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Stephen Ross is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Concordia University. He specializes in modernist poetry and poetics, comparative literature, and the contemporary legacies of modernism. His research encompasses two primary areas: modernist poetry and poetics, and the global turn in modernist studies. Ross is the author of the monograph 'Invisible Terrain: John Ashbery's Aesthetics of Nature,' published by Oxford University Press in 2017, which explores the interplay between poetry, avant-garde fantasy, and nature in Ashbery's work. He co-edited the anthology 'Global Modernists Modernism,' released by Bloomsbury in 2020, which was awarded the Modernist Studies Association's book prize in 2021. His current projects include a critical edition of Mikhl Likht's 'Processions' and research on late modernist poetics and state power. Ross also supervises graduate work in poetry, poetics, and modern literature, offering courses that engage diverse facets of contemporary literature and historical texts.
Administered by the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema; focuses on cinematic arts practice and research-creation.