Jonathan Shailor

Dr. Jonathan Shailor (Ph.D., University of Massachusetts) is the Director of the Certificate Program in Conflict Analysis & Resolution and The Shakespeare Prison Project. His teaching and research focus on language and social interaction: storytelling, dialogue, and performance for personal and social transformation.

Areas of Expertise

Communication
Conflict Transformation
Community Dialogue
Performance
Shakespeare

(2022) Theatre of Empowerment. Drama Therapy Review, 45-58 pp. PDF
(2021) Review of the book Performing Arts in Prisons: Creative Perspectives. Theatre Research International, 411-413 pp. PDF
(2021) The dialectics of subversion: prison theatre, human rights, and social justice. Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 419-426 pp. PDF
(2018) "The Shakespeare Prison Project". Captured Words/Free Thoughts: Writings From America's Prisons, 1 page pp.
(2013) Kings, warriors, magicians, and lovers: Alternative performances of masculinity in prison. University of Illinois Press, pp. 13-38 pp. PDF
(2011) Shailor, J. (accepted). Humanizing education behind bars: The theatre of empowerment and the Shakespeare project. In Stephen Hartnett (Ed.), Empowerment or incarceration? Reclaiming hope and justice from the prison-industrial complex. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press.Industrial complex. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press.. University of Illinois Press., pp. 229-251 pp.
(2011) Performing New Lives: Prison Theatre. Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 300 pp.
(2011) Shailor, J. (2010). Prison Theatre and the Promise of Reintegration. In J. Shailor, "Performing New Lives: Prison Theatre.". London & Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers., 17 pp.
(2011) Shailor, J. (2010). Introduction. In J. Shailor (Ed.), "Performing New Lives: Prison Theatre." . London & Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers., 15 pp.
(2008) "When Muddy Flowers Bloom: The Shakespeare Project at Racine Correctional Institution". PMLA (Journal of the Modern Language Association). Widely acknowledged as a top-tier academic journal., 14 pp.

Teaching Awards

(2023) Board of Regents Teaching Excellence Award — University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents
Jonathan Shailor received one of the two annual awards presented to faculty and academic staff members at UW System institutions in recognition of outstanding career achievement in teaching.
(2017) Sister Joel Read Civic Engagement Practitioners Award — Wisconsin Campus Compact
The Sister Joel Read Civic Engagement Practitioners Award recognizes outstanding faculty who have built successful campus-community partnerships, supporting both student learning and development, and the civic mission of the institution.
(2015) Outstanding Educator — Phi Delta Kappa, Kenosha-Racine Chapter
Recognized for 20 years of teaching communication, theatre, and conflict resolution classes to prisoners at Racine Correctional Institution.
(2011) Certificate of Excellence in Community-Based Learning — Center for Community Partnerships
Recognition for trainings conducted at HALO (Homeless Assistance Leadership Organization), Racine, with Comm 485 (Practicum in Conflict Analysis and Resolution).
(1998) Stella Gray Award for Teaching Excellence — University of Wisconsin-Parkside

Research/Creative Awards

(2016) Excellence in Community-Based Teaching and Research Award — University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Recognition for 20+ years of excellence in community-based research and creative activity, including The Theatre of Empowerment and The Shakespeare Prison Project at Racine Correctional Institution.
(2015) CMM Institute Fellowship — The CMM Institute, Villanova University, and the Fielding Institute
The Fellowship is granted in recognition of my work as a distinguished scholar and practitioner in the field of Communication. I will present my work to an international group of scholars in Munich, Germany in September 2015.

Areas of Expertise

University Service

Professional Service

Public Service

UW System Service