CURRENT TEXTILES AND MATERIALITY MEMBERS
Dr. Miranda Smitheram, Associate Professor, Design And Computation Arts , Co-director, Textiles and Materiality Research Cluster
Kelly Jazvac, Associate Professor, Studio Arts, Co-director, Textiles and Materiality Cluster
Joanna Berzowska, Associate Dean Research, Faculty of Fine Arts, interim Co-director, Textiles and Materiality Research Cluster, Director, XS Labs, Head of Electronic Textiles, OMsignal
Geneviève Moisan, P-T Faculty, Fibres & Material Practices, MFA Fibres and Material Practices, T&M Cluster Research Support Technician
Casper Sutton-Fosman, T&M Cluster Coordinator, Interdisciplinary Humanities PhD Student
Morris Fox, Interdisciplinary Humanities PHD Candidate
Kathleen Vaughan, Professor, Art Education, Concordia University Research Chair in Socially Engaged Art and Public Pedagogies (Tier 2), (Faculty)
Aaron McIntosh, Associate Professor, Studio Arts
Surabhi Ghosh, Associate Professor, Studio Arts
Elaine Cheasley Paterson, Associate Professor of Art History, Associate Dean, Academic Programs and Pedagogy, Faculty of Fine Arts
Dr. Alice Jarry, Lecturer, Design and Computation Arts
Skawennati, Affiliate Researcher, Initiative for Indigenous Futures
Hannah Claus, Assistant Professor, Studio Arts (Faculty)
Lee Wilkins, Regular Member, Experimental BioComputers and Textiles
Erika Adams, Associate Professor, Studio Arts and Print Media
Hélène Brousseau, Librarian and Artist, (Faculty)
Antonia Hernández, Assistant Professor, Communication Studies
pk langshaw, Professor and Chair, Design and Computation Arts, Fellow, Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability
Patrick Traer, Associate Professor, Painting and Drawing
Cathia Pagotto, Assistant Professor, Theatre
Balbir K. Singh, Assistant Professor, Art History, Art and Racial Justice
SNACKWITCH, Joni Cheung, Assistant Professor, Design and Computation Arts, (Faculty)
Ingrid Bachmann, Professor, Studio Arts
Shannon Black, Interdisciplinary Studies and Practices in Fine Arts (Regular Member)
Christine Smith, Librarian and artist-practitioner
Catherine Métivier, Regular Member, DART Faculty
Alexandra Bachmayer, BFA Computation Arts (student), Research Assistant to Joanna Berzowska (XS Labs)
Aaron Richmond, Research-Creation Post Doctoral Fellow
Abi Hodson, MFA Fibres and Materiality (Student)
Alba Clevenger, MA Communications (Student)
Alex Noel, PhD Art Education, Research Assistant for Kathleen Vaughan (student)
Alexandrya Eaton, PhD Interdisciplinary Studies (Student)
Alexey Lazarev, MFA Print Media, (Student)
Allison DuPont, Student Member, INDI PhD
Andrew Rabyniuk, PhD Humanities (student)
Anna Eyler, Assistant Professor, Design and Computational Arts
Anne-Marie Laflamme, MDes (Student)
Annick St. Arnaud, MFA Fibres and Materiality (Student)
Ariana Hipsagh, MFA Art Education (Student)
Bana Haffar, MFA Intermedia, (Student)
Brock Dishart, PhD Interdisciplinary Humanities (Student)
Caleigh Smith, Student Member, MDes
CLUCA, MFA Fibres and Materiality (Student)
Daniel Gillberg, MFA Sculpture and Ceramics (Student)
Daniel Rumbolt, MFA Fibres and Material Practices (student)
Danika Zandboer, MFA Student, Fibres and Material Practices
Deanna Gene, MA INDI (Student)
Diyar Mayil, Post-Doctorate Fellow
Elena Thomas, MDes Student
Elham Abtahi, INDI PhD, Design and Computational Arts
Elsy Zavarce, PhD Art Education (student)
Emilie Kvist, MFA Print Media (Student)
Erin Hill, PhD Interdisciplinary Humanities (Student)
Fatemeh Hashemi Nasab, MDes Student
Fernanda Suarez, PhD Interdisciplinary Humanities, (Student)
Francis Ouellette, MFA Design and Computational Arts (Student)
Gabi Lacoste, Studio Arts Master’s (Student)
Hailey Wyatt, MDes Design and Computation Arts (Student)
Heewoong Jin, MFA Sculpture (Student)
Heige Kim, PhD Interdisciplinary Humanities (Student)
