Postdoc Project
Funded by SSHRC, my bilingual postdoctoral research-creation project, “BD, Malades” examines representations of illness and disability in Québecois comics or bandes dessinées. Using a research-creation methodology that combines literary analysis and comics making, my work will forge a new path in comics studies by producing English and French creative academic output that grounds Québecois comics in graphic medicine.
Selected Publications
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Selected Publications *
How do comics represent trauma? This anthology chapter investigates animal-human hybrids and uncanny objects as metaphors in comics.
"Uncanny Pictorial Embodiment" (2026)
This book chapter examines the Canadian stand-up comedy show Rape Is Real and Everywhere (2017) to hypothesize why sexual violence survivors are increasingly divulging their traumatic experiences through stand-up comedy.
"Sexual Violence in Testimonial Stand-Up Comedy" (2022)
This article adds to the conversation of controversial feminist humour by moving away from debates as to whether rape jokes can be funny or feminist and instead examining how they may impact feminist women and female sexual assault survivor.
"Shameless Comedy" (2018)