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.
Jenifer Papararo
Director/Curator, Art Gallery of York University
Jenifer Papararo is the recently appointed Director / Curator at the Art Gallery of York University, beginning her tenure in 2020. She comes to the AGYU, from Plug Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, where she was the Executive Director. She was previously, the Curator at the Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver and the Program Director at Mercer Union, Toronto.
Sarah Parsons
Associate Professor; Chair, Visual Art & Art History
Sarah Parsons is an associate professor and Chair of the Department of Visual Art and Art History at York University.
Archer Pechawis
Assistant Professor, Theatre & Performance Studies / Visual Art & Art History
Assistant Professor, Theatre & Performance Studies / Visual Art & Art History Archer Pechawis was born in Alert Bay, BC. He has been a practicing artist since 1984 with particular interest in the intersection of Plains Cree culture and digital …
Jamie Robinson
Assistant Professor, Theatre
Jamie Robinson is an assistant professor of Acting and Directing in the York University Theatre Department. He has been a Toronto based professional artist since 1997 as an actor, director, producer, teacher and writer.
Kenneth Rogers
Associate Professor, Cinema & Media Arts; Associate Director, MBA Program in Arts Media and Entertainment
Kenneth Rogers is the author of The Attention Complex: Media, Archeology, Method (Palgrave Macmillan 2014), which diagrams the complex of power relations that organizes the proliferating media technologies, knowledge systems, and social practices of human attention into a larger political strategy that governs the conduct of individuals.
Marlis Schweitzer
Professor, Theatre & Performance Studies
Professor, Theatre & Performance Studies Marlis Schweitzer is Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies at York University. She is the author of When Broadway Was the Runway: Theater, Fashion and American Culture (2009), Transatlantic Broadway: …
Barbara Sellers-Young
Professor Emerita, Dance
Barbara Sellers-Young is an interdisciplinary scholar with an international research profile in the fields of dance, theatre and performance theory and practice. Her teaching and research have taken her to countries on five continents, including Japan, Sudan, Nepal, India, China, England and Australia. Her publications include five books and numerous articles on dance, theatre and popular culture.
Yifat Shaik
Assistant Professor, Computational Arts
Yifat Shaik is an Assistant Professor in Computational Arts in York University and an indie game developer whose focus is on creating personal autobiographical work and the use of systems, data, and game mechanics in social interaction and political activism.
