R O B I N C. W HITTAKER , P H D

C U R R I C U L U M V ITAE A UGUST 2017 [email protected]

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT

2011-present Associate Professor, Dramatic Literature and Drama Production Department of English Language and Literature St. Thomas University, , , E3B 5G3,

CURRENT LEADERSHIP

2012-present Drama Advisor, Drama Concentration Department of English Language and Literature, St. Thomas University

2014-present Artistic Producer and Faculty Advisor Theatre St. Thomas, St. Thomas University

2017-present Vice President, Executive Canadian Association for Theatre Research (CATR)

2016-present Chair, Archival Committee Canadian Association for Theatre Research

2012-present Member, Management Board Theatre Research in Canada / Recherches théatrales au Canada

2012-present Founding Editor and Website Manager STU Reviews: Where Fredericton Follows Theatre

2012-13, 16 Co-Organizer (with Dr. Brad Cross) New York Experiential Learning Trip, St. Thomas University

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EDUCATION

June 2010 Doctor of Philosophy Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Toronto (formerly the Graduate Centre for Study of Drama)

Dissertation: “Un/Disciplined Performance: Nonprofessionalized Theatre in Canada’s Professional Era”

Committee: Dr. Bruce Barton (supervisor), Dr. Alan Filewod, Dr. Heather Murray, Dr. Anne Nothof (external)

Special Fields Exam: Canadian theatre scholarship, historiography of amateur theatre practices, discourses of professionalization, Bourdieu’s field theory of cultural production, Foucault’s discourse analysis and discipline theory

Comprehensive Exam: Critical perspectives on canonical plays (classical to contemporary)

June 2003 Master of Arts Department of Drama, University of Alberta

Thesis: “Narrativizations and Perversions: Storytelling Structures in the Plays of Sally Clark”

Committee: Dr. Robert Appleford and Prof. Kim McCaw (co-supervisors), Dr. Rosalind Kerr

June 1999 Bachelor of Arts, Honours Program, English (with Co-op Option); and Bachelor of Arts, General Major, Theatre, Wilfrid Laurier University

TEACHING AND RESEARCH

• Theatre Histories and Practices • Historiography, Cultural Production, Discipline and Discourse Analysis • Professionalizing and Nonprofessionalizing Practices • Canadian and Modern Theatre • Theatre Criticism • Verbatim Theatre • Mixed Media Performance • Playwriting, New Play Development, Production Dramaturgy • Directing and Acting • Research Methods, Critical Writing, Presentation Skills

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GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS (Selected)

2016 STU Conference Travel Grant (for Congress 2016), $800 2015 STU Conference Travel Grant (for Congress 2015), $700 2014-15 STU JOBS Programme Grant (to hire a student: Production Assistant), $2033 2014-15 STU JOBS Programme Grant (to hire a student: Research Assistant), $2033 2014 June STU Research Assistant Grant (Nonprofessionalized Theatre), $500 2014 April STU General Research Grant (Nonprofessionalized Theatre), $2500 2014 STU / Canadian Summer Jobs Program Grant (to hire a student), $3000 2013-14 STU JOBS Programme Grant (to hire a student), $2033 2013 STU Conference Travel Grant (for Congress 2013), $1000 2013 STU / Canadian Summer Jobs Program Grant (to hire a student), $3000 2013 STU Conference Travel Grant (for Congress 2013), $1000 2012-13 STU JOBS Programme Grant (to hire a student), $2392 2012 STU Conference Travel Grant (for Congress 2012), $700

2008-09 Ontario Graduate Scholarship, $15,000 2008 Young Scholars Travel Grant, MANECCS/SACS, $500 2007-08 School of Graduate Studies Travel Grant, $600 2007 Cultural Action and Activism Project Grant, CACS, $300 For conference convening, Theatre Passe Muraille, with Dr. Barry Freeman 2006-07 Ontario Graduate Scholarship, $15,000 2005-06 Ontario Graduate Scholarship, reversion list 2004-05 Ontario Graduate Scholarship, $15,000 2004-07 John A. MacDonald Canadian History Fellowship, $24,000 over 3 years, declined 2000-02 Province of Alberta Graduate Scholarship, $10,000

HONOURS AND AWARDS (Selected)

2012 NotaBle Acts Theatre Festival Playwriting Prize, $125 2010 Robert Lawrence Prize (CATR), awarded For outstanding paper by an emerging scholar at CATR’s annual conference: “Intellectual and Un/Disciplined: Relocating Toronto’s Alumnae Theatre Company, from Philanthropic Theatre to the Original ‘Alternative.’” 2009 Robert Lawrence Prize (CATR), honourable mention For “Toward the Rehistoricization of Contemporary Amateur Theatre Practice” 2009 Ann Saddlemyer Award (CATR), nominee For a scholarly book in either language (for Hot Thespian Action!) 2004-05 Ann Saddlemyer / Brian Parker Award, nominee For outstanding contribution to Graduate Drama Centre life 1997-99 Dean’s Honour Roll (overall average of at least A-) Dr. Robin C. Whittaker 4/24

PUBLICATIONS

EDITED BOOKS (Refereed Publications)

Whittaker, R. C., ed. Hot Thespian Action! Ten Premiere Plays from Walterdale Playhouse. General Introduction and Critical Introductions by R. C. Whittaker. Edmonton: Athabasca UP, 2008. 569pp.

ARTICLES & CHAPTERS (Refereed Publications)

Whittaker, R. C. “The Professionalization of a Stage Naturalist, the Making of a Mythmaker: The Theatre Criticism of Urjo Kareda at the University of Toronto’s Varsity Newspaper.” Theatre Research in Canada / Recherches théatrales au Canada 35.2 (winter 2014). 151-68.

Whittaker, R. C. “T.R.i.C.s of the Trade: There Are No Macrohistories Here.” Theatre Research in Canada / Reserches théatrales au Canada 35.2 (winter 2014). 250-52.

Whittaker, R. C. “The Casting and Makeup of Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies in Canada: A Report on the Discipline by the Numbers (and Letters).” Forum. Theatre Research in Canada / Recherches théatrales au Canada 32.1 (spring 2011). 107-32. [published July 2011]

Whittaker, R. C. “Fusing the Nuclear Community: Intercultural Memory, Hiroshima 1945 and the Chronotopic Dramaturgy of Marie Clements’s Burning Vision.” Theatre Research in Canada / Recherches théatrales au Canada 30.1 (spring 2009). 129-51.

