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Sarah Brophy is a Professor in the Department of English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University. Her research focuses on auto/biography, contemporary literatures, critical disability studies, health humanities, and visual culture and media studies, particularly in Turtle Island/North America and the British Isles.
She specializes in critical interdisciplinary approaches to disability, embodiment, health humanities, life writing (e.g., memoir, graphic narrative), and visual/digital media. Her work intersects with cultural studies, Black/diaspora studies, gender/sexuality theories, postcolonial literatures, and trauma studies.
Brophy's publications in journals like a/b: Auto/Biography Studies and Feminist Media Studies explore disability representation, digital media, and cultural pedagogy. Recent articles analyze Instagram's role in disability advocacy and pandemic-era artistic practices.
Awards:
- McMaster Students Union Teaching Award
- President's Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision
- SSHRC grants
She actively supervises graduate students and serves on MA/PhD committees. Her doctoral advisees hold academic positions globally, including at the University of Toronto and King's College London.
