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.
Fabio Montanari
Assistant Professor, Department of Cinema and Media Arts
Assistant Professor, Department of Cinema and Media Arts Fabio Montanari is a Filmmaker and Professor, who has written series for top networks including Netflix, HBO, National Geographic and is the creator of an original TV series for Amazon Prime Vide …
Gabrielle Moser
Associate Professor, Faculty of Education
Associate Professor, Faculty of Education Gabrielle Moser is an art historian, writer, and independent curator. She is the author of Projecting Citizenship: Photography and Belonging in the British Empire (Penn State University Press, 2019) and, with …
Taien Ng-Chan
Assistant Professor, Cinema and Media Arts
Taien Ng-Chan is a writer and media artist whose research explores locative media sound art, “object-oriented storytelling,” place-based narratives and futurist imaginings of everyday life through immersive cinema.
Freya Björg Olafson
Assistant Professor, Dance
Freya Björg Olafson is an intermedia artist who works with video, audio, painting and performance. Her praxis engages with identity and the body, as informed by technology and the Internet.
Joel Ong
Director, Sensorium; Assistant Professor, Computational Arts
Professor Joel Ong is a media artist whose works connect scientific and artistic approaches to the environment, particularly with respect to sound and physical space.
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 …