Whittaker, R. “Postmodern Display: Staging the Mind of Marshall McLuhan.” Theatre Research in Canada / Recherches théatrales au Canada 27.1 (spring 2006). 100-22.

REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS (in Refereed Publications)

Whittaker, R. C. Review of Jessica Riley’s A Man of Letters: The Selected Dramaturgical Correspondence of Urjo Kareda. In Theatre Research in Canada / Recherches théatrales au Canada. [forthcoming].

Whittaker, R. C. Review of Tony Nardi’s book Two Letters … And Counting. In Theatre Research in Canada / Recherches théatrales au Canada 37.1 (winter 2016).

Whittaker, R. C. “Canadian Theatre Quips.” Review of Susan McNicoll’s The Opening Act: Canadian Theatre History 1945-53. In Canadian Literature: A Quarterly of Criticism and Review 221 (Summer 2014). 172. Dr. Robin C. Whittaker 5/24

ARTICLES & CHAPTERS (Non-Refereed Publications)

Whittaker, R. C. “Un/Disciplined Re/Collections: Toward an Archeology of Nonprofessionalizing Theatre Practices.” In Canadian Performance Histories and Historiographies. Ed. Heather Davis-Fisch. Playwrights Canada Press. (spring 2017).

Whittaker, R. C. “80 Years of New Play Production at Alberta’s ‘Nonprofessionalized’ Theatres.” All Stages Magazine: Theatre in Alberta. Winter 2013. 4-5.

Whittaker, R. C. “‘Entirely Free of Any Amateurishness’: Private Training, Public Taste and the Women’s Dramatic Club of University College, Toronto (1905- 21).” Nineteenth-Century Theatre and Film. Special Issue: Amateur Theatre in the Long Nineteenth Century. 38.2 (winter 2011). 51-66. [published winter 2013]

Whittaker, R. C. “Ottawa Little Theatre, the ‘Original Regional’: Canada’s Longest-Running English Language Theatre Turns One Hundred.” Canadian Theatre Review 152 (fall 2012). 62-65.

Whittaker, R. C. “The Tent and the Tree: On the Performance of Protest.” the dance current. 15.3 (May/June 2012). 45.

Whittaker, R. C. “Walterdale Theatre Associates and the In(ter)vention of the Audience.” Canadian Theatre Review 140 (fall 2009). 33-39.

Whittaker, R. “Feeling around the Repressed: Performing Uncanny Space in Sally Clark’s Jehanne of the Witches.” Canadian Theatre Review 120 (fall 2004). 5-11.

Whittaker, R. “Divine ‘Northern’ Identity: Herman Voaden and the Spirit of Canadian Theatre.” Ed. Anton Wagner. The Worlds of Herman Voaden [online]. March 2003.

Whittaker, R. “A Role for Community Theatre Today.” Playhouse: A Newsletter for Walterdale Members & Friends. Walterdale Theatre. May 2002. 3-4.

Whittaker, R. “Wilfrid Laurier University.” The Students’ Guide to Canadian Universities. Toronto: Key Porter, 1999. 134-39.

REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS (Non-Refereed Publications)

Whittaker, R. C., and Barry Freeman. “Fear of Flight, Fear of Fright: Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland and Eight ‘Trans-Canadian’ Playwrights Touch Down at Factory Theatre.” Canadian Theatre Review 142 (summer 2010). 88-90.

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Whittaker, R. C. “Blown Speechless into the Raging Dreams of Children in a Violent Age: Theatre Gargantua’s Persistent Creation in Times of ‘Crisis.’” Canadian Theatre Review 135 (summer 2008). 122-24.

Whittaker, R. “The Very First Elephant on the Very First Day: Nicholas Billon’s The Elephant Song Trumpets at the Stratford Regime.” Canadian Theatre Review 130 (spring 2007). 122-25.

Whittaker, R. “‘Serving the Whole’: An Interview with Ottawa Playwright Peter Froehlich.” Canadian Theatre Review 119 (summer 2004). 85-87.

Whittaker, R. “simpL Politics, Simply Art: Karl Valentin, Peter Froehlich, Troubled Waters.” Canadian Theatre Review 119 (summer 2004). 82-84.

Whittaker, R. “WANTED in Whitehorse: An Interview with Playwright Sally Clark.” Canadian Theatre Review 116 (fall 2003). 96-98.

Whittaker, R. “The Premier of Sally Clark’s WANTED.” Canadian Theatre Review 116 (fall 2003). 94-96.

Whittaker, R. “Carole Pope: Gyrations at Mrs. Robinson’s.” Outlook. 15 January 1997.

ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES & BOOK INTRODUCTIONS (Non-Refereed Publications)

Whittaker, R. C. “Silk, Ilkay” (created). Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia, 2015.

Whittaker, R. C., and Rodrigo Flores. “Theatre St. Thomas” (created). Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia, 2014.

Whittaker, R. “Theatre Passe Muraille” (updated). The Canadian Encyclopedia, 2009.

Whittaker, R. “Graves, Warren” (updated). Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia, 2008.

Whittaker, R. “Saint Frances of Hollywood.” Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama. New York: Columbia UP, 2007.

Whittaker, R. “Forward.” In Sally Clark, WANTED. Vancouver: Talonbooks, 2004. 5-6.

Whittaker, R. “Probing McLuhan.” Program notes. The Illumination of Marshall McLuhan. Baffin Island Productions Cooperative. Edmonton, 2000. n.pag.

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Whittaker, R. “Dramaturgical Notes.” Program notes. A Chorus of Disapproval. Timms Centre, University of Alberta. Edmonton, 2000. n.pag.

Whittaker, R. “A Note from the EIC.” The Cord Guide 97-98. Ed. R. Whittaker. Waterloo: WLU Student Publications, 1997.

POETRY

Whittaker, R. Happen Stance (poetry/prose chapbook). Waterloo: RW P, 1998.

Whittaker, R. “sour carmen.” Nepenthe: Poetry WLU. XIX (spring 1998). 6.

