Emmarie Brown

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Biography

Emmarie Brown is a PhD candidate in the Department of English Literature and Creative Writing. Her current research explores contemporary experimental life writing texts in junction with academic research-creation theories and methodologies, and she seeks to find, examine, and practice creative ways of (and reasons for) representing the self in writing. She holds a BA in English from the University of Alberta - Augustana (2022), a Certificate in Writing Studies from the University of Alberta - Augustana (2022), and an MA in English from Queen's University (2023). She is a creative diarist, a library lover, a cozy enthusiast, and a collector of postcards and prints.

Research Interests

Life writing (including memoir, diary, and experimental), contemporary literature, Canadian literature, research-creation methodologies, and writing pedagogy.

Selected Publications

_Reviews

Review of The School Story: Young Adult Narratives in the Age of Neoliberalism, by David Aitchison. International Research in Children's Literature, vol. 16, no. 2, 2023, pp. 227–29.

_{Conference Presentations}

“No Spectacle: Incoherent Narrative Space in Rawi Hage’s Cockroach.” Association for Canadian and Québec Literatures, York University, 30 May 2023.

“Displacing Context: Relating to Refugees in Warsan Shire’s ‘Home.’” Canadian Association of Postcolonial Studies, York University, 28 May 2023.

“Student Keynote Conversation: Accommodation and Proactive Design.” Festival of Teaching and Learning, University of Alberta, 5 May 2022. (See summative report on the talk here)

With Stephanie Oliver. “Conversing Refugees: Recognizing Refugee Knowledge in Warsan Shire’s ‘Conversations About Home (at the Deportation Centre).” Conference of the Commonwealth Association for Canadian Literature and Language Studies, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, 9 June 2021.

Awards and Recognition

Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Queen's University (2024, 2026)
E. G. Bauman Fellowship, Queen's University (2025)
SSHRC Canadian Graduate Scholarship - Master's, Queen's University (2022-2023)

Graduate Supervision

Jane Tolmie
Heather Macfarlane

Additional Information

Assistant Lecturer of English at the University of Alberta - Augustana (2023-2024, 2027)

Department of English Literature and Creative Writing