Teaching
Tenured Full Professor, teaching English 1000 and 3698.
University of New Brunswick, September 2021 to December 2021.
Responsible for lectures, creation of assignments, and grading all work for:
ENGL 1000: Introduction to Twentieth-Century English Literature (enrollment N/A)
ENGL 3698: Canadian Literature from 1970 to the Present (enrollment N/A)
Nominated by students for a Faculty of Arts Award for Excellence in Teaching, May 2021.
On leave from September 2020 to March 2021.
Teaching a summer reading course on Indigenous literatures and cultures to 2 doctoral students, May to August 2020.
University of New Brunswick, September 2019 to April 2020:
Responsible for lectures, creation of assignments, and grading all work for:
ENGL 3608: English-Canadian Literature to 1900 (enrollment of 21)
Teaching an Honours level one-semester seminar that I designed (ENGL #5156: The Politics of Native North American Literatures) to a class of 9 Honours and Qualifying students during the fall of 2019.
Teaching a graduate level, one-semester course that I designed (ENGL #6004: How Should I Read These?: Applying Recent Critical Theory) to a class of 6 Masters and Doctoral students during the winter of 2020.
University of New Brunswick, September 2018 to April 2019:
Responsible for lectures, creation of assignments, and grading all work for:
ENGL 1000: Introduction to Twentieth-Century English Literature (enrollment of 29)
ENGL 1103: Fundamentals of Clear Writing, for the Mi’kmaq-Wolastoqey Centre’s Bridging Year Program (enrollment of 30)
Teaching a graduate level, one-semester course that I designed (ENGL #6609: Reading English-Canadian Gothic Literature) to a class of 7 Masters and Doctoral students during the fall of 2018.
University of New Brunswick, September 2017 to April 2018:
Responsible for lectures, creation of assignments, and grading all work for:
ENGL 1000: Introduction to Twentieth-Century English Literature (enrollment of 14) ENGL 1103: Fundamentals of Clear Writing, for the Mi’kmaq-Wolastoqey Centre’s Bridging Year Program (enrollment of 30)
English 3698: Canadian Literature from 1970 to the Present (enrollment of 7)
Faculty Mentor for a student in the PhD Student Mentorship program for ENGL 1000, January to April, 2018.
Teaching a Special Topics, one-semester course that I designed (ENGL #3987: Fashioning the Nation: Television, Film, and Textual Explorations of Fashion and Citizenship) to a class of 24 undergraduate students from a variety of faculties during the fall of 2017.
Teaching a graduate level, one-semester course that I designed (ENG #6694: The Politics of Native North American Identities) to a class of 6 Masters and Doctoral students during the winter of 2018.
University of New Brunswick, September 2016 to December 2016:
Responsible for lectures, creation of assignments, and grading all work for:
ENGL 5182: Rethinking the Gothic in English-Canadian Literature (enrollment of 5)
ENGL 6748: Americans Write Canada: Reconfiguring Canada in the American Literary Imagination (enrolment of 5)
On sabbatical leave from January 2017 to July 2017.
University of New Brunswick, September 2015 to April 2016:
Responsible for lectures, creation of assignments, and grading all work for:
ENGL 3708: American Literature from 1820 and 1900 (enrollment of 25)
ENGL 3698: Canadian Literature from 1970 to the Present (enrollment of 33)
Teaching a graduate level, one-semester course that I designed (ENGL #6609: Reading English-Canadian Gothic Literature) to a class of 8 Masters and Doctoral students during the winter of 2016.
University of New Brunswick, September 2014 to April 2015:
Responsible for lectures, creation of assignments, and grading all work for:
ENGL 1000: Introduction to Twentieth-Century English Literature (enrollment of 35)
ENGL 2901: English Literature to 1660 (enrollment of 22)
ENGL 2902: English Literature from 1660-1900 (enrollment of 29)
Faculty Mentor for a student in the PhD Student Mentorship program for ENGL 1000, January to April, 2015.
