Tiffany Saddler
Graduate Student, PhD
Biography
Tiffany Saddler earned her honours BA from the University of Toronto majoring in English and minoring in Classical Civilization and Ethics, Law and Society. She received her MA in English and Cultural Studies from McMaster University. She also received an Associate of Arts degree from Chaffey College in Southern California. Her current research revolves around the formation of racial ideologies that stem from literature in the Early Modern period, Victorian era and 19th century. Her previous research focused on mapping race in the Early Modern period and its imprint on Western society, including the ethical and moral outcomes it produced. Tiffany enjoys long walks on the beach, jazzercise, and yacht rock.
Research Interests
Critical race studies of the: Early modern period, Renaissance, Victorian period, 19th century; Transatlantic Slave Trade; Imperialism; Colonialism.
Publications
Saddler, Tiffany A. “Literary Boundary Bending: A New Paradigm in the Study of Literature in Alicia Elliott’s And Then She Fell.” Indigenous Literary Studies Association. Conference Panel: “Living the Dream: Grief, Rescue, Recovery and Alicia Elliott’s And Then She Fell.” 4 June 2025.
Saddler, Tiffany A. “The Seeds of Fascism.” Public Intellectual Project. McMaster University. 27 January 2025.
Saddler, Tiffany A. “How is a Movement Founded on Free and Open Principles Disproportionally Perpetuating the Gender Gap?” Doing Public Humanities in Strange Times. McMaster University. June 2025.
Saddler, Tiffany A. “History Channel’s ‘Ancient Aliens’ Building a Bridge Between Academia and the General Public.” Doing Public Humanities in Strange Times. McMaster University. June 2025.
Awards
McMaster Graduate Scholarship 2024-2025
The Alfred Bader Fellowship in the Humanities 2025-2026
R. Samuel McLaughlin Fellowship 2026-2027.
Supervision
Dr. Ronjaunee Chatterjee