A photo of Dr. Chelsea Jones. She has shoulder-length blonde hair and wears glasses. She is looking directly at the camera with a slight smile.

A photo of Dr. Chelsea Jones. She has shoulder-length blonde hair and wears glasses. She is looking directly at the camera with a slight smile.

Chelsea Jones

Research Associate II: Arts, Access, and Livelihoods

Chelsea is a critical disability studies researcher whose doctoral research, in the area of Communication and Culture (Toronto Metropolitan and York Universities, 2016), focused on gathering phenomenological reflections on community-based writing processes involving people with non-normative approaches to writing. This work used freewriting as an entry point toward understanding hidden and overlooked communication practices. 

Between 2018 and 2019 Chelsea was the Mitacs Postdoctoral Fellow at the Vocally Oriented Investigations of Creative Expression (VOICE) Lab at the University of Regina. Cross-appointed between Social Work and Media, Art and Performance (MAP) at the University of Regina, her community based research took place in a studio for creative expression that connects those with complex vocal disabilities to arts practice and research while critiquing the politically significant and privileged role of "voice" and “giving voice” in disability-based research. 

Chelsea is also an award-winning journalist with a focus on writing for disability activism. She currently teaches a course on disability studies research methods at Toronto Metropolitan University’s School of Disability Studies. She also the co-host and co-producer of a Toronto Metropolitan-based teaching and learning podcast called “Podagogies: A Learning and Teaching Podcast.”