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Andrea Medovarski

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Department of Humanities

Associate Professor

Office: 250 Vanier College
Phone: 416-736-2100 Ext: 70414
Email: medov@yorku.ca

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Andrea Medovarski is an Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities at York University, specializing in Black diaspora cultural studies. An interdisciplinary scholar, her research focuses on situating Canada within the context of the Americas and exploring histories of transatlantic slavery and colonization. She has published extensively on black diasporic cultural productions with a particular focus on black Canadian literature and film, in book chapters and in journals such as TOPIA, Canadian Literature, Studies in Canadian Literature and The Journal of Postcolonial Writing. She has also published a book on the second-generation children of immigrants in black Canadian and black British women’s writing. Deeply committed to access issues in postsecondary education, Dr. Medovarski has taught in various access/bridging programs at York and has also received HEQCO funding for her research on ‘nontraditional’ students. In addition, she serves on the editorial boards of the journal Canadian Woman Studies/les cahiers de la femme, and Inanna Publications, a feminist press.

Degrees

PhD, York University
MA, York University
BEd, Queen's University
BA, Queen's University

Professional Leadership

  • 2014-2017  - Senator, York University Senate One of 18 elected-at-large faculty representatives Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies.
  • 2016-Present  -  Department of Humanities Representative Council of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, York University.
  • 2016-Present  -  Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies York University Godard Dissertation Prize Selection Committee.
  • 2017-Present  -  Executive Committee, Department of Humanities, York University, Faculty Representative.
  • 2017  -  Hiring Subcommittee of the Recruitment Committee, Department of Humanities, York University Faculty Representative, search for Canada 150 CRC in Black Diaspora thought and cultures.
  • Community Contributions

  • 2013-2014  - Co-president Wen-Do Women’s Self Defence, Toronto, ON.
  • 2010-2014  - Board of Directors Wen-Do Women’s Self-Defence, Toronto, ON.
  • 2011-2015  - Instructor Wen-Do Women’s Self-Defence, Toronto, ON.
  • 1999-2001  - Literacy Tutor Parkdale Project Read, Toronto, ON.