Waterman, Aley, B.A. , M.A. (MUN), M.A. Creative Writing (U of T); PhD in progress (Grenfell); visiting assistant professor

Office: AS 332 P

email: akw732@mun.ca 

 

Research interests/expertise

Feminist Poststructuralist Poetics, Contemporary American and Canadian Fiction and Poetry, Transdisciplinary Sustainability and Metaphor, Atlantic Canadian Literature, Autofiction, Creative Writing, Music, Community Arts.

 

Teaching

First Year English 1000 and 1001, Short Canadian Fiction, Songwriting, Music Production, Queer Literature, Arts Administration, Creative Writing. 

 

Recent Publications (Creative Works, Reviews, and Academic Articles)

“(Mis)Believing Women: Genre Classification, Metaphor, and Consent in Contemporary Female-Identified Authorship” Janus Unbound: Journal of Critical Studies, 3.1 (Winter 2023): 77-88.

“Graeme Patterson” (a review of the artist’s exhibition at Grenfell Art Gallery). Border Crossings Magazine Issue 163. https://bordercrossingsmag.com/article/graeme-patterson2

Mudflowers. Rare Machines Literary Imprint, Dundurn Press, 2023.

Short story in Secret Sex: An Anthology by Russell Smith. Dundurn Press, January 2024. https://www.dundurn.com/books_/t22117/a9781459752429- secret-sex

“Metric Birthday”, The Brooklyn Review (Winter 2022). 

 

Awards: 

Grenfell Campus Teaching and Learning award, 2023

SSHRC Research and Development Grant for Creative Writing Thesis, U of T, 2020 ($17,500)

ArtsNL Album Grant ($9 000), 2023

MusicNL Album Grant ($10 500), 2022

ArtsNL Novel Edit Grant ($6500), 2022

Avie Bennett Memorial Entrance Scholarship, U of T, 2019 ($6000)

“Best Electronic Album” Award, Music NL 2020, GALA”s The Speech

Polaris Prize Consideration, 2020, GALA’s The Speech 

Education:

GRENFELL CAMPUS MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR 
PhD in Transdisciplinary Sustainability with a focus on Poetics and Metaphor, 2024 - in Progress 

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
M.A in English in the Field of Creative Writing
Completed in 2021

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO TEFL Certification Completed in 2018

MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR M.A. In English Theory and Criticism Completed in 2016

MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR Bachelor’s Honours, English Completed in 2013