Dr. E. Scherzinger
Education
| April 2022 | Ph.D., English McMaster University Supervisor: Dr. Jeffery Donaldson |
| April 2016 | Master of Arts Cultural Studies & Critical Theory McMaster University Supervisor: Dr. Jeffery Donaldson |
| April 2015 | Honours Bachelor of Arts with Distinction English, Women & Gender Studies University of Toronto — St. George |
Professional Appointments
| April 2022 | Postdoctoral fellow, McMaster Children & Youth University Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University |
Academic Publications
Articles
| July 2019 | “Of Amazons, Humans, and Batmen: Superheroes and the Affectual Dynamics of Loneliness.” Panic at the Discourse 1.2 (2019): 51-61. |
| June 2016 | “Representing the ‘fear of going mad’: An Analysis of Grief in Oculus and The Babadook.” The Spectatorial 5 (2016): 54-58. |
Chapters
| Published October 2023 | “A Reflexive Consideration of the Apocalyptic Child,” in Autoethnography of ‘Plural Feminisms’: Narrativising Resistance as Everyday Praxis. Edited by Sohini Chatterjee and Po-Han Lee (Bloomsbury, 2023). |
| Published 2022 | “As Above So Below? Madness and Nonsense in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” written with Jeffery Donaldson. Alice in Wonderland in Film and Popular Culture. Edited by Antonio Sanna (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022). |
Grants and Fellowships
| October 2022-April 2022 | McCall MacBain Postdoctoral Fellow, Teaching & Leadership Program McMaster University |
| May 2022 | Hamilton Community Foundation ABACUS+ Grant Co-Principal Investigator Received $75,000 |
Panels and Presentations
| October 2023 | “Born This Way: Unravelling Gender in Youth” Public Lecture Reimagining Childhood Series, McMaster Children and Youth University, McMaster Alumni Association, and McMaster Libraries |
| February 2023 | “Broken, Bendy, Invisible Bodies: Disability, Lifelong Learning, and Capitalism” Invited Talk Appetizers for the Mind, McMaster Alumni Association |
| January 2023 | “The Signs of the Times” Public Lecture MCYU Family Lecture Series, McMaster Children and Youth University |
| May 2022 | “People of Participedia” Panel Guest McMaster University |
| June 2020 | “Partnered and Interdisciplinary Learning” Co-Presenter President’s Retreat, McMaster University |
| December 2015 | “Youth in Toronto Music: Trends, Barriers and Experiences” Panel Moderator Wavelength Music, University of Toronto |
Conference Activity/Participation
| June 2023 | “Ghosting My Body: On the Power of Disassociating” The New Daydream Imaginary: On the Ethico-Aesthetics of Spontaneous Thought Simon Fraser University |
| March 2023 | “Towards Pedagogies of Care” Queer and Queer Crip Resilience and Care NeMLA |
| March 2023 | “The Abject in Nonsense and Madness” Themes of Julia Kristeva’s Abjection (Roundtable) NeMLA |
| November 2022 | “The 90s and Affect: ‘Here we are now, entertain us!’” Punk and Resilience Punk Scholars Network Canada and United States |
| September 2022 | “The Toronto Pixie Dream Girl: Hauntologies and Toronto Aesthetics in The F Word“ Toronto Chic Symposium University of Toronto |
| August 2019 | “Making a Monster: Serial Killers and the Mutilation of Meaning” Devils and Daemons: An Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference Dalhousie University |
| November 2017 | “From Manic Pixie Dream Girl to Manic Pixie Doom Girl: The Neoliberal Erasure of Women’s Subjectivities in Modern Cinema” The Consumed Image: Excess, Limits and Transformations Université de Montréal |
| April 2017 | “Rejection of Colonial Structures in Looking for Livingstone: Considering the Potential of Silence as Decolonial Possibility” Canada 150: Untold Stories of the Past 150 Years University College of Dublin |
Teaching and Curriculum Development Experience
| Winter 2024 | Sessional Co-Instructor Collaborative Learning with Young People: An Applied Approach McMaster Children and Youth University |
| Winter 2024 | Sessional Co-Instructor Community-Based Learning with McMaster Children and Youth University McMaster Children and Youth University |
