Career

Education

Ph.D., English, McMaster University, 2002–2006

M.A., English, University of Guelph, 1999–2001

B.A., English Literature (Honours) and Religion (Minor), Concordia University, 1996–1999

Diplôme d’études collégiales, Creative Arts, Champlain Regional College (Lennoxville, Québec), 1994–1996

Positions Held

Visiting Research Fellow, TransCanada Institute, University of Guelph, 2012–

Contract Academic Staff, Contemporary Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University (Brantford campus), 2010–2012

Copy Editor, Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures, 2010–

Visiting Scholar/Committee member, L.M. Montgomery Institute, University of Prince Edward Island, 2009–2011 (News item) (News item)

Leverhulme Visiting Fellow, Institute of Humanities and Creative ArtsUniversity of Worcester (UK), 2009–2010 (News item)

Director, L.M. Montgomery Research Group, 2008– (also: Co-Chair, with Jason Nolan and Yuka Kajihara, 2006–2008; Co-Founder and Co-Moderator, LMM-L: L.M. Montgomery E-Mail List, University of Toronto, 1998–2006)

Steering Committee and Webmaster, Early Canadian Literature Society, 2008–2010

Research Associate, Modern Literature and Culture Research Centre, Ryerson University, 2007– (Profile)

Visiting Scholar, Department of English and Film Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, 2007–2009

SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of English and Film Studies, University of Alberta, 2007–2009

Research Associate, Centre for Research in Young People’s Texts and Cultures, University of Winnipeg, 2006– (Profile)

Editorial Board/Online Editor, Canadian Children’s Literature / Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse, University of Winnipeg, 2006–2008

Assistant Professor (Limited-Term Appointment), Department of English, University of Winnipeg, 2006–2007

Founding Chair, Graduate Student Mentorship Program, Department of English and Cultural Studies, McMaster University, 2005–2006

Member, English Graduate Student Caucus Steering Committee, Department of English and Cultural Studies, McMaster University, 2004–2006

Research Associate, Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare, University of Guelph, 2001–2002

Assistant Editor, Canadian Children’s Literature / Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse, University of Guelph, 2001–2004 (also: Online Editor, 2003–2004; Administrator, 2003–2004; Acting Administrator, 2002; Typesetter, 2001–2004; Editorial Assistant, 2000–2001)

Editorial Board, The Harrow: Original Works of Fantasy and Horror, 2000–2002

Editorial Assistant, Matrix Magazine, Concordia University, 1996–1999

Administrative Affairs Coordinator, Concordia Association of Students in English, Concordia University, 1998–1999

Founder and President, Creative Writing Club, Champlain Regional College, 1995–1996