The School benefits enormously from the dedicated work of part-time staff who bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the classroom.
Derek Newman-Stille
Sessional Faculty Member, Canadian Studies: CAST-SOCI-GESO 4551H: Gender & Disability in Canada FA 24
Secretary: Jeannine Crowe, (705) 748-1817
Derek Newman-Stille (they/them) is a disabled, queer, nonbinary, fat femme activist, author, artist, academic, and editor. They teach at Trent University where they are currently completing their PhD examining representations of disability in Canadian speculative fiction. Derek’s research interests include disability studies, Queer theory and LGBTQ2IA studies, digital humanities, arts-based research, and speculative fiction. Derek is the 9 time Aurora Award-winning creator of the digital humanities hub Speculating Canada. They have published in academic fora such as Mosaic: A Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature, Creative Teamwork: Developing Rapid, Site-Switching Ethnography, The Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, The Canadian Fantastic in Focus, and Misfit Children: An Inquiry into Childhood Belongings. They have also published in the public press in fora such as Quill & Quire, Uncanny Magazine, Nothing Without Us, Accessing the Future, The Playground of Lost Toys, and The Spoonie Authors' Network. Derek's most recent books are Whispers Between Fairies (Renaissance Press, 2020), Over the Rainbow: Folk and Fairy Tales from the Margins (Exile, 2019), and We Shall Be Monsters: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein 200 Years On (Renaissance Press, 2019)