| Intersession (May) 2023 | Module Instructor “Making a Monster: Serial Killers and the Mutilation of Meaning” A World of Big Questions and Multiple Perspectives |
| Winter 2023 | Sessional Instructor Community-Based Learning with McMaster Children and Youth University McMaster Children and Youth University |
| Winter 2023 | Sessional Instructor Social Entrepreneurship Capstone Integrated Business and Humanities Program DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University |
| Winter 2022 | Sessional Co-Instructor Design and Creation of Engaged Learning for Community Youth McMaster Children and Youth University |
| Winter 2022 | Sessional Co-Instructor Social Entrepreneurship Capstone Integrated Business and Humanities Program DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University |
| Winter 2022 | Sessional Faculty Gender, Race, Culture, Power Department of Gender Studies & Feminist Research McMaster University |
| August-December 2022 | Course Developer Integrated Business and Humanities Program DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University |
| Fall 2021 | Sessional Faculty Women Transforming the World Department of Gender Studies & Feminist Research McMaster University |
| May 2021-December 2021 | Course Developer Integrated Business and Humanities Program DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University |
| Fall 2020 | Teaching Fellow Popular Culture Department of English & Cultural Studies, McMaster University |
| September 2015-September 2021 | Teaching Assistant Department of English & Cultural Studies, Department of Gender Studies & Feminist Research McMaster University |
Research Experience
| April 2022-present | “Craft Your Own Journey: Building a Bridge from Grade 8 to Grade 9” Co-Investigator McMaster Children and Youth University |
| April 2022-present | “Elementary Online Learning during COVID-19” Co-Investigator McMaster Children and Youth University |
| May 2020-September 2020 | “Denouncing 21st-Century Fame Hunger: Affect, Gender, New Media” Research Assistant to Dr. Lorraine York Department of English & Cultural Studies, McMaster University |
Departmental/University Service
| Fall 2023-Spring 2024 | Program Instructor Graduate Certificate of Completion in Knowledge Translation and Community Engagement McMaster University |
| May 28-29, 2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 | Conference Volunteer, Future Horizons McMaster University |
| 2019-2021 | Grad Buddy McMaster University |
| 2019-2020 | English & Cultural Studies Grad Caucus Representative McMaster University |
| 2016-2018 | Co-founder and Facilitator English & Cultural Studies Graduate Students Wellness Network McMaster University |
Extracurricular University Service
| March 2021-August 2021 | Teaching Fellowship Resource Co-Developer “Teaching Fellow Dialogues” McMaster University |
| September 2019-December 2019 | MacPherson Institute Student Equity Partner “An Introduction to Equity in the Classroom” McMaster University |
| September 2014-June 2015 | Writer and Photographer The Varsity University of Toronto |
| May 2012-June 2015 | Editor-in-Chief Demo Music Magazine University of Toronto |
Community Involvement/Outreach
| April 2022-September 2023 | Volunteer Meal Kit Packer Boys and Girls Club of Hamilton-Halton |
Media Coverage
| June 2022 | Maureen Lawlor, “IBH students tackle real-life challenges for community organizations.” Daily News. |
| May 2022 | Participedia Community, “Teaching Café 2: Student Perspectives on Community Engaged Learning.” YouTube. |
| February 2021 | Alison Mullin, “The value of accommodating student requests.” University Affairs. |
| December 2020 | n.a., “Instructor and Student Talk Value of Accommodating Student Requests.” McMaster University Faculty of Humanities Newsletter. |
Professional Memberships/Affiliations
- Diversity Caucus Member, NeMLA
- Women’s and Gender Studies Caucus Member, NeMLA
- CAITY Caucus Member, NeMLA
- Steering Committee Member, Punk Scholars Network
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