Chair and Professor Lynne Conner

Lynne Conner is a cultural historian and Chair of the Department of Theatre at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte whose research interests are focused on studying the history and contemporary status of audience behavior. Related publications include Audience Engagement and the Role of Arts Talk in the Digital Era (Palgrave Macmillan) and a widely cited chapter (“In and Out of the Dark: A Theory of Audience Engagement from Sophocles to Spoken Word”) in Engaging Art: The Next Great Transformation of America’s Cultural Life (Routledge).

I look forward to opportunities to engage with and learn from audience researchers coming from a variety of perspectives.