Dr. Annik Bilodeau

Biography

Annik Bilodeau is a Lecturer in Spanish Latin American Studies at the University of Waterloo. She holds a PhD from the University of Ottawa (2016), an MA from the University of Ottawa (2011), and a BA from Université Laval (2010). Her research interests include Contemporary Mexican literature, Cosmopolitanism, Nationalism, Street Art Studies and Visual Culture, and Intellectual History. Bilodeau has received several grants for her work, including a Learning Innovation Teaching Enhancement Grant and multiple Insight Grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) to support her research on foreign language reading anxiety and political street art. She has published works such as "Belonging Beyond Borders: Cosmopolitan Affiliations Contemporary Spanish American Literature" and has ongoing projects with McGill-Queens University Press. Annik actively participates in academic conferences, presenting on collaborative reading strategies, political street art, and the representation of gender and violence in art. She has been involved in professional activities as the president of the Ontario Chapter of the American Association of Spanish Portuguese Teachers and engages in organizing conferences to promote scholarship in her field.

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