Dr. Lindsay Diehl has a MFA in Creative Writing, a MA in English Literature, and a PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of British Columbia Okanagan in Kelowna, British Columbia. Her areas of expertise include diasporic Canadian literatures, creative writing, Asian Canadian Studies, settler colonial studies, postcolonial theory, and transnational feminism. As a creative writer and critical scholar, Dr. Diehl often blends scholarly and creative methodologies to explore intersecting issues of nationalism, settler-colonialism, race, gender, and identity. She is particularly interested in how storytelling allows for personal, emotional, and affective elements frequently overlooked in conventional forms of criticism.
Dr. Lindsay Diehl is Assistant Professor at the University of Manitoba. Her latest publications have appeared in Canadian Literature, English Studies in Canada, Canada & Beyond, and Postcolonial Text. She is currently working on a monograph for Wilfrid Laurier University Press on Chinese Canadian literature, as well as a textbook for Routledge Press on Asian Canadian Literature.
Areas of Specialization:
• Canadian Literature
• Creative Writing
• Asian Canadian Studies
• Settler Colonialism
• Postcolonial Theory and Literature
• Transnational Feminism
• Anti-Racism in an Intersectional Framework
• Creative-Critical Approaches to Research