An Intro To : Dr. Kathleen Scherf

Overview

Dr. Kathleen Scherf, a senior full professor, has

worked with various reputed universities such as

Thompson Rivers University, University of New

Brunswick, and University of Calgary, and has

published numerous books and papers on

diverse topics.

Academic Profile

Dr. Kathleen, an academician in English and Communications has taught a wide range of

areas including English, Communications, Tourism Management, Educational

Leadership, Cultural Studies, and Theatre Arts.How was it resolved?

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Some of the topics she has covered in her recent interesting courses:

• Mountain studies

• Alternative mapping (“deep maps”)

• Intro to communication studies

• Tourism management graduating seminar

• Postcolonial literature in Canada

• Leadership in post-secondary educational institutions

• Canadian studies

Professional Career

• Sept 1988 Sessional Lecturer, Department of English, UBC

• July 1989 Assistant Professor of English, University of New Brunswick

• July 1992 Associate Professor of English, UNB

• July 1993 Tenured, UNB

• July 1995 Associate Dean of Arts (Undergraduate), UNB

• July 1996 Professor of English, UNB

• July 1997 Sabbatical leave

• July 1998 Associate Dean of Arts (Research and Graduate Studies), UNB

• July 1999 Professor and Dean, Faculty of Communication and Culture,

University of Calgary (reappointed for a five-year term 2004-

09, adjunct appointments extended as well - Adjunct Full

Professorships in English and in Drama)

• Sept 2008 President and Vice-Chancellor, Thompson Rivers University

• Sept 2009 Professor, Department of Journalism, Communications, and New

Media, TRU

• July 2011 Professor of Communications, cross-appointed Department of

Journalism, Communications, and New Media and Tourism

Management, TRU

• October 2013 Academic Lead, TRU Programs, Europe

Books

• Mary Shellev's Frankenstein: The 1818 Text. Calgary: Broadview Literary Press,

• 1994. (With D.L. Macdonald); second edition 1999. Third edition 2012.

• Sun Peaks: An Evolution of Dreams. Peaks Media, 2011. An illustrated history of

• fifty years of the resort on Tod Mountain, contracted by the Sun Peaks Resort

• Corporation. 20,000 words, 110 photos sourced and interpreted.

• The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis, a Scholarly Edition (1796). Calgary:

• Broadview Literary Press, 2004. (With D.L. Macdonald)

• Mary Wollstonecraft's Two Vindications: A Scholarly Edition. Calgary: Broadview

• Literary Press, 1997. (With D.L. Macdonald)

• The Canadian Handbook for Writers Workbook. Toronto: Harcourt Brace, 1995.

• The Canadian Handbook for Writers. Toronto: Harcourt Brace, 1995.

• The Collected Fiction of John Polidori. Toronto: University of Toronto Press,

• 1994. (With D.L. Macdonald)

• The Collected Poems of Malcolm Lowry. Vancouver: University of British

• Columbia Press, 1992.

Reviews

• "New Directions." Canadian Literature 136 (1993): 161-63.

• "Female Mosaic." Canadian Literature 130 (1991): 162-64.

• “Underlying Currents: David Adams Richards' Evening Snow Will Bring Such

• Peace." Matrix 34 (1991): 75-76.

• "The Lowry/Noxon Letters." University of Toronto Quarterly 59.2 (1989): 156-

• 57.

• "Prairie Poetics: Dennis Cooley's The Vernacular Muse." Prairie Forum 14.1

• (1989): 125-28.

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