BACK COVER INVITED ENDORSEMENTS

Whittaker, R. C. for Shelley Scott’s Nightwood Theatre: A Woman’s Work Is Always Done. Edmonton: Athabasca UP, 2010.

Whittaker, R. C. for Walterdale Theatre Associates’ For Love Not Money: 50 Years of Walterdale Playhouse. 2nd Printing. Edmonton: Walterdale Theatre Associates, 2010.

BACK COVER CITATION

Whittaker, R. for Sally Clark’s Waiting for the Revolution: A Novel. Toronto: Cormorant, 2010.

INVITED OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESSES

Community Theatre Summit. Theatre Alberta. Banff. 23-25 March 2018.

INTRODUCTORY ADDRESSES

Whittaker, R., and Barry Freeman. For The Shipping of Souls and the Reception of Cultures: Theatre and Migration Conference, Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto ON. 2007.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Whittaker, R. C. “Nonprofessionalizing Practices and Contested Communities: (Re)Collecting the English-Language Premiere of Anne Hébert’s Le Temps Sauvage at Alumnae Theatre Company.” CATR Conference (Congress of the Humanities). U Calgary. May 2016.

Whittaker, R. C. “In an Uncertain World ‘Only an Expert Can Deal with the Problem’: Performance and Protest, Professionals and the Rest.” CATR Conference (Congress of the Humanities). WLU / U Waterloo. May 2012. Dr. Robin C. Whittaker 8/24

Whittaker, R. C. “‘Entirely Free of Any Amateurishness’: The Nonprofessionalized Theatre Practices of the Women’s Dramatic Club of University College.” What Signifies a Theatre? Conference. Royal Holloway University. June 2011.

Whittaker, R. C. “‘Entirely Free of Any Amateurishness’: The Nonprofessionalized Theatre Practices of the Women’s Dramatic Club of University College (1905-21).” CATR Conference (Congress of the Humanities). UNB/STU. May 2011.

Whittaker, R. C. “‘Entirely Free of Any Amateurishness’: The Women’s Dramatic Club of University College.” Northeast Modern Language Association. New Brunswick, NJ. April 2011.

Whittaker, R. C. “Prejudices of Professionalization in Theatre Historiography.” IFTR Historiography Working Group. Munich, Germany. July 2010.

Whittaker, R. C. “Nonprofessionalized Theatre and Its Publics in the Professional Era: Patronage and Philanthropy at Toronto’s Alumnae Theatre Company.” PSi. York University. June 2010.

Whittaker, R. C. “Intellectual and Un/Disciplined: Relocating Toronto’s Alumnae Theatre Company, from Philanthropic Theatre to the Original ‘Alternative.’” CATR Conference (Congress of the Humanities). Concordia University. May 2010. Winner of the Robert Lawrence Prize for outstanding paper by an emerging scholar at CATR’s annual meeting.

Whittaker, R. C. “From Gown to Town in the Professionalizing Era: Patronage, Philanthropy and ‘Intellectual Theatre’ at Alumnae Theatre Company.” Mid- America Theatre Conference. Cleveland OH. March 2010.

Whittaker, R. C. “Toward the Rehistoricization of Amateur Theatre Practice: The (Undisciplined) Case of Edmonton’s Walterdale Playhouse.” Association for Canadian Studies in the United States. The Westin Gaslamp Quarter (San Diego). November 2009.

Whittaker, R. C. “Toward the Rehistoricization of Amateur Theatre Practice: The (Un)Disciplined Case of Edmonton’s Walterdale Playhouse.” CATR Conference (Congress of the Humanities). Carleton University. May 2009. Awarded Honourable Mention for the Robert Lawrence Prize for outstanding paper by an emerging scholar at CATR’s annual meeting.

Whittaker, R. C. “Unusually Relevant Theatre: The (Undisciplined) Case of Edmonton’s Walterdale Playhouse.” Whose Show Is It, Anyway? Community- Dr. Robin C. Whittaker 9/24

Engaged Performance and Exhibition Arts in the Small City. Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC. March 2009.

Whittaker, R. C. “Toward the Rehistoricization of Amateur Theatre Practice: The (Undisciplined) Case of Edmonton’s Walterdale Playhouse.” Mid-America Theatre Conference. Chicago, IL. March 2009.

Whittaker, R. C. “Nonprofessionalized Theatre and Its ‘Long Tale’: The (Undisciplined) Case of Edmonton’s Walterdale Playhouse.” Canadian Studies: State of the Art. Centre for Canadian Studies, Mount Allison University. Sackville, NB. February 2009.

Whittaker, R. C. “Toward the Rehistoricization of Amateur Theatre Practice: The (Undisciplined) Case of Edmonton’s Walterdale Playhouse.” MANECCS/SACS Joint Canadian Studies Conference. Washington, DC. October 2008.

Whittaker, R. “Implicating the Nuclear Community: Memoried TimeSpace, Hiroshima 1945 and Marie Clements’s Burning Vision.” Signatures of the Past. University of Brussels. April 2007.

Whittaker, R. “Fitful Lives and Flicked Switches: The Reviewer and Theatrical Professionalization in Edmonton in the 1960s.” ACTR Conference (Congress of the Humanities). York University. May 2006.

Whittaker, R. “Nuclear Families and Burning Re/Visions: Timespace Rehistoricizations in Marie Clements’s Burning Vision.” ACTR Conference (Congress of the Humanities). University of Western Ontario. May 2005.

Whittaker, R. “Illuminating the Postmodern: Staging the Mind of Marshall McLuhan.” ACTR Conference (Learneds). University of Alberta. May 2000.

CONFERENCE SEMINAR AND ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPATION

Participant, “On-Campus Production Peer Review Group.” Presentation to CATR Board of Directors. CATR Conference. May 2017.

Participant. “Hidden Roles of Theatre in Higher Education: Liberal Arts and University Theatre Programs in Canada.” CATR Conference (Congress of the Humanities). U Calgary. May 2016.

Participant. “Performance History Seminar: Performance Historiographies.” CATR Conference (Congress of the Humanities). U Ottawa. May-June 2015.

Participant. “From University Wits to Rude Mechanicals: The Value of Campus Productions.” CATR Conference (Congress of the Humanities). U Ottawa. May- June 2015. Dr. Robin C. Whittaker 10/24

Organizer. “Pedagogies of Canadian Theatre, or, ‘Professor There’s a Country in My Discourse!’” CATR Conference (Congress of the Humanities). U Victoria. May 2013.