Illiez Planche, MFA Intermedia (Student)
Jacqueline Beaumont, BFA Design and Computation Arts + Fibres and Material Practices, Research Assistant to Alice Jarry
Jasmine Sihra, PhD Art History, FOFA Curator of Sustainability and Engagement, (Student)
Jenn Kitagawa, MFA Student Member, Fibres and Material Practices
Jennifer Weibe, PhD Art Education (Student)
Jessie Stainton, MA Communications (student), Research Assistant for Arseli Dokumaci
Jordan Utting, MFA Print Media, (Student)
Jules Galbraith, MA Media Studies (Student)
Jose Armando Cuspinera Contreras, Studio Arts Master’s (Student)
Katie-May Arndt, PhD Interdisciplinary Humanities (student)
Laura Acosta, PhD Humanities (Student)
Laurel Rennie, MFA Fibres and Material Practices (student)
Leisure: Meredith Carruthers & Susannah Wesley, collective INDI PhD (students)
Léonie Régol-Péloquin, BFA Fibres and Material Practices, 2026 Undergraduate Fellow
Magdalena Hutter, PhD Humanities (student)
Mak Ékoué, MDes Student, Design and Computation Arts
Malik McKoy, MFA Painting and Drawing (Student)
Marilou Lyonnais Archambault, MFA Intermedia (Student)
Masha Karaganova, BDes (Student), RA-Dr. Miranda Smitheram
Megan Stein, MFA Print Media (student)
Melanie Garcia, MFA Print Media (Student)
Milady Hartmann, MDes student
Monday Einstein, MFA Student,
Mylène Boisvert, Fibres & Material Practices MFA (Student)
Nadia Bunyan, MA INDI (Student)
Niloufar Karimi, MDes Student, Design and Computation Arts
Noémie Carrier, Bdes (Student)
Pramila Choudhary, Textile Designer (M. Des.)
Geography, Urban and Environmental Studies PHD (Student)
Raphaël Viens, MDes, (Student)
Saba Hor, MDes (Student), RA – Dr. Miranda Smitheram
Sarah Bertrand-Hamel, Artist-in-Residence, Fibres and Material Practices
Sharmistha Kar, Art History Master’s (Student)
Sita Singh, BDes (Student), RA-Dr. Miranda Smitheram
Suzen Noesen, MFA Cinema (Student)
Sylvia Rack, MFA Drawing and Painting (Student)
Taylor Craig, BFA Sculpture, 2026 Undergraduate Fellow
Tori MacBeath, PhD Art History
Tricia Enns, MDes
Tristan Nkoghe, Student Member, Interdisciplinary Humanities PhD
Vanessa Mardirossian, PhD INDI (student)
Vanessa Yanow, MFA Student, Fibres and Material Practices
Vann Randall, INDI MASTER’S (Student)
Xénia Lucie Laffely, MFA Fibres and Material Practices (Student)
Yesha Subotincic West, MFA INDI (student)
Yuki Keke Tam, MFA Print Media, (Student)
FORMER TEXTILES AND MATERIALITY MEMBERS
Kelly Thompson, Professor, Studio Arts, Fibres and Material Practices Program, Former Co-director, Textiles and Materiality Research Cluster (Retired)
Barbara Layne, Former Co-director, Textiles and Materiality Research Cluster, Director, Studio subTela
Sarah Nance, LTA Assistant Professor, Fibres and Material Practices
WhiteFeather Hunter, MFA Fibres and Material Practices, Speculative Life BioLab Technician/ PI
Alison Reiko Loader, Affiliate Researcher, PhD candidate, Communication Studies
Kateryna Vatsyk, MFA Fibres and Material Practices
Laurence Weyand, MFA Fibres and Material Practices
Nora T. Lamontagne, MA Communication Studies
Laura Isabel Rosaro, BFA Design and Computation Arts
Jessica Bebenek, MA English & Creative Writing
Lucas LaRochelle, BFA Design and Computation Arts
David Somiah Clark, MDes
Agustina Isidori, Graduate Certificate in Digital Technologies in Design Art Practice, Design and Computation Arts
Lea Schwarz, BFA Sculpture
Claire Nadon, MFA Fibres and Material Practices
Emma Hoch, MA Art Education
Sarah Mauracher, BFA Design for the Theatre (student)
Sandrine Beaud, Digital Creator and Research Intern to Studio subTela
MJ Daines, BFA Art History
Salomé Blain, BFA Design and Computation Arts
Avy Loftus, MA Art Education
Maisa Mreiwed, MA Art Education, Former Research Assistant to Kathleen Vaughn
Patil Tchilinguirian, MDes
