School of Theatre, English, and Creative Writing Contact Us
School of Theatre, English, and Creative Writing
Our school offices are located on the fourth floor of the MacKinnon Building (MCKN) and in Massey Hall. Operating hours are from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday.
School Director
The School Director oversees all academic and administrative activities within the department. Contact Sally Hickson for inquiries related to departmental policies, strategic planning, faculty matters, or if you need high-level guidance on academic programs and departmental initiatives.
Sally Hickson
- Office: MCKN 425
- Phone: 519-824-4120 ext. 53881
- Email: shickson@uoguelph.ca
Administrative Assistant to the Director
The Administrative Assistant to the Director is the main point of contact for scheduling meetings with the School Director, handling day-to-day administrative tasks, and assisting with departmental documentation. Contact Olga Petrik for assistance with administrative forms, meeting requests, or general inquiries about the department’s operations.
Olga Petrik
- Office: MCKN 427
- Phone: 519-824-4120 ext. 53882
- Email: petriko@uoguelph.ca
Graduate Program Coordinator
The Program Coordinator assists students with questions about degree requirements, enrollment procedures, and program policies for graduate studies. Reach out to Gregor Campbell if you need help navigating course selection, understanding program prerequisites, or need assistance with enrollment issues.
Gregor Campbell
- Office: MCKN 431
- Phone: 519-824-4120 ext. 53255
- Email: gregorc@uoguelph.ca
Academic Programs Assistant
The Academic Programs Assistant supports students with questions regarding degree requirements, course enrollment, and academic policies for both undergraduate and graduate programs. Reach out to Pam Keegan for assistance with navigating course selection, understanding program prerequisites, or resolving enrollment issues.
Pam Keegan
- Office: MCKN 429
- Undergraduate Email: sotecundergrad@uoguelph.ca
- Graduate Email: sotecgrad@uoguelph.ca
- Personal Email: pkeegan@uoguelph.ca
Faculty Advisors
These advisors support undergraduate history students, providing guidance on course selection, program requirements, and academic resources available to Theatre Studies, English, and Creative Writing majors. For assistance with your undergraduate program, reach out to your respective advisor.
Creative Writing Advisors:
Lawrence Hill
- Office: MCKN 413
- Phone: 519-824-4120 ext. 54944
- Email: crwradv@uoguelph.ca
Carrianne Leung
- Office: MCKN 437
- Email: crwradv@uoguelph.ca
English Advisors:
Julie Cairnie
- Office: MCKN 438
- Phone: 519-824-4120 ext. 53248
- Email: english.advisors@uoguelph.ca
Gregor Campbell
- Office: MCKN 431
- Phone: 519-824-4120 ext. 53255
- Email: english.advisors@uoguelph.ca
Sally Hickson
- Office: MCKN 425
- Phone: 519-824-4120 ext. 53881
- Email: english.advisors@uoguelph.ca
Theatre Studies Advisors:
Judith Thompson
- Office: Massey 210
- Phone: 519-824-4120 ext. 58750
- Email: theatre.advising@uoguelph.ca
Faculty
Reach out to faculty members for course-related questions, research inquiries, and mentorship opportunities. They are experts in their fields and can provide insights into specific academic topics, research methodologies, and professional development within the School of Theatre, English, and Creative Writing.
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| Email: barrettp@uoguelph.ca | Canadian literature, critical race studies, digital humanities. | |
| Office: MCKN 441 Phone: 519-824-4120 ext. 53269 Email: cbold@uoguelph.ca |
U.S. popular print culture of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, Indigenous popular performance of the same era, New Deal arts funding, feminist memorializing. | |
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Office: MCKN 412 |
Digital humanities, Victorian writing and women’s writing, feminist theory. |
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Email: cbush@uoguelph.ca |
Contemporary literature, contemporary fiction, narrative form, hybrid forms, writing pedagogy, climate fiction, climate imaginaries, bringing climate change into the creative writing classroom. |
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Email: jcairnie@uoguelph.ca |
Southern African literature, land crisis, crisis of childhood, Canadian Indigenous-Settler relationships, postcolonial sport. |
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Office: MCKN 431 |
American Literature, Literary Theory, Media Studies, Harlem Renaissance, Postmodernism. |
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Office: MCKN 440 |
Cultural theory, Marxist-materialisms, Asian North American cultural studies, decolonial and postcolonial literature, film and media cultures, screenwriting. |
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Office: MCKN 417 |
Victorian literature, literature of empire, South Pacific, children's literature, missionary culture, ecocriticism. |
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Office: MCKN 439 |
Early modern studies, Shakespeare. |
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Office: MCKN 410 |
Shakespeare, Law and Literature, Theatre Theory. |
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Jazz studies, improvisation, community engagement, human rights, pedagogy. |
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Office: MCKN 425 |
Women and friendship networks in Renaissance visual and material culture, women patrons and patronage studies, history of collections, constructions of gender and identity in early modern visual culture. |
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Office: MCKN 413 |
Writing fiction and creative nonfiction, Black history, slavery and freedom, human rights, migration, mixed-race identity, experiences of refugees. |
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Office: Massey 302 |
Scenography, performance design, installation art, mediated performance creation, augmented realities, puppetry, storytelling. |
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Phone: 519-824-4120 ext. 54341 |
Canadian Theatre and Literature, Early Modern Theatre, Performance Studies, Queer Theory, Digital Media. |
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Office: Massey 103 |
Digital knowledge production, media literacy, educational technology, social justice, digital humanities. |
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Office: MCKN 435 |
Ideas of social justice and the limits and possibilities of art, form, and language. |
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Phone: 519-824-4120 ext. 53504 |
Premodern astronomy, maritime history, digital editing of medieval manuscripts. |
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Office: Massey 104C |
Digital performance, gaming, activist performance, satire, political performance, participatory media. |
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Office: MCKN 414 |
European relations with the Ottoman Empire, British-India, theatre, performance and sociability, historical analysis of race, class, sexuality, and gender. |
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Office: MCKN 434 |
Nineteenth-Century American Literature, Law and Literature, Latinx Literature, Memory Studies, Creative Writing. |
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Office: MCKN 433 |
Folk narrative, history of folklore study, fairy tale and theatre, children's literature, material culture. |
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Office: Massey 210 |
Playwriting, Devising, Acting, Theatre Creation. |