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Stefania Burk is an Associate Dean, Academic and an Associate Professor of Teaching in the Asian Studies Department at the University of British Columbia (UBC). She received her PhD in Japanese Poetics from the University of California, Berkeley in 2001. Her research interests focus on the intersections of gender, genre, and patronage in pre-modern Japan, along with translation studies and the conventions of poetic ritual. Her academic work emphasizes the importance of understanding these intersections in a historical context, detailing the roles they play in shaping literature and culture. She has been recognized for her teaching excellence, having received the Killam Teaching Prize, and is committed to undergraduate curriculum development and enhancing the first-year experience. Dr. Burk has also completed UBC’s International Faculty Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Leadership Program, where she received a certificate in Curriculum & Pedagogy in Higher Education. Her administrative role has included attention to academic integrity and the policies and requirements of the Bachelor of Arts degree.
Offers course-only and thesis routes. Focus areas include philosophy of science, mind, ethics, and Asian philosophy.