Faculty & Research
Joshua Synenko
Assistant Professor, Cultural Studies
Coordinator of Media Studies
BA (York), MA (Western), PhD (York)
Traill College, Scott House 212, ext. 6164 joshuasynenko@trentu.ca
Research Interests: Cities, collective memory, mobility, space, technology, visual culture.
Sally Chivers
Professor, English
BA (Calgary), PhD (McGill)
Lady Eaton College S112, ext. 7950, sallychivers@trentu.ca
Research Interests: The interplay between aging and disability in the public sphere, with a focus on care narratives in the context of austerity. Ongoing research interests in Canadian literature, film, and how artistic forms, especially literature and film, contribute to critical thought and social movements.
Kelly Egan
Assistant Professor, Cultural Studies
BA (Carleton), MA (York/Ryerson), MFA (Bard), PhD (York/Ryerson)
Traill College, Scott House 203, ext. 6042, kellyegan@trentu.ca
Research Interests: Avant-garde cinema, media arts, media archaeology, film preservation and archival theory, aesthetics, visual culture, materiality.
Paul Manning
Professor, Anthropology
PhD (Chicago)
Champlain College E1.3, ext. 7271, paulmanning@trentu.ca
Research Interests: Print and digital culture, publics, semiotics, materiality, old and new media, online games, folklore, science and technology studies. Wales, Georgia.
Jamie Mitchell
Lab Instructor, Computing and Information Systems
Liam Mitchell
Associate Professor, Cultural Studies
Chair of Cultural Studies
BA (Thompson Rivers), MA (York), PhD (Victoria)
Traill College, Scott House 201, ext. 6072, liammitchell@trentu.ca
Research Interests: Game studies, media theory, political theory, cultural politics, social media, Heidegger, Foucault.
Alan O’ConnorProfessor, Cultural Studies
BA (Trinity College, Dublin), MA, PhD (York)
Durham Campus, Room 164, ext. 5030, aoconnor@trentu.ca
Rosemary Devlin
Academic Administrative Assistant
Traill College, Scott House, Room 202, rdevlin@trentu.ca