Nominated by students for a Faculty of Arts Teaching Award, May 2014.
University of New Brunswick, September 2013 to April 2014:
Responsible for lectures, creation of assignments, and grading all work for:
ENGL 1000: Introduction to Twentieth-Century English Literature (enrollment of 30)
Teaching a graduate level, one-semester course that I designed (ENGL #6004: How Should I Read These?: Applying Recent Critical Theory) to a class of 6 Masters and Doctoral students during the winter of 2013.
On sabbatical leave from January to July of 2013.
University of New Brunswick, September 2012 to December 2012:
Responsible for lectures, creation of assignments, and grading all work for:
Teaching a graduate level, one-semester course that I designed (ENGL #6609: Reading English-Canadian Gothic Literature) to a class of 10 Masters and Doctoral students during the fall of 2012.
Teaching a Special Topics, one-semester course that I designed (ENGL #3987: Fashioning the Nation: Television, Film, and Textual Explorations of Fashion and Citizenship) to a class of 15 undergraduate students from a variety of faculties during the fall of 2012.
University of New Brunswick, September 2011 to April 2012:
Responsible for lectures, creation of assignments, and grading all work for:
English 6100: Research Methods for Graduate Students (enrollment of 15)
Teaching a graduate level, one-semester course that I designed (ENGL # 6694: The Politics of Native North American Identities) to a class of 10 Masters and Doctoral students during the fall of 2011.
Teaching an Honours level, one-semester course that I designed (ENGL # 5164: How Should I Read These?: Applying Recent Critical Theory) to a class of 9 Honours students during the winter of 2012.
University of New Brunswick, September 2010 to April 2011.
Responsible for lectures, creation of assignments, and grading all work for:
ENGL 1000: Introduction to Twentieth-Century English Literature (enrollment of 33) ENGL 3640: The Canadian Novel (enrollment of 12)
Teaching a graduate level, one-semester course that I designed (ENGL # 6004: How Should I Read These?: Applying Recent Critical Theory) to a class of 13 Masters and Doctoral students during the winter of 2011.
Faculty Mentor for a student in the PhD Student Mentorship program for ENGL 1000, January to April, 2011.
On sabbatical leave from January to July of 2010.
University of New Brunswick, September 2009 to December 2009:
Responsible for lectures, creation of assignments, and grading all work for:
Teaching an Honours level one-semester seminar that I designed (ENGL 5185: Rewriting the Past: Contemporary English-Canadian Historical Novels) to a class of 10 Honours students during the fall of 2009.
Teaching a graduate level, one-semester course that I designed (ENGL # 6694: The Politics of Native North American Identities) to a class of 6 Masters and Doctoral students during the fall of 2009.
University of New Brunswick, September 2008 to April 2009:
Responsible for lectures, creation of assignments, and grading all work for:
ENGL 3703: Nineteenth-Century American Poetry and Prose (enrollment of 45)
ENGL 3083: Introduction to Critical Theory (enrollment of 38)
ENGL 1000: Introduction to Twentieth-Century English Literature (enrollment of 35)
Teaching a graduate level, one-semester course that I designed (ENGL # 6643: Rewriting the Past: Contemporary English-Canadian Historical Novels) to a class of 6 Masters and Doctoral students during the winter of 2009.
Faculty Mentor for a student in the PhD Student Mentorship program for ENGL 1000, January to April, 2009.
University of New Brunswick, September 2007 to April 2008:
Responsible for lectures, creation of assignments, and grading all work for:
ENGL 3610: English-Canadian Poetry and Prose from the pre-Confederation Era to the Present (enrollment of 28)
ENGL 3083: Introduction to Critical Theory (enrollment of 35)
Teaching a graduate level, one-semester course that I designed (ENGL #6004: How Should I Read These?: Applying Recent Critical Theory) to a class of 13 Masters and Doctoral students during the winter of 2008.
