Past Students

Lierin McConachie is a PhD student at the University of Guelph. Her research interests focus on experimental poetry using the theories of improvisation. She’s also interested in the relationship between…

Melissa is completing her Bachelor of Arts and Science degree in Theatre Studies and Cognition at the University of Guelph. Lover of all things film and television, she is an…

Alec is a PhD candidate in Literary Studies at the University of Guelph. He studies contemporary environmental literature.

Brian Lefresne is a PhD candidate in the School of English & Theatre Studies at the University of Guelph where he is working on doctoral dissertation that focuses on the…

Rachel Elliott is PhD candidate in philosophy at the University of Guelph. She has done previous work in philosophy at McGill (B.A.) and the University of Toronto (M.A.), and formerly…

Mauricio Martinez is a PhD student in Literary/Theatre Studies in English at the University of Guelph. His dissertation explores aspects of mourning in Shakespearean tragedy, but his other scholarly interests…

Greg Fenton is a Ph.D. researcher at McMaster University and the Managing Editor for Critical Studies in Improvisation/Études critiques en improvisation. His current work is focused on Ai Weiwei, neoliberalism, Asian North…

Nicholas Loess is a PhD student in the School of English and Theatre Studies at the University of Guelph. He lives in Guelph with his partner Rosa and animal co-creators…

Kimber Sider is a PhD candidate in Theatre Studies at the University of Guelph. Sider’s doctoral research focuses on equine/human inter-species performance, and how symbiotic inter-species improv engages alternative modes…