Participant. “Adaptive Pedagogies.” CATR Conference (Congress of the Humanities). U Victoria. May 2013.

Participant. “The Intersections of English and Theatre.” CATR Conference (Congress of the Humanities). U Victoria. May 2013.

Co-Organizer. Professional Concerns Panel. “SSHRCing Duties: On the Evolving State of Relevant Grants and Scholarships.” CATR Conference (Congress of the Humanities). WLU / U Waterloo. May 2012.

Participant. Graduate Student Concerns Panel. “What Now? What Later? Strategies for Finding Employment in Today’s Academic Landscape.” CATR Conference (Congress of the Humanities). UNB/STU. May 2011.

Co-Chair with Mary Isbell (U Connecticut). Methodologies of Amateur Theatre Studies. NeMLA. Rochester, New York. March 2011.

Participant. Graduate Students Roundtable: On Professionalization & the Job Market. CATR Conference (Congress of the Humanities). Carleton University. May 2009.

COLLOQUIUM PRESENTATIONS

Whittaker, R. C. “Nationhood, Neighbourhood, Hoodlums: Postcolonial Discourse as Metaphor in (and around) Judith Thompson’s Play Habitat.” STU Department of English Colloquium Series. Feb 2014.

Whittaker, R. “Illuminating the Postmodern: Staging the Mind of Marshall McLuhan.” Graduate Drama Centre. University of Toronto. November 2005.

CONFERENCE PANEL AND COLLOQUIA MODERATING

The Here, Then and Now of Ethnography and Collaborative Site-Specific Performance. CATR Conference (Congress 2010). Concordia University.

Performing Nationhood: Theatre and Technology. CATR Conference (Congress 2009). Carleton University.

Political Identities. Intercultural Theatre. F.O.O.T. 2007 (Drama Centre Graduate Conference). University of Toronto.

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Shakespearean Re-Presentations. Adaptation and Theatre. F.O.O.T. 2006 (Drama Centre Graduate Conference). University of Toronto. Graduate Drama Centre Colloquia (2006, 2005). University of Toronto.

PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS

Whittaker, R. C. “Hair: The Musical that Changed Musicals.” The Fredericton Playhouse. Crowne Plaza Hotel, Garrison Room. 23 April 2013.

Whittaker, R. C. “In an Uncertain World ‘Only an Expert Can Deal with the Problem’: Performance and Protest, Professionals and the Rest.” Teach-In. Barracks Building, Fredericton. November 2012.

Whittaker, R. C. “Protest, Performance, and ‘the New.’” Occupy Fredericton Teach-In. Organized by Dr. Matthew Hayes. Fredericton City Hall. November 2011.

MONGRAPHS IN PROGRESS (Selected)

Whittaker, R. C. Toronto’s Alumnae Theatre Company.

Whittaker, R. C. Performing Marshall McLuhan into the Digital Age.

Whittaker, R. C. Un/Disciplined Performance: Nonprofessionalized Theatre in the Professional Era.

ARTICLES OR CHAPTERS IN PROGRESS (Selected)

Whittaker, R. C. “Un/Toward Memory and Too/Two Silent Solitudes in Michel Marc Bouchard’s The Coronation Voyage.”

Whittaker, R. C., and Jan Wong. “The Pedagogy, Development, and Execution of ‘My House Is Burning: Simulation Theatre and Breaking News.’”

Whittaker, R. C. “Nationhood, Neighbourhood, Hoodlums: Postcolonial Discourse as Metaphor in (and around) Judith Thompson’s Habitat.”

Whittaker, R. C. “Visualizing ‘Anti-Semitism’ in Richard Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelung.”

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PEER-REVIEWED ASSESSMENTS

Article for Journal of Commonwealth Literature. April 2017.

Article for Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy. October 2015.

Article for Theatre Research in Canada. February 2015.

Article for Canadian Literature. December 2013.

Article for Age, Culture, Humanities. May 2013.

Book for Athabasca University Press. May 2011.

MEDIA (Selected)

Interviewed (live) by Mark Kilfoil for CHSR radio for No White Picket Fence 27 Jan 2017. 30 minutes.

Interviewed by Emily Baron Cadloff about No White Picket Fence for Theatre St. Thomas for The Saint John Telegraph-Journal and The Fredericton Gleaner. 28 Jan 2017. S3.

Interviewed by Lori Gallagher about directing Trudeau and the FLQ for Theatre St. Thomas for The Fredericton Gleaner. 4 Nov 2015. 14 Nov 2015.

Interviewed by Camila Vergara about directing Trudeau and the FLQ for Theatre St. Thomas for The Brunswickan (UNB). 18 Nov 2015.

Interviewed by Joseph Tunney about directing Trudeau and the FLQ for Theatre St. Thomas for The Aquinian. 17 Nov 2015.

Interviewed by Cortney Ellis about the 2014-15 Theatre St. Thomas season for The Aquinian. 6 Oct 2015.

Interviewed by Lori Gallagher about directing The Taming of the Shrew for Theatre St. Thomas for The Fredericton Gleaner. Nov 2014.

Interviewed live by Mark Anya about directing The Coronation Voyage for Theatre St. Thomas on The Lunchbox, CHSR 97.9FM. 20 Feb 2014. http://chsrfm.ca/blog/specialty/lunchbox/lunchbox-robin-whittaker-coronation- voyage/

Interviewed by Brian Mumford about directing Vanceboro for The St. Croix Courier. 18 April 2013. 20 April 2013.

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Interviewed by Megan MacKay about starting work at St. Thomas University for The Daily Gleaner (Fredericton). 7 Jan 2012.

Interviewed by Ashlen Henry for new faculty feature on STU’s website. 25 Oct 2011. http://w3.stu.ca/stu/news/news_view.aspx?id=148611

Interviewed by Tom MacGregor for “All The World’s A Stage.” Legion Magazine. May-June 2009. 46-49.

Interviewed by Brenda Hennig for Hot Thespian Action! Ten Premiere Plays from Walterdale Playhouse. Athabasca University Press [Podcast]. 20 Jan 2009. http://www.aupress.ca/index.php/books/120148

Interviewed by Mike Sobel for Hot Thespian Action! Global [TV] Edmonton: Morning News. 20 Jan 2009.

