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Anah-Jayne Samuelson

Instructor

Biography

Dr. Anah-Jayne Samuelson teaches English in the University Arts Diploma and the Bachelor of Arts in Multidisciplinary Studies program. 

Research specializations: Children's and Young Adult Literature, Indigenous Literatures, Graphic Narratives, Children and Youth Studies, Literature as activism 

Teaching specializations: composition, critical thinking, and research; children's literature; folklore; young adult literature; Indigenous literatures; literary survey courses 

Selected Publications

"'We had to control the Narrative': The Innovations and Limitations of Youth Citizenship." Performing Citizenship, 2023 

"'Real Old-Timey': Cherie Dimaline's Storytelling and Language of Resurgence in The Marrow Thieves." Studies in the Novel, vol. 54, 2022 

"Proud to be a Rugby Boy? The Shifting Relation between School Space and Student Bodies in Tom Brown's School Days." Containing Childhood: Space and Identity in Children's Literature, 2022 

"The Triumph of Olemaun: Survivance, Shame, Empathic Unsettlement, and Restorying the History of Canadian Residential Schools." Internation Research in Children's Literature, no. 2, vol. 11, 2018 

"Growing up with Jane: The Intertextuality of Jane Eyre in 21st Century Children's Literature." The Victorian Era in 21st Century Children's and Adolescent Literature, 2018 

Education

  • Ph.D. (Humanities), York University
  • M.A. (English), University of Calgary
  • B.A. (English, Honours), University of Calgary