Literature of Modernity Convocation 2017
On October 12, 2017, the Department of English celebrated the graduation of our 9th Literatures of Modernity MA cohort. Congratulations to our impressive group!
During our pre-convocation reception, awards were given to Kailey Havelock and Rebecca Martin (pictured above).
Kailey was recognized for her outstanding academic record: she achieved the remarkable feat of earing a perfect GPA, having received an A+ in every MA course. Following the completion of her degree, Kailey remains active in the literary field: 鈥淚 am presently working as an agency assistant at CookeMcDermid, a literary agency. I also work as the copy editor for The Puritan and as a manuscript editor for one of Professor Irene Gammel鈥檚 very exciting forthcoming books. A PhD is somewhere on my horizon, but right now my focus is making a name for myself in the publishing industry. I鈥檓 planning to start Ryerson鈥檚 publishing certificate program in the evenings this winter.鈥�
Rebecca won the award for Best Essay, entitled 鈥溾�楺ueering the 鈥楲ost Year鈥�: Transcription and the Lesbian Continuum in Susan Choi鈥檚 American Woman.鈥� Like Kailey, Rebecca has been keeping busy: 鈥淚鈥檝e been hired as a proposal writer for a market research company in downtown Toronto. I鈥檓 currently working on an essay about letterpress and digital mark-up for the Yellow Nineties Online, which I will be presenting at the joint Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP) and the Victorian Studies Association of Western Canada (VSAWC) conference at the University of Victoria in July, 2018. I鈥檝e also recently had some writing published in a children鈥檚 book; artist Gavin Aung Than used something I wrote for one of his comics, which can be found online here: ). As for the future, I鈥檝e been thinking about applying for a PhD next year, focusing on print culture and artists鈥� books.鈥�
We wish all of our newly-minted MAs much success as they continue to pursue their personal and professional goals.