Kevin Hutchings

Kevin Hutchings is a Professor and Chair of the Department of English at the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC), within the Faculty of Indigenous Studies, Social Sciences and Humanities. He holds the position of University Research Chair and has been honored with the UNBC Award for Excellence in Teaching. His academic career spans British Romantic literature, transatlantic studies, and environmental humanities.

His educational background includes:

• PhD, McMaster University
• MA, McMaster University
• BA Honours, University of Guelph

Dr. Hutchings' research focuses on the relationship between literature and political governance, particularly examining British Romantic authors who held government positions. Key areas include British Romantic literature, transatlantic studies, environmental humanities, Pre-Confederation Canadian history, and nineteenth-century Indigenous literatures. He explores representations of colonialism, Indigenous appropriations of Romantic tropes, and historical ecologies.

His publications reveal a consistent engagement with transatlantic literary exchanges and ecological themes, spanning from analyses of William Blake's environmental poetics to studies of British-Indigenous relations in Upper Canada. A notable trend is the examination of colonial governance through literary lenses.

His accolades include:

• UNBC Award for Excellence in Teaching
• Two-time Canada Research Chair holder
• British Columbia Book Prize (2004) for co-authoring "Birds of the Raincoast: Habits and Habitat"

Dr. Hutchings supervises graduate students in MA English and MA Interdisciplinary Studies, with a focus on British Romantic literatures, pre-Confederation Canadian literatures, and Indigenous literatures. His current research is funded by an SSHRC Insight Grant for "The Life and Literary Adventures of Sir Francis Bond Head".