Koby Rogers Hall

Koby Rogers Hall is a Part-Time Lecturer at Concordia University, affiliated with the Theatre Department and the School of Community and Public Affairs. Based in Montreal, she works as an artist, writer, and social practice facilitator, focusing on dialogical arts practices, migrant justice, and community activism. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Humanities at Concordia's Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture (CISCC), supported by prestigious awards including the SSHRC CGS Doctoral Scholarship and Miriam Aaron Roland Fellowship.

• Education:
  • MA in Arts Politics, Tisch School of the Arts (NYU)
  • BFA in Theatre (Collective Creation specialization), York University

Her research explores migrant justice and settler-colonial relations through social arts practices, with a focus on Indigenous Peoples resurgence. She is involved in SSHRC-funded projects on Afrofuturism/Black Lives Matter in Canadian Art and Oral History Performance/Transformative Justice.

Her pedagogy includes community-based experiential learning and socially engaged performance, teaching courses like Gender and Sexuality in Performance and Socially Engaged Theatre & Activism. She has collaborated with institutions like La Mama ETC., Skol, and the Acts of Listening Lab.

• Scientific Awards:
  • SSHRC CGS Doctoral Scholarship
  • Rosa Parks Fellowship for Non-violent studies
  • Zonta Club of Ottawa Emerging Artist Award
  • Concordia Merit Scholarship
  • Hydro-Quebec Graduate Award
  • Miriam Aaron Roland Fellowship

She actively facilitates social practice design with collectives including Mischief Theatre, PreOccupations, and the Artists’ Bloc of Montreal's Immigrant Workers’ Center. Her practice engages contested knowledge systems and Indigenous sovereignty frameworks through performance-based interventions.