Krista Collier-Jarvis

Krista Collier-Jarvis is Assistant Professor in the English Department at Mount Saint Vincent University. Her research bridges American Gothic literature, Indigenous storytelling, and popular culture, with focus areas including horror narratives, contagion metaphors, and Indigenous representation. She leads the NSERC-funded Two-Eyed Seeing Program promoting Indigenous-Western scientific integration.

Collier-Jarvis examines cultural narratives of apocalypse, trauma, and resilience through literary and multimedia analysis. Her work connects Indigenous knowledge systems with contemporary social issues.

• Principal Investigator for NSERC PromoScience grant on Two-Eyed Seeing education
• Research explores intergenerational trauma and decolonization methodologies
• Specialist in zombie narratives and pandemic representation in popular media