Graduate Student Successes Archives - Department of English Language and Literature /english/category/graduate/graduate-student-successes/ 杏吧原创 University Thu, 04 Dec 2025 18:23:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Graduate students Matthias (Matty) Grosser and Simon Turner featured in FASS News Story /fass/story/spotlighting-fass-researchers-in-trans-and-queer-studies/#new_tab Thu, 04 Dec 2025 18:07:30 +0000 /english/?p=27770 At 杏吧原创鈥檚 Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS), student researchers are reshaping how we understand representation and relationships through work that is grounded both in scholarship and lived experience. Through projects that examine topics on queer retellings of classical texts and the ethics of empathy within alternative kinship networks, students like Matthias (Matty) Grosser and Simon Turner are challenging […]

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Graduate students Matthias (Matty) Grosser and Simon Turner featured in FASS News Story

December 4, 2025

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At 杏吧原创鈥檚 Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS), student researchers are reshaping how we understand representation and relationships through work that is grounded both in scholarship and lived experience.

Through projects that examine topics on queer retellings of classical texts and the ethics of empathy within alternative kinship networks, students like  and Simon Turner are challenging long-held assumptions in literature, film, and culture.

Their work highlights the power and consequences of the stories we tell, offering new ways to think about identity, community, and solidarity in a rapidly shifting social landscape.

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]]> Congratulations to Dr. Andrew Connolly on tenure-track position /english/2025/congratulations-to-dr-andrew-connolly-on-tenure-track-position/ Tue, 16 Sep 2025 20:34:25 +0000 /english/?p=27172 Dr. Andrew Connolly (PhD 2015) has recently taken up a tenure-track position in the Department of English at Mount Royal University in Calgary. Dr. Connolly鈥檚 research and teaching are in the field of American Literature, and he has particular interests in popular print culture, religion, and spirituality.

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Congratulations to Dr. Andrew Connolly on tenure-track position

December 4, 2025

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(PhD 2015) has recently taken up a tenure-track position in the Department of English at Mount Royal University in Calgary. Dr. Connolly鈥檚 research and teaching are in the field of American Literature, and he has particular interests in popular print culture, religion, and spirituality.

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]]> Congratulations to Dr. Hisham Al Khatib (PhD 2022) on new appointment /english/2025/congratulations-to-dr-veronika-kratz-phd-2023-on-tenure-track-position/ Tue, 16 Sep 2025 20:29:42 +0000 /english/?p=27169 Dr. Hisham Al Khatib (PhD 2022), a Professor (Organizational Behaviour and Strategic Frameworks) at George Brown College in Toronto, has recently been appointed as a Director to the Board of the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences. To this role, Dr. Al Khatib will bring his interests in organizational behaviour, strategic leadership, and inclusive […]

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Congratulations to Dr. Hisham Al Khatib (PhD 2022) on new appointment

December 4, 2025

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Dr. Hisham Al Khatib (PhD 2022), a Professor (Organizational Behaviour and Strategic Frameworks) at George Brown College in Toronto, has recently been appointed as a . To this role, Dr. Al Khatib will bring his interests in organizational behaviour, strategic leadership, and inclusive practices in higher education.

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]]> Congratulations to Dr. Veronika Kratz (PhD 2023) on tenure-track position /english/2025/27125/ Thu, 11 Sep 2025 19:44:01 +0000 /english/?p=27125 In the fall of 2025, Dr. Kratz took up a tenure-track position as an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She鈥檚 teaching courses on the environmental humanities as well as U.S. literary cultures and is working on a research project on the cultural history of the ecosystem […]

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Congratulations to Dr. Veronika Kratz (PhD 2023) on tenure-track position

December 4, 2025

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In the fall of 2025, Dr. Kratz took up in the Department of English at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

She鈥檚 teaching courses on the environmental humanities as well as U.S. literary cultures and is working on a research project on the cultural history of the ecosystem concept in the contexts of Cold War radioecology and contemporary debates concerning nuclear energy. 

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]]> Spotlight on Research: Contract Instructor John Coleman has published a new article in Modern Fiction Studies /english/2025/spotlight-on-research-may-2025/ Wed, 07 May 2025 18:17:05 +0000 /english/?p=26419 Congratulations to Dr. John Coleman for the publication of his new article, “The Business Case for Diversity: Hari Kunzru’s Transmission as Commentary on Racialized Literary Promotions,” which has recently been published in Modern Fiction Studies. Coleman argues that Kunzru鈥檚 novel Transmission allegorizes the experiences of Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) authors, implicitly querying Penguin鈥檚 self-branding as […]

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Spotlight on Research: Contract Instructor John Coleman has published a new article in Modern Fiction Studies

December 4, 2025

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Congratulations to Dr. John Coleman for the publication of his new article, which has recently been published in Modern Fiction Studies. Coleman argues that Kunzru鈥檚 novel Transmission allegorizes the experiences of Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) authors, implicitly querying Penguin鈥檚 self-branding as an antidote to racialized disparities in literary production. Transmission self-reflexively critiques the influence of publishing agents helping author postcolonial and similarly constructed niche genres of literature. Through this critique, the novel figures the distance a work鈥檚 nominal author has from controlling reception over their oeuvre and persona. Transmission is also canny about casting Penguin鈥檚 diversity initiatives as injecting sought-after authorial brands into the market, something Coleman‘s article also works to critique. As an open-access essay, Coleman鈥檚 essay is ready to read and enjoy.

