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Jennifer Blair is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ottawa. She is currently on sabbatical from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024. Her research focuses on early Black writing in Canadian and transnational contexts, emphasizing non-print materials like letters and archival fragments. She also explores queer cultural production and Canadian literary history.
Education: PhD in Canadian Literature (McMaster University, 2006); MA in English (University of Guelph, 2001); Honours Bachelor of Arts in English (University of Guelph, 1998). Postdoctoral research in Gender Studies at Rutgers University, New Jersey.
Research interests include Settler colonial studies, Aboriginal Justice, Queer theory, Cultural Studies, and Black Geographies. Recent work includes an essay on David Eastham, the first English-language published author diagnosed with autism.
Advising: Supervising Shannon Griffin-Merth. No grants or lab affiliations explicitly mentioned in available texts.
