L-709, R.D. Parker Building

(705) 675-1151, ext. 4343

shengen@laurentian.ca

RESEARCH INTERESTS

My current research centers on identity as determined by such affiliations as gender, race, religion, sexual preference, and physical ability.  Recent publications have been in the areas of performance theory and practice.  Margaret Atwood's oeuvre and its reception continue to provide a major centre of interest. I teach undergraduate courses in modern and contemporary writing and writer's voice.

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

With Ashley Thomson, Margaret Atwood: A Reference Guide, 1988-2005, Lanham, MD:  The Scarecrow Press, 2007, 456 pp.

Where Stories Meet: An Oral History of De-ba-jeh-mu-jig Theatre, Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press.  2007.  108 pp.

Invited contribution: “Sensory Appeal in The Atwood Stories on TV.”  Atwood on her Work:  “Poems open doors: Novels are the corridors”.  Ed. Christine Evain and Reena Khandpur.  University Press of Nantes, France, 2006.  35-42.

Invited contribution: "Atwood and Environmentalism." The Cambridge Companion to Margaret Atwood.  Ed. Coral Ann Howells.  Cambridge, UK: Cambridge UP, 2006.  72-85.

“Desire and Art.”  Rev. article of The Innocent Eye Test, by Michael Healey; Cold Meat Party, by Brad Fraser; The Ventriloquist, by Larry Tremblay.  Canadian Literature 192 (Spring 2007):  180-82.

“The Shape of Events.”  Rev. article of Blood Relations and Other Plays, by Sharon Pollock; The Shape of a Girl and Jewel, by Joan MacLeod.  Canadian Literature (Spring 2005): 164-66.

"Reality Theatre." Rev. article of Strategies: The Business of Being a Playwright in Canada, ed. Caroline Russell-King and Rose Scollard; Questionable Activities: The Best, ed. Judith Rudakoff.  Canadian Literature (Winter 2003)

"Dramatic Empathy." Rev. article of Tellin' It Like It Is: A Compendium of African Canadian Monologues for Actors, ed. Djanet Sears; Murder in the Atrium:A Tale of Corporate Downsizing, in Three Acts, by Margie Taylor; Karla and Grif: A Play in Two Acts, by Vivienne Laxdal.  Canadian Literature 173 (Summer 2002): 179-81.

L-709, Édifice R.D. Parker

(705) 675-1151, poste 4343

shengen@laurentian.ca

INTÉRÊTS DE RECHERCHE

My current research centers on identity as determined by such affiliations as gender, race, religion, sexual preference, and physical ability.  Recent publications have been in the areas of performance theory and practice.  Margaret Atwood's oeuvre and its reception continue to provide a major centre of interest. I teach undergraduate courses in modern and contemporary writing and writer's voice.

PUBLICATIONS REPRÉSENTATIVES

With Ashley Thomson, Margaret Atwood: A Reference Guide, 1988-2005, Lanham, MD:  The Scarecrow Press, 2007, 456 pp.

Where Stories Meet: An Oral History of De-ba-jeh-mu-jig Theatre, Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press.  2007.  108 pp.

Invited contribution: “Sensory Appeal in The Atwood Stories on TV.”  Atwood on her Work:  “Poems open doors: Novels are the corridors”.  Ed. Christine Evain and Reena Khandpur.  University Press of Nantes, France, 2006.  35-42.

Invited contribution: "Atwood and Environmentalism." The Cambridge Companion to Margaret Atwood.  Ed. Coral Ann Howells.  Cambridge, UK: Cambridge UP, 2006.  72-85.

“Desire and Art.”  Rev. article of The Innocent Eye Test, by Michael Healey; Cold Meat Party, by Brad Fraser; The Ventriloquist, by Larry Tremblay.  Canadian Literature 192 (Spring 2007):  180-82.

“The Shape of Events.”  Rev. article of Blood Relations and Other Plays, by Sharon Pollock; The Shape of a Girl and Jewel, by Joan MacLeod.  Canadian Literature (Spring 2005): 164-66.

"Reality Theatre." Rev. article of Strategies: The Business of Being a Playwright in Canada, ed. Caroline Russell-King and Rose Scollard; Questionable Activities: The Best, ed. Judith Rudakoff.  Canadian Literature (Winter 2003)

"Dramatic Empathy." Rev. article of Tellin' It Like It Is: A Compendium of African Canadian Monologues for Actors, ed. Djanet Sears; Murder in the Atrium:A Tale of Corporate Downsizing, in Three Acts, by Margie Taylor; Karla and Grif: A Play in Two Acts, by Vivienne Laxdal.  Canadian Literature 173 (Summer 2002): 179-81.