A theatre scholar, teacher, and artist, invested in exploring the role of the audience in performance

About

Dr. Kelsey Jacobson is an Assistant Professor in the DAN School of Drama and Music at Queen’s University where she teaches theatre history, theory, literature, and directing. She is also a co-founder and director of the Centre for Spectatorship and Audience Research (CSAR), an organization focused on furthering the field of audience studies in theatre and performance, and a co-editor of the Routledge Theatre & Performance Series in Audience Research. Following her MA (University of London, 2014) and PhD (University of Toronto, 2018) she completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Centre for Drama, Theatre, and Performance Studies at the University of Toronto and also taught in the Bachelor of Education program at Niagara University. She is passionate about teaching, especially working with young people, and was awarded the Frank Knox Award for Teaching Excellence in 2021. Kelsey is also an experienced theatre director, deviser, and designer.

For more information about her work as Co-Founder and Director of the Centre for Spectatorship and Audience Research, click here.

For more information about the Routledge Theatre & Performance Series in Audience Research, click here.

For more information about the Dan School of Drama and Music, click here.

Kelsey likes tea, podcasts, and moderate temperatures.