Julia Gray

Julia Gray is Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream in Health Humanities within the Department of Health and Society at University of Toronto Scarborough. She holds a Ph.D. from OISE/University of Toronto's Adult Education and Community Development program, an M.A. from York University, and a B.F.A. in Theatre from York University. Her interdisciplinary research bridges performance studies, critical disability theory, and health sciences.

Key research areas include:

• Arts-based interventions for disability inclusion
• Feminist and queer phenomenological approaches
• Participatory performance methodologies
• Therapeutic clowning in healthcare

As a playwright and director, she has created research-informed theatre projects including 'After the Crash: a play about brain injury' and 'Cracked: new light on dementia.' Current work examines embodied knowledge production through 'foolish enactment' methodologies. She served as Visiting Scholar at York University's Sensorium Centre (2020-21) and Postdoctoral Fellow at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital (2016-20).

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