Elizabeth Johnson, MFA Fibres and Material Practices, Former Research Assistant to Kelly Thompson
Thorhildur Sunna Johannsdottir, BFA Design for Theatre
Kenza Ka, BFA Design and Computation Arts
Marie Pontais, BFA Computation Arts, Former Research Assistant to Alice Jarry
Eréndira Gonzales, MFA Sculpture and Ceramics
Fanny Savoie, BFA Intermedia, Research Assistant to Barbara Layne (subTela)
Alessia Signorino, BFA Design and Computation Arts
Nicholas Shulman, MA INDI
Kay Noele, MA Art Education
Meghan Riley, BFA Music
Jolee Smith, MA Art History
Charline Lemieux, BFA Fibres and Material Practices
Iso E. Setel, MFA Film Production
Danielle Bessada, MFA Sculpture and Ceramics
Isabelle Charette, BFA Computer Science and Computation Arts
Sophie Heyen-Dubé, BFA Studio Arts, Milieux Undergraduate Research Fellow 2019-20
Negar Nakhai, BFA Studio Arts, Milieux Undergraduate Research Fellow 2019-20
Émilie Régnier, MFA Photography
Maddie McNeely, MFA Sculpture and Ceramics
Juliette Bergeron, MA Art History, Research Assistant to Elaine Cheasley Paterson
Nina Parenteau, BFA Computation Arts & Computer Science
Alexia Farina, BFA Design, Research Assistant to pk langshaw
Yingxian Xiao, Visiting Scholar
Larissa Zemke, MDes
Paule Gilbert, MFA Fibres and Material Practices
Amélie Bélanger, MFA Fibres and Material Practices
Cecilia McKinnon, MFA Fibres and Material Practices
Diyar Mayil, MFA Sculpture and Ceramics
Etta Sandry, MFA Fibres and Material Practices
Karen Kraven, Artist-in-Residence, Sculpture and Ceramics
Marie-Christine Larivière, BFA Design and Computation Arts (student)
Joni Cheung, MFA Sculpture and Ceramics (student)
Rhona Richman Kenneally, Distinguished Professor Emeriti, Design and Computation Arts
Alix Chartier, BFA Design and Computation Arts (student), Biodesign Research Collective
Sam Meech, Assistant Professor, Studio Art
Andrée Uranga Gutierrez, BFA Design and Computation Arts (student), Biodesign Research Collective
Gillian Richards, BFA Design and Computation Arts (student), Biodesign Research Collective
Emily Blair, BFA Fibres & Material Practices (student), Milieux Undergraduate Research Fellow 2021-22
Lauren Osmond, Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Textile Conservation at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Affiliate with Barbara Layne
Janis Jefferies, Professor of Visual Arts Goldsmiths, University of London, UK, Affiliate with Barbara Layne
Andrea Mestre, BFA Design and Computation Arts (student)
Leah Watts, BFA Fibres and Material Practices (student)
Abby Maxwell, INDI Master’s (Student)
Amy Audet-Arcand, Art Education Master’s (Student)
Mike Goldby, MFA Studio Arts, Photography (Student)
Swarm, BFA Fibres and Material Practices (student)
Anne Boutet, BFA Computation Arts and Art History (student)
Donna Legault, INDI PhD (student)
Milkweed at McDonald Woods
Don Undeen, MDEs (student)
Gina Granter, Art History Master’s, (Student)
Jacky Lo, Art Education Master’s (Student)
Ryth Kesselring, MFA Fibres and Material Practices (student)
Molly-Claire Gillett, PhD INDI. Instructor, Department of Art History
Alexandre Prince, Media Studies Master’s (Student)
Zahra Hosseini, Print Media Master’s (Student)
Marcela Szwarc, MFA Painting & Drawing (student)
Hei Lam Ng, MFA Print Media (student)
Shaya Ishaq, BFA Fibres and Material Practices (student)
Selina Latour, MFA Fibres and Material Practices (student)
Mylène Boisvert, Fibres & Material Practices MFA (Student)
Kyle Martens, MFA Sculpture and Ceramics
Martín Rodríguez, MFA Studio Arts, (Student)
Molly Bertheaud, MFA Fibres and Materiality (Student)
Shelley Ouellet, MFA Fibres and Material Practices
Florence Boucher, Student Member, MDes
Pauline Lomami, Student Member, MFA Intermedia
Emilie O’Brien, INDI MA (student)
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