Monica Prendergast is professor of drama/theatre education, Department of Curriculum & Instruction, University of Victoria, British Columbia. Her research interests include curriculum studies and pedagogy, drama/theatre in community contexts and arts-based qualitative research methods. Her books include Applied Theatre (3rd ed. 2023) and Applied Drama, Teaching Spectatorship, Poetic Inquiry, Staging the Not-Yet, Drama, Theatre and Performance Education in Canada, Poetic Inquiry II, Teachers and Teaching on Stage and on Screen and Applied Theatre: Ethics (2022). Her CV includes 50+ peer reviewed journal contributions, 30+ chapters, book reviews and professional contributions. Monica also reviewed theatre for CBC Radio Canada for fifteen years and wrote a regular column on theatre for Focus Magazine.
Contact: Department of Curriculum & Instruction, University of Victoria, 3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada.