Laura MacArthur, University of Windsor

Research

digital humanities Canadian theatre theatre criticism audience studies theatre reviewing arts transformed (1) theatre criticism (2) theatre blogging

Latest funding

Date a model: exploring feminist and postdigital performance practices with AI companions
SSHRC · 2026 · Co-investigator
$94,322
Critical Conversations: Re-assessing and Re-Imagining the Crisis of Theatre Criticism
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$56,275
COVID 19 The Stream You Step In: Creating a Communal Theatre Experience in the Time of COVID
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$19,942

All 5 grants and awards

Date a model: exploring feminist and postdigital performance practices with AI companions

Co-investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: McLeod, Kimberley

$94,322

Critical Conversations: Re-assessing and Re-Imagining the Crisis of Theatre Criticism

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: MacArthur, Laura M.

Keywords: theatre criticism; theatre reviewing; arts transformed; audience studies; digital humanities; Canadian theatre

$56,275

COVID 19 The Stream You Step In: Creating a Communal Theatre Experience in the Time of COVID

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Engage Grants (PEG) COVID-19 Special Initiative

Principal investigators: MacArthur, Laura M.

Keywords: COVID-19; digital theatre; digital humanities; Canadian theatre; livecasting; embedded criticism; audience studies

$19,942

Fostering 21st-century Theatre Criticism in Canada: Building Capacity

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Connection Grants

Principal investigators: MacArthur, Laura M.

Keywords: theatre criticism; theatre criticism training; digital humanities; Canadian theatre

$10,983

Gender, Genre, and Power in the Theatre Blogosphere

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: MacArthur, Laura

Keywords: (1) theatre criticism; (2) theatre blogging; (3) gender equity; (4) digital humanities; (5) social media; (6) content analysis; (7) Canadian theatre; (8) counterdiscourse

$35,719

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: digital humanities Dear Professor MacArthur, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on digital humanities connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Critical Conversations: Re-assessing and Re-Imagining the Crisis of Theatre Criticism" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]