Dr. Miranda Campbell
Dr. Miranda Campbell is an Associate Professor in the School of Creative Industries at Ryerson University. Her research focuses on creative employment, youth culture, and small-scale and emerging forms of cultural production. Her book, Out of the Basement: Youth Cultural Production in Practice and in Policy, mapped the changing realities of youth self-employment in creative fields in the 21st century, and was shortlisted for the Donner Prize for the best public policy book by a Canadian. Her involvement with creative communities includes coordination and Board of Director roles with Rock Camp for Girls Montreal, a summer camp dedicated to empowerment for girls through music education, and with Whippersnapper Gallery, an artist-run centre focusing on emerging artists in Toronto.
Research Interests:
Youth culture
Cultural policy
Creative Labour
Critical pedagogy
Small-scale Cultural Production
Creative industries
Gender studies
Selected publications available here.
Erika Chung
Erika Chung is a PhD candidate in the joint Communication and Culture program at Ryerson University and York University. Her research focuses on the experiences of women of colour in comic book fan culture and the intersectionality of race and gender. She works with Dr. Miranda Campbell on the “Comic Cons: An Emerging Media Industry” research project, led by PI Dr. Benjamin Woo at Carleton University.
Calla Evans
Calla Evans is a PhD student in Communication and Culture at Ryerson University. Her research explores fat identity construction and performance within digitally mediated communities. She is also a working lifestyle and documentary photographer. Calla has worked on two research projects with the CCC research lab: Community Youth Arts Programs as Creative Industries Incubators and Mapping Canadian Arts-Service Organizations as Cultural Research Conduits.
Lucy Wowk
Lucy Wowk is interested in moments of encounter between ethics and aesthetics. Lucy is currently completing an M.A. in Communication in Culture at Ryerson University and York University, and is the recipient of the Ryerson Graduate Development Award and the Canada Graduate Scholarship (SSHRC). Their current research focuses on theories of affect, translation, and auto-fictional inquiries into philosophical concepts. Lucy has worked on the “Community Youth Arts Programs as Creative Industries Incubators” and “Mapping Canadian Arts-Service Organizations as Cultural Research Conduits” research projects with the CCC lab.