Alison Halsall

Alison Halsall is an Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities at York University's Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies. She serves as Coordinator of CCY Studies and specializes in Victorian/modernist literatures, Visual Cultures, and interdisciplinary studies of comics and graphic narratives. Her research emphasizes LGBTQ+ representation, children's experiences in crisis, and transmedial storytelling, such as her work on Taylor Swift.

Education:

• Ph.D., York University
• Master's in English, Carleton University
• Bachelor of Arts (Highest Honours), Carleton University

Research Interests: She explores intersections of art, social justice, and youth narratives through comics and contemporary media. Recent projects include award-winning works on LGBTQ+ comics and children's graphic narratives.

Awards:

• 2024 Children's Literature Association Honor Book Award
• 2022 Eisner Award (Best Academic Work)
• 2017 Department of Humanities Teaching Excellence Award

Current Projects: Editing Taylor Swift and Transmedial Storytelling (Ohio State University Press, under contract). No grants or lab affiliations explicitly noted.