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Darcy Ballantyne is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Toronto Metropolitan University. She holds a PhD in English Literature from York University, an MA in English Literature from Concordia University, and a BA in English Language and Literature from the University of Waterloo. Her research focuses on Black Canadian literatures and cultures, city writing, Black memoir, and critical mixed race theory. She has published in journals such as TOPIA, MaComère, A/B Auto/Biography Studies, and The Walrus Magazine.
- Education:
- BA: University of Waterloo
- MA: Concordia University
- PhD: York University
Her work explores Black life in Canada and the diaspora, including a SSHRC-funded dissertation titled A Poetics of the Contemporary Black Canadian City. She co-edits a special issue of Canadian Literature on post-pandemic Black life and is authoring a literary memoir. Teaching experience includes roles at Toronto Metropolitan University and York University’s Black Canadian Studies Certificate Program.
No scientific awards are explicitly mentioned in the provided information. Current projects include grants-supported research and collaborative initiatives on urban and Black literary studies.
Labs/teams: While no formal lab is named, her research collaborates with journals and interdisciplinary projects on Black diasporic literature.
