Matt Jones

Hi! I'm Matt Jones (he/him) and I'm Assistant Professor (Teaching Stream) at the Graduate Centre for Academic Communication at the University of Toronto.

I am a scholar of Performance Studies with expertise in student-centred learning and equity-oriented teaching. My research draws on concepts from Performance Studies to develop strategies to help graduate students communicate more effectively.

I was the recipient of a 2022 UTSC Teaching Award from the University of Toronto Scarborough and my current work is supported by a Partnership Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada.

My writing has appeared in SubStance, Performance Research, Theatre Journal, Canadian Theatre Review, and Theatre Research in Canada. My journalistic writing has appeared in the Globe and Mail, the Montreal Gazette, This Magazine, Canadian Dimension, and on my blog, Chez le Piment Rouge.My plays include Dracula in a Time of Climate Change, The Mysterious Case of the Flying Anarchist, and the collective creation Death Clowns in Guantánamo Bay.

I'm currently working on a book about performance in the deathscapes of the War on Terror.