Administration

INTERIM DIRECTOR

Lee Burckes
Affiliation: University of Lethbridge, Fine Arts – Drama
Research interests: lighting design, scenography, digital media and creation
Web link: leeburckesdesign.com

STEERING COMMITTEE

Mary Ingraham
Affiliation: University of Lethbridge, Fine Arts Dean
Research interests: largely connected to culture in Canada, and her interests are historical and contemporary, critical and pedagogical, and include collaborations with Indigenous communities in BC and Alberta on creative and archival projects
Web link: https://www.uleth.ca/fine-arts/profile/dr-mary-i-ingraham

Dana Cooley
Affiliation: University of Lethbridge, Fine Arts – New Media
Research interests: material and aesthetic manifestations of the intangible and ephemeral, natural frequencies and energies in art / sound art, ecologies of empathy and cultures of compassion, art and ecology, expanded cinema & paracinema, embodied interaction
Web link: danacooley.net

Leanne Elias
Affiliation: University of Lethbridge, Fine Arts – New Media
Research interests: Data visualization, data physicalization, community engagement, inter/cross disciplinary exploration
Web link: datavizexperiments.org

Arlan N. Schultz
Affiliation: University of Lethbridge, Fine Arts – Music
Research interests: music composition, computer assisted composition, real-time audio spatialization, electronics for music applications, philosophy of music Composition
Web link: arlanschultz.com

D. Andrew Stewart
Affiliation: University of Lethbridge, Fine Arts – Music & Digital Audio Arts
Research interests: composition, performance practices, digital musical instruments, live electronics, gesture-controlled audio systems
Web link: dandrewstewart.ca

Julia Wasilewski
Affiliation: University of Lethbridge, Fine Arts – Drama
Research interests: intersection between traditional design conventions and contemporary renewable approaches in an effort to embrace sustainable theatre-making
Web link: https://www.juliawasilewski.com/about

GRADUATE REPRESENTATIVE

Tyler Stewart (M.A. track)
Affiliation: University of Lethbridge, Arts & Sciences – Cultural, Social, and Political Thought (Sociology/Fine Arts)
Research interests: sound, affect, unisonality, silence, aurality, nationalism, settler-colonialism
Web link: teestewww.com

Affiliated Researchers

SCHOLAR MEMBERS

Victoria Baster
Amanda Berg
Georg Boenn
Rolf Boon
Lance Chong
Christine Clark
Athena Elafros
Denton Fredrickson
Beth Gerwin
Monique Giroux
James Graham
Aaron Gruber
Ryan Harper-Brown
Bryn Hewko
David Hinger
Mary Kavanagh
Kimberly Mair
Annie Martin
Paul McKenzie-Jones
Mary-Anne McTrowe
David Miller
Josephine Mills
Kelly Morris
Deanna Oye
Gulden Ozcan
Brad Parker
Amandine Pras
Daniela Sirbu
A William Smith
Darlene St Georges
Matthew Tata
Aaron Taylor
Jackson Two Bears
Mia Van Leeuwen
Peter Visentin
Janey Youngdahl
John Zhang

STUDENT MEMBERS

Sonny Brewer (Music)
Leo Brooks (IM)
Katherine Challacombe (Music)
Keely Crow Eagle (Drama)
Courtney Faulkner (Art)
Kylie Fineday (Art)
Tisha Gilbert (Drama)
Jordan Hanas
Georgia Jeffrey (Drama)
Courtney McDermott (IM)
Harley Morman
Amber Morrison (Art)
Anna Nikolova (New Media)
Lorne Power (Art)
Meghan Rennie (New Media/Management)
Nicole Riedmueller (Art)
Migueltzinta Solis (CSPT)
Tyler Stewart (CSPT)
Michelle Sylvestre (New Media)
Yvonne Tiger

PARTNER MEMBERS

Breeanne Fuller
Affiliation: University of Lethbridge, Fine Arts – Conservatory of Music, Director
Research interests: early childhood, communities of practice
Web link: uleth.ca/music-conservatory

Tyler Heaton
Web link: https://ulethnewmedia.com/current-grad-research/tyler-heaton/

James Phelan
Affiliation: Alberta Media

Kristy Trinier
Affiliation: Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Executive Director
Research interests: sound art, design, collaborative practice
Web link: kristytrinier.ca