Profiles
Ms Natalie Raven
Wellbeing Workshop Leader
School of Psychology (Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences)
Role
Currently
- Wellbeing Workshop Leader
- PhD Candidate
Previously
- Associate Lecturer in Theatre & Performance
- Co-facilitator, Performance. Experience. Presence. research group (2015-2016)
- Student Representative for PGR in the faculty of Arts & Humanities (2014-2016)
- Committee Member, The Postgraduate Society (2014-2016)
Qualifications
- Plymouth University: 2014 to present (FT) PhD Performance Studies
- Plymouth University: 2016 (FT) Introduction to Teaching and Learning
- De Montfort University: 2010 - 2012 (PT) MA in Drama
- De Montfort University: 2005 – 2008 (FT) BA (hons) in English and Drama (1st class)
Professional membership
- Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- Member of TaPRA (Theatre and Performance Research Association)
- a-n: The Artist Information Network
Teaching interests
I have taught on a variety of modules across various disciplines, including Theatre and Performance, Dance, Acting, Fine Art, and currently Journalism.
I specialise in
- Feminist Performance Making
- Live and Performance Art
- The Body in Performance
- Gender Studies
- Cultural and Critical Contexts of Performance
- Training for Performance
Research interests
My research interests include:
- Textiles in performance
- Gender, identity, and the body in performance
- Semiotic, scenographic and phenomenological approaches to performance making
- Feminism
- Nakedness, nudity, adornment & costume practices
Additional information
· W: http://www.natalieraven.co.uk/
· B: http://www.natalieraven.blogspot.co.uk/
· T: @NatalieRavenArt