Interviewed by Chris Allen for Hot Thespian Action! CKUA. 20 Jan 2009.

Various print, radio, and television interviews as Artistic Director of Walterdale Theatre Associates (Walterdale Playhouse). 2001-03.

CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIA ATTENDED (Non-Presenter, Selected)

2012F Academics and Archives: The Most Bang for the Buck, Provincial Archives of NB

2009 The Uses and Abuses of Reviewing (Alexander Lectures: Linda Hutcheon), UofT 2009 Violence Remembered (Festival of Original Theatre), University of Toronto 2008 CATR Conference (Congress of the Humanities), University of British Columbia 2008 Traditions and Legacies of Blackface Minstrelsy, Drama Centre, UofT 2008 (En)Gendering Performance (Festival of Original Theatre), University of Toronto 2008 Joint Seminar: Drama Centre and Rhétorique et Dramaturgie / Etudes Italiennes et Roumaines at the University of the New Sorbonne (Paris III), UofT 2007 ACTR Conference (Congress of the Humanities), University of Saskatoon 2007 Dissolving Borders (Festival of Original Theatre), University of Toronto 2006 Collective Creations, Alternative Beginnings, Theatre Passe Muraille 2006 Performing Adaptations (Festival of Original Theatre), University of Toronto 2006 Stanislavsky Conference, University of Toronto 2005 The Marivaux Project Symposium, University of Toronto 2005 Bodies in Space (Festival of Original Theatre), University of Toronto 2005 The Opera Exchange, Canadian Opera Company / University of Toronto 2004 Images and Iconography of the Theatre, University of Toronto 2004 ACTR Conference (Congress of the Humanities), University of Manitoba

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CREATIVE

DIRECTOR (Selected)

2017 Feb No White Picket Fence (Whittaker, with McKenzie-Mohr): TST, STU, NB 2016 Nov The Trickster of Seville (de Molina): Theatre St. Thomas, STU, NB 2015 Nov Trudeau and the FLQ (Hollingsworth): Theatre St. Thomas, STU, NB 2014 Nov The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare): Theatre St. Thomas, STU, NB 2014 June Rabbit-town (Ross/Griffith/Whittaker): York St. Train Station, Fredericton, NB 2014 Feb The Coronation Voyage (M. M. Bouchard): Theatre St. Thomas, STU, NB 2013 April Vanceboro (Chris Fulton): NotaBle Acts / STU / McAdam Station, NB 2013 April Animating Rabbit-Town: Three Scenes (Ross, Griffith): Drama Production II, NB 2012 July Vanceboro (Chris Fulton): NotaBle Acts Theatre Festival, Fredericton, NB

2003 The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare): Walterdale Playhouse, Edmonton, AB 2002 No/Touching (collective): Third Wheel Productions, Edmonton Fringe Festival 2001 WORLD: A Passion in One Act (R. Whittaker): Edmonton Fringe Festival, AB 2001 Saint Frances of Hollywood (Sally Clark): Walterdale Playhouse, Edmonton, AB 2001 Silicone Valleys (J. McKenzie): Black Wagging Dog Productions, U of A, AB 1999 The Trial of Judith K. (Sally Clark): University Players, Waterloo, ON 1998 Olo (R. Whittaker): Laurier Fringe Festival, Waterloo ON 1997 Landed (R. Whittaker): Laurier Fringe / Laurier Theatre Collective, Waterloo ON 1997 Americansaint (A. LeFevre): TR347, Laurier, Waterloo ON 1996 Wearing Thin (R. Whittaker): Laurier Fringe Festival, Waterloo ON

PLAYWRIGHT (Selected)

2017 Feb No White Picket Fence (Whittaker, with McKenzie-Mohr): TST, STU, NB 2014 Nov “Epilogue” for The Taming of the Shrew: Theatre St. Thomas, STU, NB 2014 Jun Rabbit-town (Ross/Griffith/Whittaker): York St. Train Station, Fredericton, NB 2013 July The Fall of the Western Dan, NotaBle Acts Theatre Festival, Fredericton, NB 2012 July The Stillborne Headlight Game, Masterclass reading led by C. Murphy, UNB 2012 spring The Fall of the Western Dan, Staged Reading, PARC, Fredericton, NB

2009 The Fall of the Western Dan, Graduate Drama Centre, U of T, ON 2003 3 Snake Leaves. Syncrude Nextfest (workshop, reading), script in progress, AB 2000-01 WORLD, Edmonton Fringe (script workshops at NeXtFest and U of A), AB 1998 Olo. Laurier Fringe Festival, Waterloo, ON 1997 Landed. Laurier Fringe Festival / Laurier Theatre Collective, Waterloo, ON 1996 Wearing Thin. Laurier Fringe Festival, Waterloo, ON 1995 The Hunter File. Etobicoke Collegiate Institute, Toronto, ON 1994 The Sugar Park Problem. Etobicoke Collegiate Institute, Toronto, ON Dr. Robin C. Whittaker 15/24

DRAMATURGE (Selected)

2014 Jun Rabbit-town (Ross/Griffith/Whittaker): York St. Train Station, Fredericton, NB

2004-06 Script dramaturgy at Ottawa’s Youth Infringement Festival, ON 2005 The Marivaux Project: Graduate Drama Centre, U of T, ON 2005 Lavicious: Dark Deeds Theatre, Toronto Fringe Festival, ON 2003 The Taming of the Shrew: Walterdale Playhouse, Edmonton, AB 2002 No/Touching: Third Wheel Productions, Edmonton Fringe Festival, AB 2001 Agamemnon / Trojan Woman: BFA show, U of A, AB 2001 Silicone Valleys: Black Wagging Dog Productions, University of Alberta 2000 King Lear: Free Will Players, Edmonton AB 2000 The Special: NeXtFest 2000 public reading, Edmonton AB 2000 The Illumination of Marshall McLuhan, Edmonton AB (Sterling nominated) 2000 A Chorus of Disapproval: Studio Theatre, U of A, AB 1999 The Fifth Chamber: Urban Tales, Northern Light Theatre, Edmonton AB

CO-SET DESIGNER (Selected)

2017 Feb No White Picket Fence (with Chris Saad): Theatre St. Thomas, STU, NB 2016 Nov The Trickster of Seville (with Chris Saad): Theatre St. Thomas, STU, NB 2015 Nov Trudeau and the FLQ (with Chris Saad): Theatre St. Thomas, STU, NB 2014 Nov The Taming of the Shrew (with Chris Saad): Theatre St. Thomas, STU, NB 2014 Jun Rabbit-town (with Chris Saad): Solo Chicken Productions, Fredericton 2014 Feb The Coronation Voyage (with Chris Saad): Theatre St. Thomas, STU, NB 2013 April Vanceboro (with Chris Saad): NotaBle Acts / STU / McAdam Station, NB Dr. Robin C. Whittaker 16/24

TEACHING (STU)

COURSES TAUGHT

2017F-18W On Sabbatical.

