Dr. Lindsey Banco

Biography

Lindsey Banco is a Professor in the College of Arts and Science at the University of Saskatchewan. She holds a B.A. with Honours from the University of Alberta, an M.A., and a Ph.D. from Queen's University. Banco's research primarily focuses on American Literature and Cultural Studies, with particularly significant contributions to the fields of nuclear culture and travel writing. Her notable publications include 'Travel Drugs: Twentieth-Century Literature' (2009), which examines the intersections of mobility and intoxication through the works of writers such as William Burroughs and Hunter S. Thompson. She also authored 'Meanings of J. Robert Oppenheimer' (2016), exploring the representation of the Manhattan Project physicist across various media and cultural productions. Banco has a history of supervising a diverse range of graduate projects, engaging with topics from Philip K. Dick to Breaking Bad. Her teaching experience encompasses undergraduate courses in American literature, Gothic literature, short fiction, and graduate seminars focused on American literature and culture.

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