Welcome to my portfolio website! I am a researcher and community engaged scholar interested in how social order is accomplished and maintained in real time interaction, particularly under conditions of uncertainty and the unexpected. 
An Kosurko
Ph.D., Social Sciences
Improvisation & Interaction
My current research explores improvisation as an interactional phenomenon, examining how participants draw on the organization of unfolding interaction to navigate the unexpected and adapt courses of action in real time.
This research is developing through comparative analysis of video-recorded interaction, a scoping review of improvisation and interaction across the social sciences, and collaborative work with international scholars and practitioners in a variety of contexts. (go to Research)
Community Engagement and Knowledge Mobilization
I am also a partner at The A-Frame, a strategic communications and design practice through which I have worked in content development, video documentary, community engagement, and knowledge mobilization.
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Exploring everyday spontaneity to support caring relationships
This arts-based project brings together artists, researchers, and people in caring relationships who live with dementia.
The program consists of various events that include:
An orientation meeting and visioning session (up to 1 hour)
A creative improvisation workshop (approximately 2 hours)
An interview and/or a focus group (approximately 1-2 hours)
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For more information and to get involved, please learn more and download the informed consent form.
Our work is supported by the Musagetes Foundation and hosted by the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Guelph.
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