ROBERT L POWELL

EDUCATION
 
2024          M.F.A., Writing and Literature, Bennington College, VR 05201-6003
(expected graduation 2026)
 
2022          Phd. ABD, English, University of Toronto, Toronto ON, CANADA
(unawarded; departed in good standing)
 
2015          M.A., English Language and Literature, Queen’s University, Kingston ON, CANADA
 
2014          B.A.(Hons) with High Distinction, English Specialist, Minor Paradigms and Archetypes,
University of Toronto, Toronto ON, CANADA
 
 
AREAS OF RESEARCH
 
20th century American literatures; Contemporary American poetry American and Anglo modernisms; History and Philosophy of Science; American pragmatism; aspects of theory; the epistemology of reading; mad studies
 
 
PUBLICATIONS
 
Refereed Journal Articles
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“Take Me At My Word: Environments of (Mis)Trust in Jeanette Winterson’s The Passion.”
IDIOM English Undergraduate Academic Journal. 8 (2014): 42-48.
 
 
Other Publications
 
“My Suburbia Was a Woodland.” The Rising Phoenix Review. Jan, 2024.
 
“Frost.” The Eunoia Review. Dec, 2023.
 
“And the Sea Brags of its Shells.” Haven Spec, 11. Nov, 2023.
 
“Are Bright Things to Pray For.” Impossible Archetype, 14. Aug, 2023.
 
“Five Characters.” The Rumen. Jul, 2023.
 
“Hurt.” [ . . . ]
 
“Edward Burtynsky: Oil at the ROM.” The HuffPo. 29 May, 2011.
 
“AbEx: Masterpieces From The Museum of Modern Art.” The HuffPo. 31 May, 2011.
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AWARDS AND HONOURS
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2021 Doctoral Completion Award (CAD9,500)
2020 Summer Thesis Fellowship (CAD5,000)
2020 University of Toronto Fellowship (CAD18,000)
2019 University of Toronto Fellowship (CAD17,500)
2018 University of Toronto Fellowship (CAD17,000)
2017 University of Toronto Fellowship (CAD19,900)
2016 University of Toronto Fellowship (CAD20,500)
2016 Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial OSOTF Scholarship in English (CAD2,500)
2014 Queen’s University Department of English Entrance Award (CAD2,500)
2014 Queen’s Graduate Award (CAD5,000)
2014 Winston and Stephanie Ling Award in English (CAD1,882)
2014 Principal Mariel O'Neill-Karch Legacy Scholarship (CAD1,500)
2014 Christopher Wallis Undergraduate Scholarship in English (CAD924)
2013 Angela and Giulio Zigrossi Memorial Scholarship in the Humanities (CAD507)
2013 Marion and Ross Woodman Award (CAD3,775)
2012 Walter O'Grady Undergraduate Scholarship in English (CAD3,809)
2012 Christopher Wallis Undergraduate Scholarship in English (CAD1,849)
2011 Walter O'Grady Undergraduate Scholarship in English (CAD3,731)
 
 
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
 
Teaching Assistantships (Tutorial Leader), University of Toronto
 
2023         ENG280 Critical Approaches to Literature
                   ENG263 Play & Games
                   ENG102 How to Research Literature
 
2022         ENG280(S) Critical Approaches to Literature
                   ENG280(F) Critical Approaches to Literature
                   ENG279 Video Games
                   ENG250 Introduction to American Literature
2021         ENG280 Critical Approaches to Literature
                   ENG250 Introduction to American Literature
                   ENG101 How to Read Critically
 
2020          ENG280 Critical Approaches to Literature
                    ENG250 Introduction to American Literature
                    ENG102 How to Research Literature
 
2019          ENG280 Critical Approaches to Literature
                    ENG102 How to Research Literature
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Teaching Assistantships (Grading and Mentorship), University of Toronto
 
2022          ENGC78 Dystopian Visions in Fiction and Film
 
2020          ENG237 Science Fiction
 
2019          ENG100 E!ective Writing
 
2018          ENG280 Critical Approaches to Literature
                    ENGA10 Introduction to Twentieth Century Literature and Film: 1890 to World War II
 
2017          ENG239 Fantasy and Horror
                    ENG237 Science Fiction
                    ENG280 Critical Approaches to Literature
                    ENGA10 Introduction to Twentieth Century Literature and Film: 1890 to World War II
 
2016          ENG239 Fantasy and Horror
                    ENG237 Science Fiction
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Teaching Assistantship (Grading and Mentorship), Queen’s University
 
2014          English 160: Modern and Contemporary Prose Fiction
 
 
ACADEMIC AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
 
2018           Second-Year Cohort Representative, Graduate English Association, University of Toronto
 
2017           Student Representative, Department of English Curriculum Advisory Committee
 
2017           First-Year Cohort Representative, Graduate English Association, University of Toronto
 
2015           English Department Graduate Student Representative, Queen’s University
 
2015           Society of Graduate and Professional Students Advisory Committee, Queen’s University
 
 
RELATED PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
 
Freelance editor (editing, copyediting, and proofreading)
 
Public speaker (on or around topics of rhetoric; written argumentation; academic lesson planning)
 
Communications consultant (preparation and/or delivery of specialized research, and education
materials for STEM and medical professionals directed to non-specialist and/or generalized
audiences)
 
 
NON-ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE
 
7 years experience as certified rehabilitative, functional strength & movement specialist; fully-certified
Pilates instructor, inclusive of all equipment-based training
 
6 years experience as professional sommelier, wine consultant & WSET-certified wine educator
 
 
LANGUAGES

English (fluent; native)
French (intermediate reading, writing, and translation; good speaking)
 
 
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS/AFFILIATIONS
 
Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP)
Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English (ACCUTE)
The Canadian Society for the Study of Rhetoric (RHETCAN)
The Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science (CSHPS)
Film and Media Studies Association of Canada (FMSAC)
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Society for Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture (EPTC)
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