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Amanda Lastoria is an Adjunct Professor at Simon Fraser University in the Publishing program within the Faculty of Communication, Art, and Technology. She earned her PhD in Publishing from Simon Fraser University and has a Master's degree from Oxford Brookes University. Amanda's doctoral research focuses on the industrial mediation of text materiality and the evolution of books, using Lewis Carroll's 'Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland' as a case study to explore how design and production values can influence market meanings. With over a decade of experience in the publishing industry, Amanda has worked with notable companies such as The Folio Society, Routledge, and Taylor & Francis. She has also been involved in e-learning projects with Macmillan and served as an Associate Publisher for a Toronto-based magazine, Dance Current. In addition to her teaching commitments, she currently serves as the Editor for the Lewis Carroll Review and has freelanced as a copy-editor and proofreader for various companies including Random House UK. Amanda's academic interests lie at the intersection of publishing history, book history, and design theory.
Department of Philosophy