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Erin Akerman serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of English Language & Literature within Brock University's Faculty of Humanities. She holds a PhD from the University of Western Ontario and maintains her office in GLA 147 on campus.
As a citizen of the Métis Nation of Ontario from the Georgian Bay Métis Community, Dr. Akerman's scholarly work bridges Indigenous, Canadian, and nineteenth-century British literary studies with particular focus on:
- Indigenous literary expressions of relationship with the land
- Indigenous feminisms
- The archival recovery of nineteenth-century Indigenous writers
- Métis literary traditions
Her 2023 publication in Canadian Literature exemplifies her methodological approach that combines archival research with critical analysis of Indigenous literary expression within colonial contexts. Her research contributes significantly to the recovery of early Indigenous writers who have been marginalized in traditional literary canons.
Dr. Akerman teaches undergraduate courses including Early Canadian Literature (ENGL 2P64), Early Indigenous Women's Writing (ENGL 4V77), and Decolonizing Literature (ENGL 1P91), demonstrating her commitment to incorporating Indigenous perspectives across literary historical periods and decolonizing literary studies curricula.
