April 2019 2017 “Untethering Queer: Thinking Beyond the Normative/Anti-Normative Binary in Queer Political, Personal, and Pedagogical Life”- Sexuality Studies Association at Congress- Toronto, May 2017 2014 “Performing Public Lives: Exploring the Borders of History and Identity in New Canadian Work”- Canadian Association for Theatre Research Annual Conference at Congress- St. Catherine’s, Ontario. May 2014
INVITED PUBLIC LECTURES/ PANEL DISCUSSIONS 2020 “Prime Time: Alumni Panel on Drag”- York University. Toronto, Ontario 2018 “LGBTQ+ Alumni and Friends Film Night and Panel Discussion”- The University of Toronto, Innis College. Toronto, Ontario 2017 “Black Museum Debate Club: The Final Girl”- The Rue Morgue: Cinemacabre- The Royal Cinema. Toronto, Ontario 2017 “Queer Fear: Diva Worship and The Bride of Chucky”- Queer Fear and The Rue Morgue: Cinemacabre- The Royal Cinema. Toronto, Ontario 2017 “Queer Fear: Queer Coding in Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2”- Queer Fear and The Rue Morgue: Cinemacabre- The Royal Cinema. Toronto, Ontario 2016 “The History of Drag”- Public Lecture: The Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies. Toronto, Ontario
TEACHING Instructor 2020 Engaging Our Communities (SDS 490)- The University of Toronto 2018 Social Scientific Approaches & Queer Research Methods (SDS 256)- The University of Toronto
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2017 History and Sexualities (SDS 255)- The University of Toronto 2017 Staging Gender: The History of Cross-Dressing in Theatre and Performance (DRM387)- The University of Toronto 2016 History and Sexuality (SDS 255)- The University of Toronto
Guest Lectures 2019 History and Sexualities (SDS 255), “The History of Trans Visibility”- The University of Toronto 2018 Thinking Gender (WMST1001), “Queer Identities and Policing Sexuality”- Trent University 2018 Performance and Popular Culture (DRE352F), “Drag and Popular Culture”- The University of Toronto Mississauga 2018 Modern Drama (DRA122), “A Streetcar Named Desire and The Golden Age of Broadway”- The University of Toronto Mississauga 2017 Senior Seminar in Performance and Popular Culture (DRE463), “Queer Theatre, LGBTQ+ Culture, and Drag”- The University of Toronto Mississauga
Teaching Assistant 2019-2015 History and Sexualities (SDS 255) The University of Toronto 2019-2015 Modern Drama (DRA122) The University of Toronto Mississauga 2019 Queer Pop Culture: The Politics of Visibility (SDS 279) The University of Toronto 2019 Advanced Playwriting (DRM428) The University of Toronto 2018-2016 Introduction to HIV/AIDS: Health, Gender, & Sexuality (JSU237) The University of Toronto 2015 Canadian Theatre History (DRE222) The University of Toronto Mississauga 2014-2015 Introduction to Drama and Theatre Studies (DRM121) The University of Toronto
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EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP Workshops Designed 2020 “Teaching Out Loud: A Primer on Lecturing and Oral Presentation Skills.” The Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation- The University of Toronto 2020 “Teaching and Assessing Oral Presentations.” Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation- The University of Toronto 2018 “What is a Tutorial and Why is a Tutorial?: Discussed Based Tutorials for Drama and Theatre.” The Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies- The University of Toronto. 2018 “Faculty and Teaching Assistant Communication Workshop.” The Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies- The University of Toronto 2016 “Student Orientation and Leadership Workshop.” The Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies- The University of Toronto
Workshops Facilitated 2019-2020 “Microteaching: Effective Lesson Planning and Delivery.” Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation- The University of Toronto 2019-2020 “First Contract Training: Humanities & Social Sciences.” “Teaching Dossier Review.” Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation- The University of Toronto 2020 “Teaching Dossier Review.” Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation- The University of Toronto 2019 “Supporting Student Writing.” Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation- The University of Toronto 2019 “Grading in the Humanities & Social Sciences.” Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation- The University of Toronto
COLLOQUIUA AND CONFERENCE ORGANIZING 2019-Present Advisory Council- Q2Q-2: Refusing the Queer Monolith 2015-2019 Coordinator- Graduate Student Colloquium: The Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies 2016- 2019 Co-Chair - Sex Salon Speaker Series- The Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies 2016 Conference Assistant- Paper Trail: The Legacies of The Body Politic: University College
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2014 Conference Manager- Festival of Original Theatre: Breaking the Boundaries of the Body
SERVICE 2016-Present The Mark S. Bonham Centre for Diversity Studies Steering Committee 2017-2018 Curriculum Review Committee- The Mark S. Bonham Centre for Diversity Studies 2014-2015 Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies Academic Committee 2013-2014 Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies Theatre Programming Committee
RESEARCH EMPLOYMENT 2018- 2019 Gatherings: Archival and Oral Histories of Canadian Performance, (SSHRC funded) Stephen Johnson- The University of Toronto 2013- 2015 The Cross-Border Blackface: Traditions and Legacies of American Minstrelsy in Ontario (SSHRC funded) Professor Stephen Johnson- The University of Toronto 2011- 2012 Tracking the Transnational Trade in Theatrical Commodities, 1890-1914 (SSHRC funded) Marlis Schweitzer - York University 2014 Research and Publicity Assistant - Intellect Publishing Ltd. 2011- 2012 Research Assistant- The Playwright’s Guild of Canada
AFFILIATIONS American Pop Culture Association Association for Theatre in Higher Education Canadian Association for Theatre Research Performance Studies International
REFERENCES Professor Stephen Johnson The Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies- The University of Toronto [email protected]
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Professor VK Preston The Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies- The University of Toronto [email protected] Professor Jacob Gallagher-Ross The Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies- The University of Toronto [email protected]
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