Dionne Brand - Academic Career

Academic Career

Brand has held several prestigious academic positions, including:

  • Writer-in-Residence, University of Toronto (1990–1991)
  • Assistant Professor of English, University of Guelph (1992–1994)
  • Ruth Wynn Woodward Professor in Women's Studies, Simon Fraser University (2000–2002)
  • Writer-in-Residence, University of Guelph (2003–2004)
  • Distinguished Visiting Scholar and Writer-in-Residence, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York (2004–2005)
  • Distinguished Poet for the Ralph Gustafson Poetry Chair, Vancouver Island University (2006)
  • Program Faculty in the Writing Studio, Banff Centre (2007; 2009)
  • Brand is currently Professor of English at the School of English and Theatre Studies at the University of Guelph where she also holds a University Research Chair

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