Lisa Aikman
Profile
PhD (University of Toronto)
MA (University of Toronto)
BA (York University)
Dr. Lisa Aikman is an Educational Developer with a background in theatre and performance studies.
At the CTL, she is responsible for creating, facilitating, and evaluating programming aimed at enhancing the teaching skills and practice of Teaching Assistants.
Her educational development interests include integrating intersectional approaches to EDI into all levels of educator training/development, exploring role-play and play-based learning across disciplines, and examining how performance and improvisational training can inform teaching presence.
Selected Publications
Aikman, L., Roberts-Smith, J., & Ruecker, S. with Crozier, K., Hutchison, J., Lowerison, C., Lynch, S., Nemat Allah, M., Thompson, J., White, M., & Watts, H. (2022). Theatre for Relationality: A Relational Approach to Design Research. In M. Omasta & D. Snyder-Young (Eds.), Impacting Audiences: methods for studying change (145-160). Routledge.
Gillespie, B., Lynch, S., Rackow, H., Aikman, L., Bennett, S., Owen, D., Schweitzer, M. & Solga, K. (2022). A Round Table Conversation on the State of Hiring and Labour in Theatre and Performance Studies in Canada. Canadian Theatre Review, 190, 77-80.
Aikman, L. (2021). Dramaturging Encounter in Disability Theatre. Theatre Research in Canada, 20(4), 45-60.
Aikman, L., & Roberts-Smith, J. (2020). Relational Audience Engagement in Guarded Girls: A Critical Reflection Review. The Journal of Dramaturgy, 26, 34-43.
Aikman, L. (2018). Freedom Singer: Modeling Performative Witnessing in Documentary Theatre. Theatre Topics, 20(4), 15-26.
Selected Presentations
Aikman, L. (2022). "Communicating Grad School Skills for Alt-Ac Jobs" Graduate Theatre Careers Symposium, February 2022, Canadian Association for Theatre Research, virtual symposium, invited workshop.
Aikman, L. (2022). "Accountability: Understanding the Impacts of Performances With Critical Audience Research" Rehearsing the Possible: Practicing Reparative Creativity, Association for Theater in Higher Education, Detroit, invited panelist.
Aikman, L., & Atkins, M. (2021). "But how does this apply to me? Using student partnerships to increase applicability of inclusive teaching resources" Partnerships in Teaching and Learning, Innovations in Education Conference, McPherson Institute for Leadership, Innovation, and Teaching Excellence, virtual conference, workshop.
Ivanov, S., Aikman, L., & Atkins, M. (2021) "Embedding EDI into TA Training to Support Mental Health" Crafting Connections in a Landscape of Uncertainty, Canadian Institute for Campus Mental Health, virtual conference, workshop.
Aikman, L. (2019, November 25). "And what if we don’t want them to argue? The challenges of relational audience engagement" Centre for Spectatorship and Audience Research, December 2019, University of Toronto Scarborough, invited lecture.
Aikman, L., & Roberts-Smith, J (2019, November 9). Theatre for Relationality: A Case Study in Restorative Pedagogy, Relational Design, and Audience Engagement. Working group presentation at American Society for Theatre Research, Arlington, VA.
Aikman, L. (2019, June 4). Beyond Preaching to the Converted: Casting the Audience in Documentary Theatre. Paper session presented at the Canadian Association for Theatre Research Conference, Vancouver, BC.
