Liam Mitchell
Associate Professor, Cultural Studies
Coordinator of Media Studies
BA (Thompson Rivers), MA (York), PhD (Victoria)
Traill College, ext. 6072, liammitchell@trentu.ca
Research Interests: Game studies, media theory, political theory, cultural politics, social media, Heidegger, Foucault.
Sally Chivers
Professor, English
BA (Calgary), PhD (McGill)
Lady Eaton College, 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, 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
Chair and Associate Professor, Cultural Studies
BA (Carleton), MA (York/Ryerson), MFA (Bard), PhD (York/Ryerson)
Traill College, 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, 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
Associate Professor, English
B.A. (Queen’s); M.A. (Western); Ph.D. (Western)
Lady Eaton College, 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.
Lab Instructor, Computing and Information Systems
Alan O’Connor
Professor, Cultural Studies
BA (Trinity College, Dublin), MA, PhD (York)
Durham Campus, 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, ext. 6052, annepasek@trentu.ca
Research Interests: climate change, energy/environmental humanities, science communication, visual culture, new materialisms, infrastructure, cultural politics
Joshua Synenko
Associate Professor & Graduate Program Director
Cultural Studies
BA (York), MA (Western), PhD (York)
Traill College, ext. 6164, joshuasynenko@trentu.ca
Research Interests: cinema studies, media theory, social and political thought, visual culture