2017W Seminar in Directing for the Stage (ENGL4213), 8 students, 3ch 2017W Drama and Its Critics (ENGL3563), 11 students, 3ch 2017W Acting and Theatre Production II (ENGL2133), 9 students, 3ch 2016F Introduction to Theatre (ENGL1003), 54 students, 3ch 2016F 3ch Course Release to direct Tirso de Molina’s The Trickster of Seville (TST)

2016W Modern Drama II (ENGL3593), 7 students, 3ch 2016W Advanced Script Workshop (ENGL3123), 17 students, 3ch 2016W Seminar in Performance and Production (ENGL4213), 1 student, 3ch 2015F Modern Drama I (ENGL3583), 8 students, 3ch 2015-16 Drama Production: Stage Management (ENGL4016), 1 student, 6ch 2015F 3ch Course Release to direct Hollingsworth’s Trudeau and the FLQ (TST)

2015W Parental leave 2014F Canadian Drama (ENGL3456), 8 students 2014F 3ch Course Release to direct Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew (TST)

2014W Seminar in Performance and Production (ENGL4213), 8 students, 3ch 2014W 3ch Course Release to direct M. M. Bouchard’s The Coronation Voyage (TST) 2013F Drama Production I (ENGL2213), 25 students, 3ch 2013F Studies in Modern Drama II (ENGL3593), 40 students, 3ch 2013F Early Dramatic Theory (ENGL3863), 25 students, 3ch, new course 2013F-14W Independent Study (ENGL4456): Canadian Drama and the Politics of Marginalization (Mr. Rodrigo Flores)

2013W Seminar in Performance and Production (ENGL4213), 7 students, 3ch 2013W Drama Production II (ENGL2233), 20 students, 3ch 2012F-13W Honours Seminar: Dramatic Theory (ENGL4866), 9 students, 6ch, new course 2012F Drama and Its Critics (ENGL3563), 15 students, 3ch, new course

2012W Studies in Modern Drama II (ENGL3593), 21 students, 3ch 2012W Drama Production II (ENGL2233), 19 students, 3ch 2011F Studies in Modern Drama I (ENGL3584), 45 students, 3ch 2011F Drama Production I (ENGL2213), 25 students, 3ch

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ORIGINAL ASSIGNMENTS DEVELOPED (Selected)

2016-present “Importance in Performance: ‘Unit-Tag’ Scene Presentations” (ENGL1003) 2016-present “I Like My Coffeehouse Black Box” new play readings (ENGL3213) 2015-present “SiPP Directors Panel” co-developed with Prof. Lisa Anne Ross (ENGL4213) 2012-present STU Reviews, Fredericton’s theatre critics’ blog (students and Alumni contribute) 2012-present “My House is Burning: Simulation Theatre and Breaking News” co-developed with Prof. Jan Wong (ENGL2233) 2013-present “From Adaptation to Archive: An In-Class Performance Creation Exercise” 2013W “Animating Rabbit-Town: Three Scenes” collective creation co-developed with Prof. Lisa Anne Ross (ENGL2213) 2011-present “Speedscening” scene selection exercise (ENGL2213, 2233, 4213)

INVITED UNDERGRADUATE GUEST LECTURES

2014F Frankenstein. Science, Technology, and Society I (STS1003). Dr. Kelly Bronson. 2014F The Taming of the Shrew. Aquinas. Dr. Sara MacDonald and Dr. Andrew Moore.

GUEST LECTURERS HOSTED

2014F Dr. Kelly Bronson, Acting Chair STU Science and Technology Studies 2012F J. Kelly Nestruck, Globe and Mail theatre critic, Master Class ENGL3563 2012F J. Kelly Nestruck, Globe and Mail theatre critic, Q&A with myself and Jan Wong

STUDENT SUPERVISION & SECOND READER (STU)

2016-17 Blaire Webber, Honours English Creative Writing Thesis (ENGL4196) Making It. Television sitcom screenplay.

2016-17 Jessica Murphy, Theatre Research and Administrative Assistant STU JOBS Grant to work with Barbara Nicholas and to work with TST Archives (co-supervision with Prof. Lisa Anne Ross)

2017W Dawson Harrison, Honours Sociology Thesis “Thursday Night Masculinity: A Case Study on the Authorization of Masculinity Through Thursday Night Football Broadcasts.” Second Reader.

2017W Wei Qing Tan, Teaching Assistant (Production Assistant) ENGL4213: Seminar in Directing for the Stage (new course title)

2016F Amy Baldwin, Teaching Assistant ENGL1003: Introduction to Theatre (new course)

2015-16 Danielle Chiasson Independent Study (ENGL4016): Drama Production: Stage Management

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2014-15 Kelsey Colford, Production Assistant STU JOBS Grant for assistance with Theatre St. Thomas and Fine Arts Musical Theatre (co-supervision with Prof. Dawn Sadoway)

2014-15 Hillary Shields, Research Assistant STU JOBS Grant for book project: “‘Intellectual theatre’ and Urban Space: Toronto’s Alumnae Theatre Company”

2014 June Hillary Shields, Research Assistant STU SRC RA Grant for book project: “‘Intellectual Theatre’ and Urban Space: Toronto’s Alumnae Theatre Company”

2014 summer Jean-Michel Cliche, Summer Projects Coordinator Canada Summer Jobs Grant: “Animating Rabbit-town” Project

2014W Bethany Fox, Teaching Assistant (Production) ENGL4213: Seminar in Performance and Production

