SASAH Fellows

Manina Jones

Director, SASAH/Dept. of English and Writing Studies

Research Interests / Specializations: I have been fortunate to have the opportunity to work across the field of Canadian literature, publishing work with a historical range from the early nineteenth century to contemporary writing, and spanning poetry fiction, drama, and autobiography. Recent research in Canadian literature, on collaborative writing, extends my ongoing interest in composite authorship and in the ways competing desires, motives, ideologies, and historical and aesthetic sensibilities can make themselves felt in a single text. My research in popular culture addresses detective fiction, understanding the genre in its aesthetic, social, and economic contexts.

Barbara Bruce

Assistant Professor, Experiential Learning Specialist

Research Interests / Specializations: Student Professional Development; Classic Hollywood Cinema; Film History, Theory, and Criticism; Popular Culture; Canadian Literature and Culture; Colonial Discourse and Postcolonial Theory; Museum Studies

Joel Faflak

Professor, Dept. of English and Writing Studies

Research Interests / Specializations: My research is anchored in British literature and thought 1750-1850, with a focus on the tumultuous and paradigm-shattering Romantic literature, philosophy, and culture (roughly 1789-1832) as they emerge from the Enlightenment and get transformed (or not) in the Victorian period.

Helen Fielding

Professor, Dept. of Philosophy

Research Interests / Specializations: Twentieth Century Continental Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy, Phenomenology

John Hatch

Associate Professor / Dept. of Visual Arts

Research Interests / Specializations: 20th-century art, art theory, and architecture, specifically Dada and Neo-Dada; Post-WWII European and American Art; early abstract art (1910-1940); intersections between art and science.

Kate Korycki

Assistant Professor / Dept. of GSWS

Research Interests / Specializations: Identity politics; collective memory (and amnesia); critical theory, critical race theory & critical whiteness theory; structural intersections of gender, race and class; French post-structuralism; anti-communism and neo-liberalism

Kelly Olson

Professor, Dept. of Classical Studies

Research Interests / Specializations: Ancient history, more specifically Greek and Roman society and culture: social attitudes, social structure, women, the family, sexuality, and slavery, clothing and appearance; Greek and Roman art and architecture; Greek and Roman historiography; sexuality and appearance in Western culture. Publications include articles on costume, women, Roman art, and ancient society.

Randall Pogorzelski

Associate Professor, Dept. of Classical Studies

Research Interests / Specializations: Roman literature, especially Augustan and early imperial poetry; literary theory; classical reception.

Ruth Skinner

Assistant Professor, Community Engagement and Outreach Coordinator

Research Interests / Specializations: Digital and media literacy; artists' publishing and distribution practices; archival practices and principles; artist-run culture and advocacy in Canada; histories and theories of photography.; intersections of art, esotericism & foresnics.

Kim Solga

Professor, Dept. of English and Writing Studies

Research Interests / Specializations: I’m a teacher and researcher, a performance scholar and a proud feminist. I work on modern feminist performance, on early modern performance and its contemporary iterations, and on contemporary urban performance.

Charles Weijer

Professor, Dept. of Philosophy

Research Interests / Specializations: Bioethics, Research Ethics