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Teaching

2011 - 2019: Catherine Legault, Supervisor, PhD (Humanities)

"An 'Appropriate' Sexual Citizenship?:  Young Canadian Muslims' Sexual Identity After 9/11"

2011 - 2016: Vanessa Reimer, Supervisory Committee, PhD (Gender, Feminist & Women's Studies)
"The Princess and the Styrofoam Cup: Analyzing Sexual Purity Discourses in Young Women's Evangelical Christian Literature"

2014: Debra Danilewitz, First Reader, Major Research Paper, M.A. (Humanities)

"The Therapeutic Value of Children's Picture Books: How Picture Books Matter"

2012: Jamie Giannou, Second Reader, Major Research Paper, M.A. (Humanities)
"How the Early German Romantics Invented “Writing in Role”: Friedrich Schlegel and Drama as Pedagogy"

2004 - 2008: Stella East, Supervisor, M.A. (Interdisciplinary Studies)
"Marginalization of Visual Storytelling in Children's Picturebooks: Authorship in Visual Language"

2005 - 2007: Sandra Bardocz, M.A. (Interdisciplinary Studies)
"Do Contemporary Development Texts and Practices Support or Impede Achieving MDG2 in Urban Areas Within the Developing World?: A Literature Review and Case Study Analysis."

February 2019: Committee Member, PhD Defence of Anah-Jayne Markland (PhD Humanities), “‘Stones Can Make People Docile’: Oppressive School Spaces and Student Rebellions in Children’s and Young Adult School Stories”

November 2017: Supervisor, PhD Defence of Catherine Legault (PhD Humanities), “An ‘Appropriate’ Sexual Citizenship?:  Young Canadian Muslims’ Sexual Identity After 9/11”

February 2016: Committee Member, PhD Defence of Vanessa Reimer (PhD Gender, Feminist & Women’s Studies), “The Princess and the Styrofoam Cup: Analyzing Sexual Purity Discourses in Young Women's Evangelical Christian Literature”

April 2015: Internal Outside Member, MA Thesis Oral Exam of Adrian Khan, "From the Peaks and Back: Exploring the Educational Journeys of Trans-Himalayan Students in Kathmandu, Nepal(MA International Development Studies)

April 2015: Internal Outside Member, PhD Dissertation Oral Exam of Jamie Trepannier, "Building Boys, Building Canada: The Boy Scout Movement in Canada, 1908-1970" (PhD History)

December 2014: Member of Examining Committee, General Comprehensive Examination of Anah-Jayne Markland (PhD Humanities)

September 2014: Internal Outside Member, PhD Dissertation Oral Exam of Angela Rooke, "Raising Christian Citizens for the Twentieth Century: Children, Religion, and Society in Protestant Ontario" (PhD History)

April 2013: Internal Outside Member, PhD Dissertation Oral Exam of Marc Richard, “Traces of Motion: Making the Learning Visible in Creative Dance Education” (PhD Education)


March 2012: Internal Outside Member, PhD Dissertation Oral Exam of Jennifer Summers, “Community-Based CBT for Childhood Anxiety: An Examination of Treatment Effectiveness and Children’s Motivation to Change” (PhD Psychology)

June 2011: Internal Outside Member, M.Ed. Thesis Oral Exam of Matina Mosun, "An Examination of Two Forms of Reading Extension Activities for Grade One Struggling Readers" (M.Ed.)

December 2010: Internal Outside Member, M.Ed. Thesis Oral Exam of Kimberly Mahon, "Reclaiming Voice in Anderson's Speak: Adolescent Girls' Self Awareness of Aphasia in the Intermediate Classroom" (M.Ed.)

December 2010: Dean's Representative, PhD Dissertation Oral Exam of A. Brady Curlew, "Play/Counterplay: The Cultural Politics of Digital Game Modifications" (PhD, Communications and Culture)

August 2006: Dean's Representative, MA Thesis Defence of Veronika Charles, "Making Traditional Tales Relevant for Contemporary Children" (M.A., Interdisciplinary Studies)

2011: Ryan Heimpel. Supervisor, Honours BA Thesis (Individualized Studies)
"Conscientious Classrooms: Establishing a Need for Critical Digital Literacy in the 21st Century."

