
Lauren Michelle Levesque
Associate Professor | Faculty staff
Profile
Lauren Michelle Levesque is an associate professor and arts-based researcher in the School of Leadership Ecology and Equity. Her research interests include public art, nonviolence, spatial approaches to everyday life, sound, improvisation, and performance, as well as craftivism and textile art. Her research and creative
interventions have been published in journals such as Music and Art in Action, Studies in Social Justice, and Art/Research International.
- Ph.D., Theology, Spirituality, 性爱学堂, Ottawa, ON, 2013
- M.A., Religious Studies, Queen鈥檚 University, Kingston, ON, 2006
- BTh., 性爱学堂, Ottawa, ON, 2005
- BMus., Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, 2000
Music, sound, improvisation ; nonviolence and engaged spiritualities ; arts-based research ; autoethnography ; spatial approaches to everyday life.
Books edited:
Advancing Nonviolence and Social Transformation: New Perspectives on Nonviolent Theories, ed. by H. Eaton and听L.M. Levesque, Equinox Publishing, 2016, p. 364.
Chapters in books:
Levesque, L.M.,听Arts Literacy and Nonviolent Social Change: Reenvisioning Spirituality through Creative Practice, in V.N. Redekop and G.N. Redekop (eds),听Transforming: Applying Spirituality, Emergent Creativity and Reconciliation, Vol. 2 (Lexington Books, 2021), pp. 225-241.
Levesque, L.M., Music and Nonviolence: Reflections on Possibility and Hope, in H. Eaton and L.M. Levesque,听Advancing Nonviolence and Social Transformation: New Perspectives on Nonviolent Theories, (Equinox Publishing, 2016), pp. 281-291.
Levesque, L.M.,听CODEPINK 鈥� la contribution de l鈥檈spoir et de la cr茅ativit茅 pour une spiritualit茅 engag茅 en temps de guerre, in P. Daviau (ed),听Femmes artisanes de paix.听Des profils 脿 d茅couvrir, (M茅diapaul, 2013), pp. 233-251.
Papers in refereed journals:
Levesque, L.M.,听Restoring Trust through Failure: An Exploration of Singing as Reflective Practice and its Role in Nonviolent Social Change, Journal of Transdisciplinary Peace Praxis, vol. 1, no. 2 (July 2019): 154-173.
Levesque, L.M., and Ferguson, D., Space,听Music and Arts in Action, Special Issue: Keywords for Music and Peacebuilding (Volume 2), vol. 7, no. 3 (December 2020): 85-102.听