2013F-14W Rodrigo Flores Independent Study (ENGL4456): Canadian Drama and the Politics of Marginalization

2013F-14W Alannah Scott, Administrative Assistant STU JOBS Grant: “Animating Rabbit-town” Project

2013 summer Kelsey Colford, Summer Projects Manager Canada JOBS Grant, “Animating Rabbit-town” Project

2012-13 Alannah Scott, Administrative Assistant STU JOBS Grant: “Animating Rabbit-town” Project

STU WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

2016F Participant, Safer Spaces Workshop, Erin Fredericks, STU 2016W Participant, Media Training Workshop, STU Research Office 2014W Participant, Archives and the Internet by Sasha Mullally (UNB), STU 2012F Participant, “Flipped Classroom Presentation” by Donn King (Pellissippi State Community College), STU (live online) 2012F Participant, “Teaching Portfolios” by Eileen Herteis, STU 2012W Participant, “Making a Virtue of Necessity: How to Mark Papers and Feel Better About It,” a presentation by Karen Bamford (Mt. Allison U), STU 2011F Participant, “Introduction to Monograph Publishing at Canadian University Presses,” a presentation by Linnet Humble, STU 2011F Participant, “Clickers in Small Classes,” a presentation by Jason Ellis, STU 2011F Participant, “Moodle Workshop,” a presentation by James Whitehead, STU Dr. Robin C. Whittaker 19/24

TEACHING (Previous)

GRADUATE COURSE

2010F Contemporary Approaches to Comparative Literature (SCLA 5P01), Studies in Comparative Literature and the Arts MA Program, Brock University, 6 students

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

2010F 20th-Century Drama (ENGB14), Dept. of English, UTSC, 50 students 2009F 20th-Century Drama (ENGB14), Dept. of Humanities, UTSC, 61 students 2008W Landmarks in Canadian Theatre (THF403), Theatre Sch. Ryerson U, 81 students 2006W Critical Writing about Narrative (ENGB02), Dept. of Hum. UTSC, 24 students 2005F Critical Writing about Narrative (ENGB02), Dept. of Hum. UTSC, 23 students 2004W Modern Theatre II (THE3342), Dept. of Theatre, U Ottawa, 26 students 2003F Theatre in English Canada (THE2143), Dept. of Theatre, U Ottawa, 36 students 2000F Introduction to Play Analysis (DR102), Dept. of Drama, U Alberta, 28 students

INVITED UNDERGRADUATE GUEST LECTURES

2009W Canadian Theatre (DART2P97), Department of Dramatic Arts, Brock University 2008F Landmarks in Canadian Theatre (THF403), Theatre School, Ryerson University 2007F Landmarks in Canadian Theatre (THF403), Theatre School, Ryerson University 2002W Introduction to Play Analysis (DR102), Department of Drama, U Alberta 2001F Introduction to Play Analysis (DR102), Department of Drama, U Alberta

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PAST EMPLOYMENT

COURSE INSTRUCTOR

2010F Studies in Comparative Literature and the Arts MA Program, Brock University 2010F Department of English, U of T Scarborough 2009F English Program, Department of Humanities, U of T Scarborough 2008W Ryerson Theatre School, Ryerson University 2005F-06W English Program, Department of Humanities, U of T Scarborough 2003F-04W Department of Theatre, University of Ottawa 2000F Department of Drama, University of Alberta

EDITORIAL

2008 Editorial Assistant, Stanislavski and Directing (book), University of Toronto, Editor/Supervisor: Dr. Anna Migliarisi (Acadia U) 2007-08 Editorial Assistant and Subscriptions Coordinator, Theatre Research in Canada / Recherches Théâtrales au Canada, University of Toronto, Supervisors: Dr. Glen Nichols (U de Moncton) and Dr. Stephen Johnson (U of T) 1998-99 Proof Editor/Clerk, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, Waterloo ON 1997-98 Managing Editor, Laurier Cord (student newspaper), Waterloo ON 1997 Editor-In-Chief, The Cord Guide (student telephone directory), Waterloo ON 1996-97 Associate Entertainment Editor, Laurier Cord (student newspaper), Waterloo ON

THEATRE

2004-05 Publicity Assistant, Graduate Drama Centre, University of Toronto 2003 Producer, One-Act Play Festival, Walterdale Playhouse, Edmonton AB 2001-03 Artistic Director, Walterdale Playhouse, Edmonton AB 2000 Publicist, River City Shakespeare Festival (Free Will Players), Edmonton AB

GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIPS

2004W Marking Assistant, Theatre History I, Department of Theatre (U Ottawa) 2000W Assistant to Program Chair, ACTR/ARTC Conference, University of Alberta Supervisors: Dr. J. Alex Hawkins (U Alberta), Dr. Rosalind Kerr (U Alberta) 1999F Research Assistant, Commedia dell’Arte, University of Alberta Supervisor: Dr. Rosalind Kerr (U Alberta) Dr. Robin C. Whittaker 21/24

SERVICE (STU)

ST. THOMAS UNIVERSITY

2014-present Artistic Producer and Faculty Advisor, Theatre St. Thomas 2016-present Member, Academic Planning Committee 2014-16 Member, Senate Campus Planning Committee 2012-14, 16 Co-Organizer, STU Experiential Learning Trip to New York 2012-14 Member, STU JOBS Programme Assessment Committee 2013 July Member, ESL1013 Hiring Committee 2012-13 Member, Fine Arts Hiring Committee II (Musical Theatre Voice, Tenure Track) 2011-12 Member, Fine Arts Hiring Committee (Musical Theatre Voice, Tenure Track)

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

2012-present Drama Advisor 2016-present Member, Finance Committee 2011-present Member, Concentrations Committee 2017 May Member, Part-Time Appointments Committees (2) 2011-16 Member Appointments Committee 2015-16 Acting Creative Writing Advisor 2016 July Acting Chair 2015 fall Member Curriculum Committee 2013-15 Member Scholarship Committee 2013 Jn 24-30 Acting Chair 2012 Jul 2-6 Acting Chair 2011F-12W Member, Hiring Committee (American Literature)

2016 fall Arranged (with Lisa Ann Ross) for Barbara Nicholas as Artist-in-Residence 2015 fall Arranged for the coop as English Department’s Artists-in-Residence

DISCIPLINARY INVOLVEMENT (National/International)

