Joel Baetz
Associate Professor and Chair, English
B.A., M.A. (McGill), Ph.D. (York)
Durham Campus, OSH 158, ext. 5074
Peterborough Campus, WH 122, ext. 7732
joelbaetz@trentu.ca
Research Interests: Canadian literature, comics, urban studies, and poetry.
Joel Baetz in the News: Professor Baetz welcomes Oscar-nominated director Hubert Davis; The Symons Award for Excellence in Teaching and OUSA Award for Excellence in Teaching
Jan Anderson
Assistant Professor, English
B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (York)
Traill College, Wallis Hall 125, ext. 7703
jananderson@trentu.ca
Research Interests: African, Caribbean, African American, and African Canadian literature; Afro-futurism.
Suzanne Bailey
Professor, English
Director, M.A. English Literature (Public Texts)
B.A. (Queen's), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)
Traill College, Wallis Hall 119, ext. 6093
sjbailey@trentu.ca
Research Interests: Women’s writing, North American and postcolonial; travel writing; visual arts, including printmaking and book illustration; nineteenth-century Canadian writing; Victorian literature; literature and science; literary theory; aging and the life course.
Rita Bode
Professor, English
B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)
Durham Campus, OSH 155, ext. 5002
rbode@trentu.ca
Research Interests: Nineteenth- and early twentieth-century British and American literature; nineteenth-century American women writers and transatlantic studies; early twentieth-century Canadian literature.
Stephen Brown
Professor, English and Director, Theatre Emphasis Program
B.A., M.A. (Windsor), B.A., Ph.D. (Queen's), F.S.A. (Scot)
Champlain College K2, ext. 7421
swbrown@trentu.ca
Affiliated Fellow of the Centre for the History of the Book, University of Edinburgh
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
3M National Teaching Fellow
Honorary Lifetime Fellow of the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Recipient of a CILIP Besterman McColvin Print Award (2012)
The Symons Award for Excellence in Teaching
Emily Bruusgaard
Assistant Professor, English
B.A. (Waterloo), M.A. (Trent), Ph.D. (Queen's)
Traill College, Wallis Hall 118, ext. TBA
emilybruusgaard@trentu.ca
Research Interests: Canadian and Indigenous literatures; material culture and narratives of domestic production, needlework and textiles; mental illness and generational trauma; intersections of fat, disability, and aging studies; the production of white femininities; Martha Ostenso; Laura Goodman Salverson; Sara Jeannette Duncan; Lucy Maud Montgomery.
Sally Chivers-Storey
Professor, English Department and Gender & Social Studies Department
B.A. (Calgary), Ph.D. (McGill)
Lady Eaton College S112, ext. 7950
sallychivers@trentu.ca
Research Interests: Disability and age studies; health humanities; digital storytelling for social change.
Sally Chivers in the News: Trent University in Peterborough honours Dr. Sally Chivers with Distinguished Research Award
Charmaine Eddy
Associate Professor, English
M.A. (Western Ontario), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Champlain College S403, (705) 748-1011 ext. 7398
ceddy@trentu.ca
Research Interests: Modern and contemporary American fiction; Black American fiction; critical race theory; new materialisms and object-oriented ontology; William Faulkner; Toni Morrison.
Hugh Hodges
Chair, Cultural Studies
Professor, English and Cultural Studies
Graduate Faculty, M.A. English Literature (Public Texts)
Ph.D. Cultural Studies
B.A. (Queen's), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)
Traill College, Scott House 212, ext. 7733
hughhodges@trentu.ca
Research Interests: African, West Indian, Black British and South Asian literature; oral traditions and popular music; postcolonial theory.
Hugh Hodges in the News: Professor Hodges provides insight into the humanities
Ihor Junyk
Associate Professor, Cultural Studies and English
Director, Journalism & Creative Writing Program, Durham-GTA
B.A. Hons. (U.W.O.), M.A. (Queen’s), Ph.D. (University of Chicago)
Traill College, Scott House 204, ext. 6052
ihorjunyk@trentu.ca
Research Interests: Modernism and the avant-garde; war, trauma, memory, particularly in Ukraine; exile, displacement, diaspora; creative writing; visual culture; popular music.
George Kovacs
Associate Professor, Ancient Greek and Roman Studies and Director, Classics Drama Group
B.A. (Trent), M.A. (Memorial), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Lady Eaton College, S106, ext. 7355
gakovacs@trentu.ca
Research Interests: Greek poetry of the Archaic and Classical periods, with special interests in Greek and Roman drama and stagecraft and in the reception of Greek myth in modern popular culture.
Aaron Kreuter
Assistant Professor, English
B.A. (Concordia); M.A. (University of Victoria), Ph.D. (York University)
Research Interests: Creative writing; world literature; settler colonial fiction; Jewish fiction; Israel/Palestine studies; eco-fiction.
Andrew Loeb
Assistant Professor, English
B.A., M.A. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Ottawa)
Traill College 124, ext. 7168
andrewloeb@trentu.ca
Research Interests: Early modern drama; music theory and practice; cognitive literary studies; theatre history; gender and sexuality; witchcraft; audience studies; subjectivity.
Lewis MacLeod
Professor, English
B.A. (Windsor), M.A. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Memorial)
Traill College, Wallis Hall 123, ext. 6022
lewismacleod@trentu.ca
Research Interests: Modern and postmodern British literature; postcolonialism; narratology.
Lewis MacLeod in the News: Dr. MacLeod welcomes some of Canada's top authors to Peterborough
Kelly McGuire
Associate Professor, English and Gender & Social Justice
Director, Gender and Women's Studies
B.A. (Queen’s); M.A. (Western); Ph.D. (Western)
Lady Eaton College, N130.1, ext. 7574
kellymcguire@trentu.ca
Research Interests: Health humanities and the cultural representation of disease; gender, social justice, and public health; eighteenth-century world literature; literary theory; cultural history; feminist studies and women's writing.
Amanda Paxton
Assistant Professor, English
B.A. (Toronto), M.A., Ph.D. (York)
Durham Campus A165
amandapaxton@trentu.ca
Rob Winger
Associate Professor, English
Coordinator, Creative Writing Option
B.A. (Mount Allison), B.Ed. (Ottawa), M.A. (Guelph), Ph.D. (Carleton)
Traill College, Wallis Hall 120, ext. 7484
robwinger@trentu.ca
Research Interests: Canadian literature and culture; creative writing; creative critique; contemporary and twentieth-century poetry and fiction.
Rob Winger in the News: Celebrating Dr. Winger's new book of poetry