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The Faculty of Arts at the University of Waterloo is seeking to fill a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair and tenure track position at the rank of Assistant Professor with an anticipated (flexible) start date of January 2022. The applicant will be an exceptional Indigenous scholar who has a demonstrated commitment to engaging both Indigenous and non-Indigenous students and community members in teaching and research activities and whose work will contribute to one or more of our academic units.

Congratulations to UWaterloo English almuna Dr. Sara Humphreys on the publication of her new book, Manifest Destiny 2.0: Genres in Games Worlds (U of Nebraska P, 2021). Dr. Humphreys is a 2008 graduate of UWaterloo English’s PhD program.

We're proud to announce the names of UWaterloo English's class of 2020, including graduates from both the spring and fall convocations. These students persevered through the COVID pandemic and navigated many unexpected challenges, both educational and personal, to achieve their degrees. Congratulations and all the best for the future! 

Spring 2020

Graduate

The recipients of the 2019-2020 English Awards have been announced. Congratulations to all the winners!

To read a statement from the department congratulating the winners, see our blog, Words in Place.

Here are the recipients:

Words in Place: Congratulations Dr. Evelyn Deshane!

Congratulations to UWaterloo English’s newest PhD, Dr. Evelyn Deshane. Evelyn successfully defended “Wish You Were Here: Transgender Road Narratives and The Place for Identity".

Congratulations to UWaterloo English’s newest PhD, Dr. Jason Lajoie. On November 20, Jason successfully defended “Technologies of Identity: A Queer Media Archaeology".

Congratulations to all our new Waterloo English graduates! Here is the Waterloo English class of 2019:

Congratulations to UWaterloo English’s newest PhD, Dr. Patricia Ofili. On May 6, Patricia successfully defended “Contextual Complexities and Nelson Mandela’s Braided Rhetoric".