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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.

 

 

 

 

 

Sallyi ChiversSally 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.

 

 

 

 

 

Finis Dunaway

Professor, History
BA (N. Carolina), PhD (Rutgers)

Traill College, Wallis Hall 118, ext. 7026, finisdunaway@trentu.ca

Research Interests: Modern United States cultural and environmental history; American Studies; visual culture; mass media and the environment; arctic landscapes

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kelly McGuire  

Assistant Professor, English
B.A. (Queen’s); M.A. (Western); Ph.D. (Western)

Lady Eaton College N 130.1, ext. 7574, kellymcguire@trentu.ca

Research interests: Eighteenth-century literature and cultural history; medical history; plague writing and public health; biothrillers and biopunk; disease and national character; women’s writing; sermon literature.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Jamie Mitchell

  Lab Instructor, Computing and Information Systems

  jamiemitchell@trentu.ca

 

 

 

 

 

 

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’Connor

Professor, Cultural Studies
BA (Trinity College, Dublin), MA, PhD (York)

Durham Campus, Room 164, ext. 5030, aoconnor@trentu.ca

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anne Pasek

Canada Research Chair in Media, Culture and the Environment
Assistant Professor, Cultural Studies
BA (University of Alberta), MA (McGill), PhD (New York University)

Traill College, Scott House 204. ext. 6052, annepasek@trentu.ca 

Research Interests: climate change, energy/environmental humanities, science communication, visual culture, new materialisms, infrastructure, cultural politics

 

 

 

 

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