Brenna Duperron

Brenna Duperron is a Part-Time Instructor affiliated with the University of King’s College, Dalhousie University, and Mount Saint Vincent University. She holds a PhD in English Literature from Dalhousie University (2024), an MA from Simon Fraser University, and a BA also from Simon Fraser University. Her work bridges Indigenous and premodern scholarship, challenging colonial narratives by re-examining medieval texts through decolonial frameworks.

Education:

• PhD in English Literature, Dalhousie University, 2024
• MA in English Literature, Simon Fraser University
• BA in English Literature, Simon Fraser University

Research interests focus on disrupting Eurocentric binaries of orality/literacy in medieval texts, applying Indigenous methodologies to pre-contact literature as an act of decolonization. Her work emphasizes interdisciplinary connections between medieval studies and Indigenous studies, advocating for systemic change in academic practices.

Publications highlight her engagement with decolonial praxis, including co-authoring a landmark article in Exemplaria (2021) and winning the Van Courtland Elliot Prize (2020). Her work appears in both academic journals and public-facing platforms like The Conversation and OpenThink.

Grants: SSHRC-funded doctoral research (dissertation: “Fear Not the Language of the World: Red Reading Literacy in The Book of Margery Kempe”).