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Tiffany Potter is a Professor of Teaching in the Department of English Language and Literatures at the Faculty of Arts, University of British Columbia. She specializes in 18th-century studies, with research interests spanning Book History, Digital Humanities, Media Studies, Pedagogy, Education, and Curriculum Studies, with a particular focus on Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literatures.
Dr. Potter holds a BA from the University of Victoria and MA and PhD degrees from Queen's University. Her academic journey has been marked by significant contributions to the field of 18th-century literature and pedagogy.
Her research focuses on libertinism and gender in fiction and theatre; colonialist representations of Indigenous women in 17th- and 18th-century North American contact and captivity narratives; women writers in 18th-century England; and the intersection of popular culture with historical texts. She has made substantial contributions to digital humanities through the development of ComPAIR, an award-winning online learning tool that revolutionizes peer feedback in educational settings.
Dr. Potter has received numerous prestigious teaching awards, including the 3M National Teaching Prize (2020), the UBC Killam Teaching Prize (2015), and the Fairclough Teaching Prize (2006). She is recognized as a leader in educational innovation, having co-founded UBC's groundbreaking English PhD Co-op program that integrates professional experience with academic study.
Her scholarly publications reveal a trajectory from traditional literary scholarship to innovative pedagogical approaches, demonstrating how historical literary analysis can inform contemporary teaching practices. She has published extensively on 18th-century literature while also producing significant work on media studies, particularly through her collaborations analyzing contemporary television series like Battlestar Galactica and The Wire.
Currently, Dr. Potter is leading a major project on Lydia Maria Child's Hobomok, An American Tale (2025), working with seven UBC graduate students as assistant editors, while continuing to edit the influential 'Concise Collections on Teaching Eighteenth Century Women' series for ABO: Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640-1830.