Front cover of the Plume edition of Hari Kunzru’s Transmission

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]]> Congratulations to English Alum, Ben Ladouceur, who has published his first novel /english/2025/english-alum-ben-ladouceur-publishes-first-novel/ Mon, 24 Mar 2025 13:19:40 +0000 /english/?p=26109 Congratulations to Ben Ladouceur (B.A. English 鈥09 / M.A. English 鈥12) on the publication of his first novel, I Remember Lights (Book*hug Press, forthcoming April 2025). An award-winning poet, Ben has turned to fiction to tell a story of queer life in Centennial-era Canada. Of the novel, writer Loghan Paylor says: 鈥淏en Ladouceur has crafted […]

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Congratulations to English Alum, Ben Ladouceur, who has published his first novel

December 4, 2025

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Congratulations to Ben Ladouceur (B.A. English 鈥09 / M.A. English 鈥12) on the publication of his first novel, (Book*hug Press, forthcoming April 2025). An award-winning poet, Ben has turned to fiction to tell a story of queer life in Centennial-era Canada. Of the novel, writer Loghan Paylor says: 鈥淏en Ladouceur has crafted a raw, intimate portrait of queer desire and resilience against the well-researched and cunningly detailed backdrop of Expo 67 and 1970s Montreal.鈥

Pre-order your copy now!

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]]> Prof. Sarah Waisvisz Publishes Heartlines with Methuen Drama /english/2024/prof-sarah-waisvisz-publishes-heartlines-with-methuen-drama/ Thu, 15 Feb 2024 16:12:15 +0000 /english/?p=24378 A graduate of the PhD in English at 杏吧原创 in 2014, Prof. Waisvisz is now Assistant Professor in the DAN School of Drama and Music at Queen鈥檚 University. A playwright, dramaturge, and multi-disciplinary performer, Prof. Waisvisz鈥檚 two-act play Heartlines (about queer-Jewish activists Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore) premiered to sold-out audiences at Ottawa鈥檚 2020 undercurrents […]

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Prof. Sarah Waisvisz Publishes Heartlines with Methuen Drama

December 4, 2025

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A in 2014, Prof. Waisvisz is now Assistant Professor in the DAN School of Drama and Music at Queen鈥檚 University. A playwright, dramaturge, and multi-disciplinary performer, Prof. Waisvisz鈥檚 two-act play Heartlines (about queer-Jewish activists Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore) premiered to sold-out audiences at Ottawa鈥檚 2020 undercurrents festival and had a sold-out mainstage run at Great Canadian Theatre (GCTC) in 2022. (Bloomsbury UK) in the collection Global Jewish Plays. Congratulations, Prof. Waiswisz!

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]]> Elizabeth Dizon (MA 2021) Begins A Law Degree /english/2024/elizabeth-dizon-ma-2021-begins-a-law-degree/ Tue, 23 Jan 2024 14:00:06 +0000 /english/?p=24252 After completing a Master鈥檚 degree in English in 2021, which included a Master鈥檚 Research Paper on feminist literary responses to reproductive rights during the women鈥檚 liberation movement, Elizabeth Dizon worked for the City of Calgary as a Student Lease Analyst. She is now a J.D. candidate at the University of Calgary. Bravo, Elizabeth!

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Elizabeth Dizon (MA 2021) Begins A Law Degree

December 4, 2025

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After completing a Master鈥檚 degree in English in 2021, which included a Master鈥檚 Research Paper on feminist literary responses to reproductive rights during the women鈥檚 liberation movement, Elizabeth Dizon worked for the City of Calgary as a Student Lease Analyst. She is now a J.D. candidate at the University of Calgary. Bravo, Elizabeth!

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]]> Dr. Veronika Kratz (PhD 2023) Wins Prestigious SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship at Queen鈥檚 University /english/2024/dr-veronika-kratz-phd-2023-wins-prestigious-sshrc-postdoctoral-fellowship-at-queens-university/ Mon, 22 Jan 2024 18:29:39 +0000 /english/?p=24246 Dr. Kratz鈥檚 doctoral research examined desertification in the US context as a discourse through which drought and drylands have been and are (mis)understood. Her postdoctoral work at Queen’s engages in a cultural history of the ecosystem concept through the lens of cold war nuclear energy research and the mid-twentieth century environmentalist movement in the US […]

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Dr. Veronika Kratz (PhD 2023) Wins Prestigious SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship at Queen鈥檚 University

December 4, 2025

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Dr. Kratz鈥檚 doctoral research examined desertification in the US context as a discourse through which drought and drylands have been and are (mis)understood. Her engages in a cultural history of the ecosystem concept through the lens of cold war nuclear energy research and the mid-twentieth century environmentalist movement in the US to rethink contemporary approaches to nuclear energy within the context of the climate emergency. Congratulations, Dr. Kratz!

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]]> Congratulations to Prof. Melissa Pullara (PhD 2019)! /english/2023/congratulations-to-prof-melissa-pullara-phd-2019/ Mon, 04 Dec 2023 19:45:43 +0000 /english/?p=24093 Congratulations to Prof. Melissa Pullara (PhD 2019)! Prof. Pullara was appointed Assistant Professor at Mount Royal University (Calgary), on July 1, 2023. Prof. Pullara specializes in early modern drama. Her doctoral thesis analyzed how the psychological effects of human encounters with the supernatural in a variety of early modern plays (including those by George Chapman, […]

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Congratulations to Prof. Melissa Pullara (PhD 2019)!

December 4, 2025

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Congratulations to Prof. Melissa Pullara (PhD 2019)!

Prof. Pullara was appointed , on July 1, 2023. Prof. Pullara specializes in early modern drama. Her doctoral thesis analyzed how the psychological effects of human encounters with the supernatural in a variety of early modern plays (including those by George Chapman, John Marston, Thomas Middleton, and William Shakespeare) implicitly manifest socio-political critiques of 16th and 17th century English gender and power systems.

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