Our teaching assistants make valued contributions to teaching and research in our department. They are engaged with students, faculty members and communities to bring you the best education experience.
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Salman Akhtar
Salman Akhtar entered academia through convergence. Currently a third-year doctoral student in the English department at 91ÑÇÉ«, he trained and worked as, first, a teacher of English to ‘Other ...
Monique Attrux
Monique Attrux is a doctoral student in the English program at 91ÑÇÉ«. Her research centers on the intricate interplay between language, ethnic identity, and literary production in Chinese Canadian ...
Braedon Balko
Braedon Balko received an Honours B. A. with High Distinction from the University of Toronto in 2017 and an M. A. in English from 91ÑÇÉ« in 2019, during which ...
Zahra Barzegar
Zahra Barzegar is a Ph.D. student and teaching assistant at 91ÑÇÉ«. Her research interests include contemporary poetry, ecocriticism, environmental imagination, and creative writing. Her MA thesis focused on Lawrence ...
Kathleen Cherrington
Kathleen Cherrington (she/her) is a doctoral student in the Gender, Feminist, and Women’s Studies program at 91ÑÇÉ«. Her research focuses on sexual technologies, feminist sex-tech theories, critical trafficking and ...
Stacey Dowswell
Having completed her BA and MA at the University of Toronto, Stacey Dowswell is now a PhD student in 91ÑÇÉ«'s English department. Her studies look to a wide range of ...
Theo Fox
Theo Fox (he/him) is a PhD student in English at 91ÑÇÉ«, where he also completed both his MA (‘19) and his Spec. Hon. BA (‘18). He specializes in drama, ...
Tamara Frooman
Tamara Frooman (she/her) is a first year PhD student. She holds a BA from UofT with a double major in English and Gender Studies and completed her SSHRC-funded MA in ...
Ayse Irem Karabag
Ayse Irem Karabag is a doctoral student specializing in critical refugee studies, queer/gender studies, world literature and narratives of resistance. In her research, she positions refugee worldmaking as a storytelling ...
Tita Kyrtsakas
Tita Kyrtsakas received her BA(H) in English and Drama (2015) and B.Ed. from the University of Windsor (2019) and her MA with a SSHRC grant from the University of Toronto ...
Maybelle Leung
Degrees earned: Ph.D. (ABD), 91ÑÇÉ«M.A., 91ÑÇÉ«(Hons.) B.A., University of Toronto Maybelle Leung (she/her) is interested in the connections between medieval and modern thought. Her research is on late ...
Anjalee Nadarajan
Anjalee Nadarajan is a PhD student in 91ÑÇÉ«'s English department who is studying the evolution of the novel. Her teaching interests include prose narrative and poetry, British and American ...