I am a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Gender Studies at Memorial University. My postdoc project is a thematic study of the disability memoir as literary genre, highlighting authors’ articulation of sensory experience.
My PhD (also at Memorial) examined similarities between autistic and poetic engagement with language; my dissertation was titled Orotating parafundities: reading Hopkins, Dickinson, Murray, and Carson autistically. I am currently rewriting selections of the thesis into a book manuscript, and will share news of that adventure as it emerges. As a PhD student, was awarded both the Vanier scholarship and the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation scholarship.
In 2024, with my colleague Dr. Laura Pacheco of Memorial’s School of Social Work, I established the Research and Knowledge Exchange on Critical Disability Studies, which is hosted by the NL Centre for Applied Health Research as part of their RKE program.
I taught poetry composition in the creative writing diploma program at Memorial for four years, and am hoping to be able to take on one-on-one mentorships in the future. Visit my “About” page for more information and to connect with me about writing services.
Andreae Callanan 