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I received my PhD in English with a specialization in Canadian literature from the University of Victoria in 2005 and my MA in English from the University of Manitoba in 2000. I spent several years away from academia working as a support worker in at-risk communities, and as a freelance writer.
Prior to joining Laurier, I taught at the University of Winnipeg (2005-2006) and the University of Victoria (2003-2005), as well as at the Victoria School of Writing (2004-2005).
The main focus of my research is Canadian literature, with an emphasis on modernist and contemporary poetry. I have an ongoing research project concerning the gender and race politics of the elegy in Canadian literature, and am also working with intersections of the urban and wild in Canadian poetry, and with the philosophy of Simone Weil as it appears in Canadian literature. In addition to these research projects, I am also a working poet and my creative work appears frequently in literary journals in Canada and the U.K.
I am willing to supervise graduate students in the areas of Canadian poetry or fiction, with an emphasis on projects concerning affect theory, elegy and memorialization, gender and/or class politics, and theories of nation and citizenship.
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F: 519.884.8307
Office location: DAWB 3-130
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On sabbatical.
Languages spoken: English