Ryan Devitt

Contract Academic Staff
Ryan Devitt smiling in front of a black background

Department of English

Department of Sociology and Legal Studies

PhD, University of Waterloo

MA, University of Waterloo

BA, University of Waterloo

P: 519-884-8111 x 28314

E: rdevitt@uwaterloo.ca

Office: SH 2109

Publications

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Articles

"Avant-Garde Literature and the Ground of Rights." Law & Literature, (2023).

"Toward a Foucauldian Literary Criticism." Poetics Today, 42:4 (2021), 471-98.

Courses taught

ENGL 210I/LS 291: Legal Writing

ENGL 213/LS 292: Literature and the Law

LS 101: Introduction to Legal Studies

LS 202: Criminal Law

LS 401: Law, Culture, and Rights

Professional, administrative and community service

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Administrative

St. Jerome's University

Vice President, St. Jerome's University Academic Staff Association, July 2020–present.

Academic Staff Association Representative, Joint Committee on the Administration of Collective Agreements, St. Jerome’s University, May 2020–present.

St. Jerome's University Academic Staff Association Representative, Contract Faculty Committee, Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations, April 2019–present.

Faculty Representative, Joint Working Group on Intellectual Property, St. Jerome's University, December 2022–May 2023.

Chief Negotiating Officer, Contract Academic Staff Bargaining Unit, St. Jerome’s University Academic Staff Association, November 2021–October 2022.

St. Jerome's University Academic Staff Association Representative, Collective Bargaining Committee, Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations, June 2021–July 2022.

Acting President, St. Jerome's University Academic Staff Association, July 2021–December 2021.

Faculty Representative, St. Jerome's University Strategic Plan Steering Committee, February 2021–October 2021.

Liaison Officer, Contract Academic Staff Bargaining Unit, St. Jerome's University Academic Staff Association, July 2019–July 2020.

Senate Council, Contract Academic Staff - Elected, 2017-2018.

Faculty Advisor to Undergraduate Mock Trials (UGMT) Criminal Division, 2016-2022.