Department of English

Faculty and Staff Directory

CHAIR

Randy Boyagoda, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Boston University
Office:         JOR 1012
Telephone:    416.979.5000 ext. 4745
E-mail:           boyagoda@ryerson.ca

FACULTY

Jason Boyd, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Toronto
Office:           JOR 1027
Telephone:   416.979.5000 ext. 7509
E-mail:           jason.boyd@ryerson.ca
Website:       http://flavors.me/jasonaboyd
Jennifer Burwell, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Northewestern University
Office:           JOR 1009
Telephone:   416.979.5000 ext. 6133
E-mail:           jburwell@ryerson.ca
Dennis Denisoff, Professor
Ph.D. McGill University
Office:           JOR 1007
Telephone:    416.979.5000 ext. 6135
E-mail:        denisoff@ryerson.ca
Website:        www.ddenisoff.com
Colleen Derkatch, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of British Columbia
Office:           JOR 1016
Telephone:   416.979.5000 ext. 6131
E-mail:           derkatch@ryerson.ca
Bill Emery, C.E. Coordinator
Office:           JOR 1015
Telephone:    416.979.5000 ext. 6145
E-mail:            bemery@ryerson.ca
Julia Fawcett, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Yale University
Office:           JOR 1029
Telephone:   416.979.5000 ext. 3009
E-mail:            julia.h.fawcett@ryerson.ca
Irene Gammel, Professor
Ph.D. McMaster University
Office:           JOR 1038
Telephone:    416.979.5000 ext. 6588
E-mail:           gammel@ryerson.ca
Website:         www.ryerson.ca/mlc/
Sarah Henstra, Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Toronto
Office:           JOR 1020
Telephone:    416.979.5000 ext. 6139
E-mail:           shenstra@ryerson.ca
Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, Professor
Ph.D. McMaster University
Office:           JOR 1011
Telephone:    416.979.5000 ext. 7420
E-mail:         ljanzen@ryerson.ca
Anne-Marie Lee-Loy, Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Warwick
Office:           JOR 1022
Telephone:    416.979.5000 ext. 6043
E-mail:           aleeloy@ryerson.ca
Nima Naghibi, Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Alberta
Office:            JOR 1018
Telephone:     416.979.5000 ext. 2140
E-mail:            nnaghibi@ryerson.ca
Andrew O'Malley, Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Alberta
Office:           JOR 1031
Telephone:    416.979.5000 ext. 2626
E-mail:           aomalley@ryerson.ca
Ruth Panofsky, Professor
Ph.D. York University
Office:           JOR 1039
Telephone:    416.979.5000 ext. 6150
E-mail:           panofsky@ryerson.ca
Website:        www.ryerson.ca/~panofsky
Elizabeth Podnieks, Associate Professor
Ph.D. University orf Toronto
Office:           JOR 1040
Telephone:    416.979.5000 ext. 6547
E-mail:           lpodniek@ryerson.ca
Jonathan Rollins, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University orf Toronto
Office:           JOR 1023
Telephone:    416.979.5000 ext. 4743
Email:           jrollins@arts.ryerson.ca
Rahul Sapra, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Queen's University
Office:           JOR 1025
Telephone:    416.979.5000 ext. 6140
E-mail:           rsapra@ryerson.ca
Hyacinth Simpson, Associate Professor
Ph.D. York University
Office:           JOR 1035
Telephone:    416.979.5000 ext. 6148
E-mail:           simpson@ryerson.ca
Dale Smith, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Texas
Office:           JOR 1037
Telephone:    416.979.5000 ext. 4195
E-mail:           dmsmith@ryerson.ca
Sophie Thomas, Associate Professor
DPhil., University of Oxford
Office:           JOR 1041
Telephone:    416.979.5000 ext. 2677
E-mail:           sthomas@english.ryerson.ca
Marju Toomsalu, EAL/ESL Programs Director
M.A. OESA, University of Toronto
Office:           JOR 1014
Telephone:    416.979.5000 ext. 4196
E-mail:            mtoomsal@ryerson.ca
Monique Tschofen, Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Alberta
Office:           JOR 1005
Telephone:    416.979.5000 ext. 6136
Email:            monique.tschofen@english.ryerson.ca

PROFESSORS EMERITI

Karen Mulhallen, Professor Emerita
Ph.D. University of Toronto

SESSIONAL AND PART-TIME INSTRUCTORS

Current contact information for the English Department's sessional and part-time instructors can be found at Ryerson's Department Directories. You can search by the instructor's last name, or scroll to "English Department" and click "Show Directory" for a full listing of instructors.

STAFF

Lisa Benadiba, Graduate Program Administrator
Office: JOR 1001
Extension: 2125
email: lisa.benadiba@arts.ryerson.ca
Wendy Francis, Undergraduate Program Administrator
Office: JOR 1042
Extension: 6137
email: wfrancis@arts.ryerson.ca
Luanne MacDonell, Department Administrator
Office: JOR 1044
Extension: 6138
email: lmacdonell@arts.ryerson.ca

ADVISORY COUNCIL

Eileen Arandiga,
Director,
Worldwide Short Film Festival
Leslie McGrath,
Department Head,
Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books,
Toronto Public Library
Philip Preville,
Contributing Editor,
Toronto Life Magazine
Helen Walsh,
Founder and President,
Diaspora Dialogues
Co-publisher,
Literary Review of Canada
Alana Wilcox,
Editorial Director,
Coach House Books