Dr. Elizabeth Podnieks

Professor

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Biography

Elizabeth Podnieks is a Professor in the Department of English at Toronto Metropolitan University. Her work spans various aspects of modernism, motherhood studies, life writing, women's literatures, and popular culture. Podnieks has published extensively on notable figures such as Vera Brittain, Buchi Emecheta, and Virginia Woolf, and has contributed numerous articles and chapters to prestigious journals and encyclopedias. She has engaged with critiques of modernist motherhood and collaborated on editorial projects that explore the intersections of motherhood and cultural narratives. As a member of the International Association for Maternal Action Scholarship (IAMAS) and a founding chair of the Popular Culture Association’s Area for Motherhood/Fatherhood, she has significantly impacted scholarship in her field. Her current projects include co-editing the Palgrave Handbook on Parenthood in Popular Culture and examining Indigenous mothering. Selected publications include works that investigate the queering of motherhood, maternal modernism, and the roles of literary diarists.

Research Interests

Requirements for Toronto Metropolitan University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.33
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7.5
Prerequisites
Four-year undergraduate degree in chemical engineering or related field
Application Checklist
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  • Two letters of recommendation
  • Resume
  • Statement of Interest
Specialization Notes

Department of Chemical Engineering