Shannon Vickers
Title: Professor
Office: 4T04
Building: Asper Centre for Theatre and Film
Email: s.vickers@uwinnipeg.ca
Biography:
Shannon Vickers is a Professor in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Winnipeg. She is an interdisciplinary artist-scholar with publications ranging from prolific research-creation in professional theatres across Canada, to impactful published scholarship. Shannon has provided voice, text, and dialect coaching for theatrical productions across Canada, including 21 productions for , Canada’s largest regional theatre.
She is the recipient of the For Outstanding Vocal Scholarship. The first season of her research podcast, , mobilizes research and artistry from leaders in the Arts and Humanities across Canada. In Fall 2022 she will serve as Editor of the Journal.
Her current research investigates somatic, voice-based approaches to nervous system regulation, informed by her year-long training with , and supported by Dr. Stephen Porges’ .
Shannon is a member of Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA), Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE), Canadian Association of Theatre Research (CATR), Canadian Association of Learned Journals (CALJ), and Council of Editors of Learned Journals (CELJ).
Recent Articles:
Voicing Creativity Podcast:
On apple podcasts:
On the Voicing Creativity website:
Contact Professor Vickers by e-mail: s.vickers@uwinnipeg.ca