2017-present Vice President, CATR Executive 2017-present Member, CATR Conference Programming Committee 2017-present Chair, Working Groups Creation Committee 2017-present Member, Conference Visioning Committee 2016-present Chair, CATR Archival Committee 2016-present Member, Editorial Board, Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia 2016-present Member, Campus Production Peer Review Committee (ad hoc CATR Board) 2015-present Member, CATR Website Committee 2012-present Member, Management Board, Theatre Research in Canada 2012-present Member, CATR / Theatre Research in Canada Web Presence Committee 2012-17 Chair, CATR O’Neill Award Committee (Best Canadian Theatre Anthology) 2013-17 Region Representative, CATR Executive 2016F Chair, External Unit Review Committee for a Drama Program in the region Dr. Robin C. Whittaker 22/24

2015 Mentor, Mentorship Program for graduate students new to CATR 2015 Member, CATR Lawrence Prize Committee, CATR 2013 Sep Canadian Theatre Historian in Residence, National Theatre School of Canada (4 days), Montréal, QC 2010-13 Designer and Editor, CATR Conference Programme (Congress) 2009-13 Member, CATR Programming Committee (Congress)

DISCIPLINARY INVOLVEMENT (Community)

2014-2017 President, Board of Directors, Solo Chicken Productions 2012-present Founding Editor and Website Manager, STU Reviews theatre blog 2016-present Adjudicator, New Brunswick Drama Festival (May), Fredericton NB 2017 Mar Moderator and Organizer, 3rd Annual SiPP Directors Panel: Stage Design 2016 Mar Moderator and Organizer, 2nd Annual SiPP Directors Panel: Writers 2016 Mar Post-show Talkback Moderator, Seeds, Playhouse, Fredericton NB 2015 May Adjudicator, NotaBle Acts Summer Theatre Festival, Fredericton NB 2014 Dec Talkback Moderator, TNB’s A Christmas Carol, Fredericton Public Library 2014 Oct Pre-show Talk Moderator, TNB’s Frankenstein, Fredericton Playhouse 2012-14 Artistic Associate, “Animating Rabbit-Town” Community Arts Project 2013 April Pre-Show Presenter, Hair, Playhouse, Fredericton NB 2013 Feb Talkback Host, One Man Star Wars Trilogy, Playhouse, Fredericton NB 2012 July Adjudicator, NotaBle Acts Summer Theatre Festival, Fredericton NB

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SERVICE (Previous)

DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEES

2007-08 Member, Advisory Committee, Graduate Drama Centre, U of T 2007-08 Member, Academic Committee, Graduate Drama Centre, U of T 2007-08 Member, Theatres and Events Committee, Graduate Drama Centre, U of T 2007-08 Member, Bryden Fellowship Award Committee, Graduate Drama Centre, U of T 1997-98 Member, Laurier Student Billing Assessment Committee, WLU

STUDENT EXECUTIVE

2007-08 President, Student Executive, Graduate Drama Centre, U of T 2007-08 Chair, Constitution Revisioning Committee, Graduate Drama Centre, U of T

CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION

2010-11 Member, Programming Committee, CATR (Congress 2011) 2011 Programme Designer and Editor, CATR (Congress 2011), UNB 2009-10 Member, Programming Committee, CATR (Congress 2010), Concordia 2010 Programme Designer and Editor, CATR (Congress 2010), Concordia 2008-09 Member, Revisioning Committee, CATR Conference (Congress 2009) 2007 Co-Convener, The Shipping of Souls and the Reception of Cultures Theatre and Migration Conference, Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto ON 2006 Co-Convener, Collective Beginnings, Alternative Creations Collective and Devised Theatre Conference, Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto ON 2006 Assistant, Stanislavski and Directing: Theory, Practice, Influence International Theatre Conference, University of Toronto 2005 Symposium Co-Convener, The Marivaux Project, University of Toronto 2000 Assistant to Program Chair, ACTR Conference (Congress 2000), U of A

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2010W Participant, Teaching in Higher Education (THE500, Dr. A. Keys), U of T 2007 (Oct 27) Participant, Graduate Dossier Services (Academic Job Search Seminar), U of T 2007 (Oct 4) Participant, Graduate Dossier Services (Applying to Academic Jobs), U of T 2005-06 Participant, Research Seminar (DRA6000Y, Dr. J. Astington), U of T 2004F Participant, Approaches to Playwriting (Instructor: Sky Gilbert), U of T

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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

2012-present Member, Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre (PARC) 2000-present Member, Canadian Association for Theatre Research (CATR; formerly ACTR) 2001-12 Member, Walterdale Theatre Associates, Edmonton, AB 2010-11 Member, Performance Studies International 2010-11 Member, Int. Federation for Theatre Research: Historiography Working Group 2009-10 Member, Association for Canadian Studies in the United States 2009-10 Member, Mid-America Theatre Conference 2008-10 Member, Middle Atlantic and New England Council for Canadian Studies 2008-10 Member, Southern Association for Canadian Studies

EXTRA-CURRICULAR

2016-present Member, Faculty/Staff Recreational Volleyball, STU, Fredericton, NB 2015-present Member, Recreational Volleyball Team (beach), Fredericton, NB 2011-12 Member, Recreational Volleyball Team (beach), Fredericton NB 2011-12 Member, Recreational Volleyball Team (indoor), Fredericton, NB

2011 Member, Recreational Volleyball Team, Go West Athletics, Toronto, ON 2010 Member, Recreational Volleyball Team, Ashbridges Bay, Toronto, ON 2005-10 Captain, Recreational Volleyball Team, Go West Athletics, Toronto, ON 2009-10 Member, Graduate Students Union Recreational Volleyball Team, U of T 2004-09 Captain, Graduate Students Union Recreational Volleyball Team, U of T 1998-99 Member, Laurier English Club, Waterloo, ON 1996-99 Member, Laurier Writers’ Guild, Waterloo, ON 1996-99 Member, Laurier Theatre Collective, Waterloo, ON 1995-99 Member, Waterloo Musicians’ Network, Waterloo, ON

Music studied classical (Grade 6 practical, RCM), electric, and acoustic guitar taught acoustic guitar lessons write and co-write alternative rock music

Photography digital art photography, publicity photography

Sports volleyball, tennis