Manina Jones is Chair and Full Professor in the Department of English at the University of Western Ontario. She specializes in Canadian literature and popular culture, especially detective fiction.
Experience
1995–2022
Professor (Full), University of Western Ontario
1992–1995
Assistant Professor, University of Waterloo
1991–1992
Assistant Professor, Carleton University
Publications
2007
Carol Shields and the Extraordinary, co-edited collection of essays
1999
Detective Agency: Women Rewriting the Hard-boiled Tradition, monograph
1993
That Art of Difference: Documentary-Collage and English Canadian Writing, monograph
Grants and Contracts
2007
Carol Shields and the Extra-Ordinary
Role:
Co-Author with Marta Dvorak
Funding Source:
Canadian Federation for the Humanities
2004
Literary Collaboration in Contemporary Canada
Role:
Principle Investigator
Funding Source:
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
1995
Detective Agency: Women Re-Writing the Hard-Boiled Tradition
Role:
Co-Author with Priscilla L. Walton
Funding Source:
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
1993
Documentary Collage and English Canadian Writing
Role:
Author
Funding Source:
Canadian Federation for the Humanities
Professional Memberships
Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English (President 2016-2018)