Steven Rita-Procter

Steven Rita-Procter (he/him) is an Instructor in the Department of English and Film Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University. His research operates at the intersection of literature/visual arts and legal theory, focusing on trauma and memory studies, postcolonial/decolonial frameworks, and the ethics of cultural memory.

• PhD in English Literature (York University, 2018)
• Current doctoral research at Osgoode Hall Law School on artist's resale rights, copyright law, and legal/ethical dimensions of appropriation

Research spans interdisciplinary topics including:

• Transitional justice and truth commissions
• Genocide memorials and protest art
• Millennial art collecting practices
• Philosophy of appropriation and plagiarism

Contact: sritaprocter@wlu.ca | Office hours: Fridays, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.