Brooke Pratt | Faculty & staff bios

Name	Brooke Pratt
School	School of Interdisciplinary Studies
Program	Bachelor of Design (Honours) Bachelor of Communications Management (Honours)
Academic and Professional Designations	PhD, English Literature
Title	Coordinator and Professor, Communications
Courses Taught	ENGL72170: Studies in English Vocabulary, Diction, and Style
Areas of Expertise & Interest	Canadian Literature Literature and Environment
Industry Experience, Professional Currency Activities	Contributor to Canada: A Literary Tour (a virtual exhibit for Library and Archives Canada) Contributor to The Canadian Encyclopedia (Historica-Dominion Institute)
Major Research Projects, Scholarly Activities, and/or Publications	Selected Publications: (2014). "Preserving 'the echoing rooms of yesterday': Al Purdy's A-frame and the Place of Writers' Houses in Canada," in Canadian Literature and Cultural Memory (Oxford UP). (2012). "Duncan's Folly: The Murchison House as Mock Ruin" in Canadian Literature 213. (2012). "Ghost Towns in the Making: Hugh Hood's 'The Village Inside' and Duncan Campbell Scott's In the Village of Viger," in Re-exploring Canadian Space / Redécouvrir l'espace canadien (Barkhuis).
Additional Information	I enjoy teaching and engaging with students from a wide variety of programs across the college. My academic research focuses on representations of abandoned space in Canadian writing, but I am also interested in Canadian literary landmarks in the context of heritage tourism and public culture.