Jessamyn Fairfield

Jessamyn Fairfield is a lecturer in the School of Natural Sciences and the School of English, Media and Creative Arts at the University of Galway. She holds a PhD in Physics from the University of Pennsylvania as well as an MA in Writing from the University of Galway. She leads research and practice on the intersection between science and the performing arts, and is an improviser, writer, and performer. She founded Bright Club Ireland, a research comedy variety night which has held over a hundred events across Ireland and trained hundreds of academics in standup comedy. Her most recent project, We Built This City on Rock and Coal, explored climate action using improvised theatre, co-creating 30 shows with remote coastal Irish communities.