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Professor, Department of English, Western University

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)
  • Canadian Film Studies Association
  • Indigenous Literary Studies Association