(Partial curriculum vitae)
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy, English, Concordia University, Montreal QC, 2018 – Ongoing
Master of Arts, English, University of Lethbridge, 2012 – 2014
Bachelor of Arts, English, University of Lethbridge, 2005 – 2010
EMPLOYMENT
Instructor, Composition and Short Fiction, Concordia University, Department of English, Montreal QC, 2018 – 2021
Research Assistant for Dr. Jill Didur, Concordia University, Department of English, Montreal QC, 2018 – 2021
Writing Tutor, Dalhousie University, Writing Centre, Halifax, 2017 – 2018
Research Assistant for Dr. Kiki Benzon, University of Southern California – School of Cinematic Studies, Los Angeles CA, 2017
Writer/Researcher/Digital Exhibit Assistant for the Kipling Scrapbooks Digital Exhibit, Dalhousie University, Halifax NS, 2017
Sessional/Instructional Assistant, University of King’s College, Halifax NS, 2016 – 2018
Freelance Editing, Writing, and Instructional Design Support, Remote, 2014 – Ongoing
Academic Strategist, Lethbridge College, Lethbridge AB, 2013 – 2015
Formatter/Editor, Lethbridge College, Lethbridge AB, 2012 – 2013
Editor, The Canadian Journal of Netherlandic Studies, 2012 – 2013
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Ruzek, Jessica. “Review of river woman by Katherena Vermette.” In The Goose: A Journal of Arts, Environment, and Culture in Canada Special Issue: The Role of Art in Environmental Activism (Forthcoming Spring 2019).
Ruzek, Jessica, Roger Gillis, and Diana Doublet. Forthcoming Summer 2019. “‘Certain Moral Reflections:’ Digital exhibits and critical scholarship—the case of the Kipling Scrapbooks Digital Exhibit” In Special Collections as Sites of Contestation, Sacramento, CA: Library Juice Press.
Ruzek, Jessica. 2017. “The Language of Reification: Mediating Exile in Dževad Karahasan’s Sarajevo, Exodus of a City.” In Performing Identity and Gender in Literature, Theatre and the Visual Arts, Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 71-86.
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