Education
PhD, Western University
MA, Western University
BA (Honours), St. Francis Xavier University
Teaching
I teach introductory courses in English and senior courses in Canadian, postcolonial, and diasporic literatures. My classes incorporate a variety of learning activities (workshops, collaborative exercises, reflection activities, free-writing, etc.). I also use staged writing assignments to provide students with feedback throughout the writing process. If you are interested in taking one of my classes, please don't hesitate to contact me. For more information on my teaching, see below.
Research
My research focuses on questions of embodiment, identity, and power in relation to issues of race, gender, sexuality, and class. I am particularly interested in representations of the senses, concepts of relationality, and intersections of diaspora, indigeneity, and settler colonialism in Canada. My current research project focuses on the role of smell in Canadian diasporic women's writing. I am also interested in representations of resource extraction sites such as the Alberta tar sands. In addition to my disciplinary research, I participate in the scholarship of teaching and learning (SOTL). For more information on my research, see below.
Journal Articles
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL)
Before coming to Augustana, I taught a variety of courses in English and Interdisciplinary Studies at Western University and Huron University College in London, Ontario. At Augustana, I have taught the following courses:
In 2018/19, I will be teaching the following courses:
English 102 has two objectives. The first is to train students in the practices of analytical reading and critical thinking. To that end, we will read engaging literary texts in several genres. The second objective is to help students develop effective communication skills, particularly their writing abilities. To develop writing techniques, we will workshop grammatical skills which will provide the necessary building blocks for university-level writing. Prerequisite: ELA 30-1 or AUENG 101.
Fall Term 2020 Winter Term 2021Development of literature in English in Canada from the middle of the twentieth century to the present, an age that some have termed postmodernist. The course focuses on the rise and fall of realism in fiction and also the emergence of distinctively Canadian voices among our poets. Included are works by Laurence, Atwood, Wiebe, Munro, Davies, Birney, Page, Purdy, and Layton. Prerequisites: *3 in English at the 100-level. Note: Not to be taken by students with credit in AUENG 381.
Winter Term 2021Selected topics that highlight the interdisciplinary nature of the Liberal Arts and Sciences. This seminar-style class is a key aspect of the Augustana First Year Experience. The focus and content of each course are determined by faculty interests, and vary from year to year.
Fall Term 2020