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Robin Whittaker
BA (LAURIER), MA (ALBERTA), PHD (TORONTO)
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Robin C. Whittaker teaches dramatic literature courses in Canadian, Modern, and Twentieth-Century theatre; theatre theory and criticism; and Research Methods in English.
His current research and publishing activity focuses on nonprofessionalizing theatre practices in Canada. His book (UTP 2024) explores the first one hundred years of North America’s longest-running women-led theatre company in the context of the professionalization of theatre in English-speaking Canada. He is co-creator of the verbatim play (Talonbooks 2019), editor of (AUP 2008), founding editor of , and past Artistic Producer and Faculty Advisor for Theatre St. Thomas (2014-19). Since 2013 he has served on the Board of the Canadian Association for Theatre Research (CATR), of which he was elected President in 2022.