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Abigail Shabtay

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Department of Humanities

Assistant Professor

Email: ashabtay@yorku.ca


Dr. Abigail Shabtay is an Assistant Professor in the Children, Childhood, and Youth program in the Department of Humanities. She is also appointed to the graduate programs in Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies, Education, Communication and Culture, and Humanities. Dr. Shabtay has received awards for excellence in teaching and research in her field, including the LA&PS Dean's Award for Distinction in Research (2022-2023), the Humanities Award for Teaching Excellence (2020-2021), the York Student Accessibility Award (2020-2021), and the Ada Slaight Drama-in-Education Research Award (2018-2019). Dr. Shabtay’s research focuses on children’s rights, social justice, child-centred research methodologies, experiential pedagogies, theatre with children and youth, youth activism, and drama-based participatory action research. She is currently the Principal Investigator for multiple SSHRC-funded projects related to children, youth, and the performing arts. She has served on organizing committees for eight academic conferences in her field and is the Chair of the annual "Children, Youth and Performance Conference".

Note from Dr. Shabtay: I take graduate primary supervision very seriously, dedicate a lot of energy and care to this responsibility, and only accept graduate students if I have the required time and expertise to support their work (this support typically begins before the student applies at York). If you are a student applying to a graduate program at York and would like to work with me, please ensure that you reach out to me before listing me on your application as a potential primary supervisor.

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Degrees

PhD, McGill University
MA, King's College London (UK)

Research Interests

Children , Youth, Youth Activism, Social Justice, Drama-Based Research, Children's Rights