 

TERM

UNIVERSITY

COURSE #

DESCRIPTION

 

INSTRUCTOR

 

 

2018-19

York

CCY/HUMA 4142 6.0 ONLN

Contemporary Children’s Culture through Documentary Film (Summer 2019)

2015-16

York

HUMA 1970 6.0

The Worlds of Childhood

 

 

HUMA 3691 3.0

Picture Books in Children's Culture

2014-15

York

HUMA 1970 6.0

The Worlds of Childhood

 

 

HUMA 2690 6.0

On Children: Introduction to Children's Studies

2013-14

York

HUMA 2690 6.0

On Children: Introduction to Children's Studies

 

 

HUMA 4141 6.0

Children, Youth., & Digital Culture (online)

2012-2013

York

HUMA 3961 3.0

Picture Books in Children's Culture

 

 

HUMA 4141 6.0

Children, Youth, & Digital Culture (online)

2011-2012

York

HUMA 4145 6.0

Fantasy and Children's Culture

 

 

HUMA 4000 6.0 M

Digital Children and Youth (undergraduate directed reading course)

 

 

HUMA 4000 3.0 S1

Representations of Children's Alterity (undergraduate directed reading course)

2010-2011

York

HUMA 3697 3.0M

Writing by Children and Youth

 

 

HUMA 4000 3.0M

Powerful Picture Books (undergraduate directed reading)

 

 

HUMA 4145 6.0

Fantasy and Children's Culture

 

 

HUMA 4000 6.0A

Representations of Children's Alterity (undergraduate directed reading course)

 

 

GS/HUMA 5000 6.0

Representations of Children's Alterity (graduate directed reading course)

 

 

GS/HUMA 6321 3.0F

Children, Youth, and Digital Culture (graduate)

2008-2009

York

HUMA 2690

On Children: Introduction to Children's Studies

2007-2008

York

HUMA 4050 6.0

Children's Fantasy Literature and Film (undergraduate directed reading)

 

 

HUMA 2690

On Children: Introduction to Children's Studies

 

 

HUMA 4050 6.0

Here and There, Then and Now: Fairy Tales in Different Media for Children and Adults (undergraduate directed reading)

2006-2007

York

HUMA 1970

The Worlds of Childhood

 

 

HUMA 4140

Childhood in Canadian Culture

2005-2006

York

HUMA 1970

The Worlds of Childhood

 

 

HUMA 3690

Children’s Literature & Film Adaptations

 

 

HUMA 4050

Children's Fantasy: From The Golden Age to The Golden Compass (undergraduate directed reading)

 

 

INST 5010

Word and Image: Reading Text and Illustration in Children’s Picture Books (graduate directed reading)

2004-2005

York

HUMA 1970

The Worlds of Childhood

 

 

HUMA 4140

Childhood in Canadian Culture

 

 

HUMA 4050

Alterity in Children’s Literature (undergraduate directed reading)

Winter 2004

Guelph

ENGL*2740-01

Children’s Literature

 

UWO

English 172G

Speculative Fiction: Fantasy

 

 

Writing 203

Writing for Publication (online)

Fall 2003

Guelph

ENGL*2920

Creative Writing: Fiction

 

 

ENGL*2740-01

Children’s Literature

 

 

ENGL*2740-02

Children’s Literature

Summer 2003

UWO

Writing 101F

Introduction to Expository Writing (online)

Inters. 2003

UWO

English 133E

Children’s Literature

Winter 2003

Guelph

DRMA*3850

Canadian Drama and Theatre

 

 

ENGL*2550

Native Literatures (Canadian and American)

 

UWO

Writing 101F

Introduction to Expository Writing (online)

2002-2003

UWO

English 133E

Children's Literature

Fall 2002

UWO

Writing 101F

Introduction to Expository Writing

 

Guelph

ENGL*2740

Children's Literature

 

 

ENGL*1200

Reading the Contemporary World

Summer 2002

UWO

English 274E

Canadian Literature

Winter 2002

UWO

Writing 203G

Writing for Publication

Fall 2001

Guelph

ENGL*2740

Children’s Literature

 

