間眅埶AV

Graduate and Postdoctoral Fellows

Current Graduate Fellows

Jenna-Leigh Di Nardo

Originally from Hamilton, ON, Jenna is a PhD student under the supervision of Professor Lynn Fels in Arts Education at 間眅埶AV. An alumnus of The Dance Centre and the Theatre Aquarius Performing Arts Program, Jenna holds a BA (Honours) in Drama from the University of Windsor, and a BEd with a specialization in Artist-in-Community Education and an MEd (with thesis), both from Queens University. She completed an internship at the former Lincoln Center Institute for Arts in Education while Maxine Greene was Philosopher-in-Residence.

Her current artistic and research focus is designing and implementing theatre encounters as informed by the philosophy of Maxine Greene, in collaboration with law students to enhance their understanding of performance in the courtroom.

Jenna is thankful to live, work and study on the unceded and traditional Coast Salish Territories of the x妢m庛k妢ym (Musqueam), S廎硬x戔w繳7mesh xwumixw (Squamish), slilwta优 (Tsleil-Waututh) and k妢ik妢m (Kwikwetlem) Nations.

Yani Kong

is a Vancouver based visual culture scholar researching the concept of the disenchantment of the world and the possibilities for art and other visual phenomena to stimulate forms of re-enchantment.  Her previous studies have explored this concept in examinations of 19th century photography and the cultural history of American Spiritualism. New work from Kong seeks to politicize the notion of re-enchantment and turn it toward art made after 9/11 and the war on terror. Yani holds a Masters in Theory, Culture, and Politics from Trent University, and is an alumna of 間眅埶AV SCA with a BA in Art and Culture Studies.  She is completing a PhD in the School for the Contemporary Arts at 間眅埶AV.   

Areas: Critical Theory, Philosophy, Art History, Visual Culture, Cultural Studies

Christopher Lacroix

s practice is concerned with the potential of various mediums to embody a queerness that reconfigures relationships through action. His doctoral research will focus on queer phenomenological approaches to performance documentation, queer narratives, and queer identification. He holds a BFA in Photography from Toronto Metropolitan University and an MFA from the University of British Columbia. Lacroix received the 2018 Lind Prize and was long-listed for the 2021 Scotiabank New Generation Photography Award. His work has been supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, Toronto Arts Council and Social Science and Humanities Research Council. Recent solo exhibitions include Alternator Centre for Contemporary Arts (Kelowna), The Polygon Gallery (North Vancouver), and Modern Fuel (Kingston). Lacroix lives and works in Vancouver, located on the unceded territories of the x妢m庛kwym (Musqueam), Skwxwu7mesh (Squamish), and Slilwta/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, and is completing his PhD in the School for the Contemporary Arts at 間眅埶AV.

Past Graduate Fellows

(2015-17): currently Assistant Professor, Beykoz University, Turkey

Dr. Carolina Bergonzoni (2017-22): currently Shadbolt Fellow in the Humanities, 間眅埶AV

(2015-19): currently Assistant Professor, Concordia University

(2014-15): currently Associate Professor, University of Alberta

(2016-20): currently Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia.

(2014-16): currently Shadbolt Fellow in the Humanities and Term-Lecturer in Contemporary Arts, 間眅埶AV.

(2015-18): currently Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne

Postdoctoral Fellows

(Ph.D., Royal Holloway University), SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow: Towards Reconciliation: Recognizing the Intergenerational Repercussions of Colonization through Intercultural Theatre-Making, 2016-2020; currently Equity and Inclusion Dramaturg and Independent Scholar.

(Ph.D., University of Toronto), Banting Postdoctoral Fellow: Performance and Human Rights, 2014-2015; currently Assistant Professor, Department of Theatre and Film, University of British Columbia.

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