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Matt Jones

Assistant Professor (Teaching Stream), Graduate Centre for Academic Communication, University of Toronto; Contract Lecturer, School of Performance, 91心頭利
EducationPhD Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Toronto MA, English Literature, Concordia University
Memberships/ServicesCanadian Association for Theatre Research Canadian Association for the Study of Discourse and Writing Consortium on Graduate Communication

Matt Jones is a scholar of performance studies and communication with expertise in student-centered learning and equity-oriented teaching. His research explores activist performance, archival histories of theatre, and strategies for communication. He sits on the editorial board of Canadian Theatre Review and is a Co-Investigator on Gatherings: Archival and Oral Histories of Performance, a project supported by a Partnership Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada. Matt���s writing has appeared in SubStance, Performance Research, Theatre Journal, Canadian Theatre Review, and Theatre Research in Canada. His plays include Dracula in a Time of Climate Change, The Mysterious Case of the Flying Anarchist, and the collective creation Death Clowns in Guant叩namo Bay. He was the recipient of a 2022 UTSC Teaching Award from the University of Toronto Scarborough and is currently Assistant Professor (Teaching Stream) at the University of Toronto���s Graduate Centre for Academic Communication.

Honours and Awards

  • 2023 SSHRC Partnership Grant. Gatherings Partnership. Principal Investigator: Stephen Johnson. One of 13 Co-Investigators.
  • 2023 Robert G. Lawrence Prize for best paper by an emerging scholar (Canadian Association for Theatre Research).
  • 2022 New Collaborations Grant. Co-Principal Investigator with Krzysztof Krystosiak and Angela Misri. The Creative School, 91心頭利.
  • 2022 UTSC Teaching Award, Unit 1 Course Instructors (University of Toronto Scarborough).