 

ENGL*1200

Reading the Contemporary World

Summer 2001

UWO

English 133E

Children’s Literature

 

 

Writing 101F

Introduction to Expository Writing (online)

Winter 2001

UWO

Writing 207G

Writing and Reading in an Electronic Environment

 

Guelph

DRMA*1000

Introduction to Theatre

Fall 2000

UWO

Writing 207F

Writing and Reading in an Electronic Environment

 

 

Writing 101F

Introduction to Expository Writing

 

Guelph

DRMA*1000

Introduction to Theatre

 

 

ENGL*2740

Children's Literature

Summer 2000

UWO

English 133E

Children's Literature

Winter 2000

UWO

Writing 101F

Introduction to Expository Writing

 

Guelph

ENGL*2130

Literature and Social Change

 

 

ENGL*1200

Reading the Contemporary World

1999-2000

UWO

English 133E

Children's Literature

Fall 1999

Guelph

ENGL*3680

Contemporary Canadian Literatures

 

 

ENGL*2740

Children's Literature

Summer 1999

UWO

English 133E

Children's Literature

 

 

English 209E

The Novel

Winter 1999

UWO

Writing 207G

Writing and Reading in an Electronic Environment

1998-99

UWO

English 133E

Children's Literature

Fall 1998

Guelph

ENGL*2740

Children's Literature

Summer 1998

UWO

English 133E

Children's Literature

Winter 1998

Guelph

ENGL*2740

Children's Literature

Fall 1997

Guelph

ENGL*2740

Children's Literature

1997-98

UWO

English 133E

Children's Literature

Winter 1993

Guelph

ENGL*1200

Reading the Contemporary World

Fall 1992

Guelph

ENGL*1200

Reading the Contemporary World

 

ASSISTANT

 

 

1996-97

UWO

English 154E

Film Comedy / Film Genres (Prof. Lawrence Garber)

1995-96

UWO

English 153E

History of American Film (Prof. Pieter Pereboom)

1994-95

UWO

English 133E

Children's Literature (Prof. Marnie Parsons)

1993-94

UWO

English 133E

Children's Literature (Prof. Joanne Buckley)

Winter 1992

Guelph

ENGL*1200

Reading the Contemporary World (Prof. Constance Rooke)

Fall 1991

Guelph

ENGL*1200

Reading the Contemporary World (Prof. Constance Rooke)

 

  • 1990-91; 1992-93: Secondary Programs Consultant, Baffin Divisional Board of Education
  • 1985-90, 1976-79: Elementary and Secondary School Teacher (Quebec, Nova Scotia, Nunavut)
  • 1984-85: Executive Director, Atlantic Publishers Association
  • 1979-83: Freelance Writer; contributing editor to Quill & Quire
  • 1972-73: Resident Artist in Drama, Wilfrid Laurier University
  • 1970-1975: Actor, Director, Creative Drama Instructor in theatre for young audiences

Teaching and Research Interests

  • Children's and Young Adult Literatures
  • Canadian Literatures
  • First Nations Literatures
  • Drama and Film
  • Issues of Gender and Race
  • Writing (creative; electronic; publication; expository)
  • Pedagogy and Digital Technologies

 

2002

Ph.D. (English), The University of Western Ontario Dissertation: "Some 'Male' from Canada 'Post': Heterosexual Masculinities in Contemporary Canadian Writing"

1992

M.A. (English)- with distinction, University of Guelph Thesis: "Life After Man: 'New' Men in Canadian Fiction" Supervisors: Dr. Diana Brydon and Dr. Janice Kulyk Keefer

1976

Diploma in Education, McGill University

1972

B.A. (English), Wilfrid Laurier University

 

  • SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship, 1995-97
  • Graduate Tuition Scholarship, The University of Western Ontario, 1995-1997
  • The George Wicken Prize in Canadian Literature, 1994
  • Ontario Graduate Scholarships, 1993-95
  • University Graduate Fellowship, University of Guelph, 1991-92
  • Hilroy Teaching Fellowship (secondary school teaching), 1990

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