Research Associates participate in the intellectual and creative life of Sensorium, submit and administer grants through the Centre, and/or are active in a research cluster, and in organizing workshops and conferences.
We accept applications both from faculty within the Schools of the Arts, Media, Performance, and Design and those situated in faculties outside of AMPD.
If you are interested in becoming a Sensorium Research Associate please complete and submit the following online application form.
Ingrid Veninger
Associate Professor, Cinema and Media Arts – AMPD Born in Bratislava and raised in Canada, Ingrid Veninger has produced fifteen feature films with premieres at TIFF, Rotterdam, Busan, Rome, Hot Docs, amongst others. From narrative shorts, If You Were M …
Keira Loughran
Assistant Professor, Theatre, Dance and Performance – AMPD Keira has worked for over 25 years as an actor, director, playwright, dramaturg and producer. She is currently on faculty at York University, teaching Acting, Devised Theatre, Playwriting and P …
Tracy Ying Zhang
Assistant Professor, Communication and Media Studies – LA&PS Tracy is an educator and social science researcher and proficient in mixed methods. Her research-creation projects explore the intersections of race, ethnicity, gender, labour, body polit …
Robert Allison
Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
Rob obtained his Ph.D. in Biology from York University in 1998. His research interests include: psychophysical and computational methods to study depth perception in natural and virtual environments; the design of the human-computer interface for virtual reality and simulator systems; machine vision; the measurement and analysis of eye movements and related applications; and the measurement and perception of human motion.
Sarah Bay-Cheng
Dean of the School of Arts, Media, Performance and Design
Sarah Bay-Cheng [pronounced Bay-JUNG, rhymes with “sung”] is the Dean of the School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design at York University. Her research focuses on the intersections among theater, performance, and media including avant-garde film and theatre history and theory, and digital technologies in contemporary performance.
Mary Bunch
Assistant Professor, Cinema and Media Arts
Dr. Mary Bunch is an Assistant Professor In Cinema and Media Arts. She is also affiliated with Theatre Studies, the Graduate Program in Critical Disability Studies, and Vision: Science to Applications (VISTA).
Michael Darroch
Associate Dean, Academic and Associate Professor of Cinema and Media Arts in the School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design
Michael Darroch is Associate Dean, Academic and Associate Professor of Cinema and Media Arts in the School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design at York University. He previously served as Associate Dean, Partnership Development and Interdisciplinary Studies in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Windsor, where he taught courses in media art histories, visual culture, and urban ecologies in the School of Creative Arts.
Shital Desai
Assistant Professor, Department of Design
Shital Desai is an assistant professor in the Department of Design, with research interests in human centred design, interaction design and embodied intuitive interaction. Her current research focusses on interaction design in emerging technologies such as mixed reality technologies for older adults and children.