On maternity leave from July 2006 to September 2007.
On sabbatical leave from July 2005 to July 2006.
University of New Brunswick, September 2004 to April 2005:
Responsible for lectures, creation of assignments, and grading all work for:
ENGL 3640: The Canadian Novel (enrollment of 41)
Teaching an Honours level one-semester seminar that I designed (ENGL #5185: Rewriting the Past: Contemporary English-Canadian Historical Novels) to a class of 12 Honours and Qualifying students during the winter of 2005.
Teaching a graduate level, one-semester course that I designed (ENGL #6607: Canadian Literature in the UNB Archives: Textual Theory and Editorial Practice) to a class of 10 Masters and Doctoral students during the fall of 2004.
University of New Brunswick, September 2003 to April 2004:
Responsible for lectures, creation of assignments, and grading of all work for:
ENGL 3988: What’s So Funny? A Cross-Border Study of Humour in Literature and Performance (enrollment of 59)
ENGL 3610: English-Canadian Poetry and Prose from the pre-Confederation Era to the Present (enrollment of 29)
Taught an Honours level one-semester seminar that I designed (ENGL #5163: Border Crossings: Comparative Canadian and American Fiction) to a class of 13 Honours and Qualifying students during the fall of 2003.
On maternity leave from September 2002 to April 2003.
University of New Brunswick, September 2001 to April 2002:
Responsible for lectures, creation of assignments, and grading of all work for:
ENGL 3743: Nineteenth-Century American Fiction (enrollment of 23)
ENGL 3988: What’s So Funny? A Cross-Border Study of Humour in Literature and Performance (enrollment of 47)
ENGL 3083: Postcolonial Theory (enrollment of 34)
Taught a graduate level, one-semester course that I designed (ENGL # 6607: Canadian Literature in the UNB Archives: Textual Theory and Editorial Practice) to a class of 17 Masters and Doctoral students during the winter of 2002.
University of New Brunswick, September 2000 to April 2001:
Responsible for lectures, creation of assignments, and grading of all work for:
ENGL 1000: Introduction to Twentieth-Century English Literature (enrollment of 35)
ENGL 3640: The Canadian Novel from the pre-Confederation Era to the Present (enrollment of 38)
ENGL 3703: Nineteenth-Century American Poetry (enrollment of 40)
Taught a graduate level, one-semester course I designed (ENGL # 6694: The Politics of Native North American Identities) for a class of 9 Masters and Doctoral students during the winter of 2001.
University of New Brunswick, September 1999 to April 2000:
Responsible for lectures, creation of assignments, and grading of all work for:
ENGL1000: Introduction to Twentieth-Century English Literature (enrollment of 22)
ENGL 2901: English Literature to 1660 (enrollment of 28)
ENGL 2803: Introduction to Critical Theory (enrollment of 38)
Designed and taught a graduate level, one-semester course (ENGL # 6604: Rethinking the Canadian Canon) for a class of 5 Masters and Doctoral students.
Teaching Assistant for ENG 338A, Modern Drama. University of Toronto. May 20 to June 25, 1997:
Responsible for co-grading a final essay and marking a term test for a class of forty students; provided consultation hours for students to discuss essay and test writing strategies.
Guest Lecturer for ENG B50Y, Women Writers. University of Toronto at Scarborough. March 10, 12, 1997:
Presented two lectures on Margaret Atwood’s The Robber Bride.
Instructor for ENG 182F, Effective Technical Writing for Engineers. University of Toronto, September to December, 1996:
Responsible for creating a course of study and grading all written work, teaching (2 hours weekly), designing nine in-class writing assignments (including a memo, a process description, and an executive summary) and a final project for a class of twenty-three students.
Teaching Assistant for ENG 252Y, Canadian Literature. University of Toronto at Mississauga, November, 1994 to May, 1995:
Responsible for grading two mid-term tests and one final essay for a class of sixty-eight students; provided consultation hours for students throughout the year.