SHARDAY C. MOSURINJOHN · Curriculum Vitae
613.777.5481 | sharday.mosurinjohn@queensu.ca
CURRENT POSITIONS
Sept. 2011 –
Queen’s University. Kingston, ON, Canada. PhD Student,
Cultural Studies. Supervisor: Prof. Gary Kibbins. Dissertation
working title: The line, time, and mind in modernity.
Sept. 2011 –
Student Team Member; Doctoral Workshop Participant,
Religion and Diversity Project, (SSHRC 7-year Major
Collaborative Research Initiative).
May 2012 –
Managing Editor; Writer, Gradifying: Queen’s School of
Graduate Studies student blog.
March 2012 –
Writer, Queen’s School of Graduate Studies Student and Event
Profiles.
Sept. 2013 –
Teaching Assistant for Prof. Ian Cuthbertson, Department of
Religious Studies, RELS 161: Problems in Religion and Culture
(Theme: Religion and Modernity).
Oct. 2013 –
Research Assistant for Dr. Lynda Jessup, Program Director,
Cultural Studies, Queen’s University.
Nov. 2013 –
Teaching Assistant, CUST 802: Seminar and Speakers Series.
EDUCATION
Sept. 2009 – Aug. 2011 Queen’s University. Kingston, ON, Canada. Master of Arts,
Cultural Studies. Thesis title: Gender, Christianities, and
neo/liberal hegemony: An ethnographic inquiry into gender
discourse among a United Church women’s group. Supervisor:
Dr. Pamela Dickey Young.
Sept. 2005 – May 2009 Western University. London, ON, Canada.
Honours Bachelor of Arts, Museology (Art History) Major,
Sociocultural Anthropology Major, Scholars Electives Module.
SECOND LANGUAGES
French (intermediate written, beginner spoken).
RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIPS
2010 – 2011
Research Assistant for Dr. Laura Murray, (Principal
Investigator, SSHRC SRG “Putting intellectual property in its
place: Rights discourses, creative labour, and the everyday”),
Department of English, Queen’s University.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Dec. 2012 – May 2013 Teaching Fellow, PHIL 376: Feminist Philosophy, Queen’s
University.
Sept. 2012 – May 2013 Teaching Assistant for Dr. Ellen Goldberg and Dr. Mari
Rethelyi, Department of Religious Studies, RELS 161:
Problems in Religion and Culture (Fall: Topics in Science and
Religion, Winter: Topics in Gender and Religion).
2012
“Muslim women and migration,” POLS 843 lecture, Queen’s
University, Kingston, ON, March 20, 2012.
2011
Guest Lecturer: “Humanities and social sciences writing for
undergraduate study,” GNDS 215 tutorial, Queen’s University,
Kingston, ON, March 1, 2011.
2011
“Perspectives on same-sex marriage debates in Canada and the
US,” RELS 808 lecture, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON,
October 11, 2011.
2011
“Religion, sex, and politics: How should the relationship be
conceptualized?” RELS 808 lecture, Queen’s University,
Kingston, ON, September 18, 2011.
2009
“Sandra Harding’s Sciences from below: Standpoint
methodology and decolonizing research,” GNDS 801 lecture,
Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, November 20, 2009.
2004
Literacy skills instructor (pilot course for grade 9 students
identified at-risk for failure of the OSSLT), H.B. Beal
Secondary School, London, ON.
PUBLICATIONS (Writer/Editor/Artist)
Forthcoming
“Language, politics, and the novel: Rancière’s aesthetic history
of problem-solving in poetics.” Review of the book Mute
speech: Literature, critical theory, and politics by Jacques
Rancière. TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies.
2012 (Feb. – March)
Guest Blogger, “School’s out: Youth, sexuality, and education,”
Bitch Magazine.
2011
Mosurinjohn, S. “Queerness, asexuality, in/visibility and “gay”
rights in Canada: Legal recognition versus the cultivation of a
new cultural ethos.” In J. Quail, (Ed.), Queer Enough: Queer
Identities, Different-Gender Relationships, 2.
2009
Mosurinjohn, S. “Arts and culture in Conservative-led Canada:
A look at the relationship between federal policies and
Calgary’s practices.” In E. Heersink, S. Mosurinjohn, & A.
Wallace, (Eds.), Bon à Tirer: The Western Undergraduate
Journal of Visual Culture.
2008
(Refereed) Viger, C., Bluhm, R., & Mosurinjohn, S. “The
binding problem: Achilles in the 21st century.” In T.M. Lennon,
R.J. Stainton, (Eds.), The achilles of rationalist psychology (pp.
257-285). Dordrecht: Springer.
2008
Mosurinjohn, S. “Strategies of museum education: Curating
material culture, history, and values.” in M. Dalsin, J. Sarma, &
S. Mosurinjohn (Eds.), The Western Undergraduate Journal of
Art and Visual Culture (pp. 61-70).
2008
Writer, Catalogue Essay, Baraka: Souvenirs of voyage,
discovery, and home (Group Exhibition related to Western
University Museum Studies Course), Museum London, London,
ON. (Awarded Arts and Humanities Faculty Student Donation
Fund Project Grant to produce Exhibition Catalogue).
2008
Artist, Propaganda, Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Undergraduate Publication, Western University.
2007
Writer, Catalogue Essay, Lost in transit (Group Exhibition
related to Gallery Practices Course), ArtLab Gallery, Western
University. (Awarded Arts and Humanities Faculty Student
Donation Fund Project Grant to produce Exhibition Catalogue).
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS & POSTERS
2013
2013
“The Line from Time to Thought,” Material Matters (13 Nov.),
Queen’s University, Kingston, ON.
“Linearity, chronicity, and modernity: The comeback of
drawing” (Virtual Presentation), Fourth International
Conference On the Image (18-19 Oct.), University Center
Chicago, Chicago, IL.
2012
“The role of popular journalism in the Canadian imaginary: The
queer and the immigrant as symbolic threats to a changing
public sphere,” Canadian Society for the Study of Religion
Conference (Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences
Federation of Canada), University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON.
2011
“Gender, Christianities, and neo/liberalisms,” (Poster)
Undisciplined: A Cultural Studies Symposium, Queen’s
University, Kingston, ON.
2011
“Cultural labour in a small town: Motivations, rewards, &
dynamics,” Canadian Communication Association Conference,
(Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences Federation of
Canada), University of New Brunswick & St. Thomas
University, Fredericton, NB.
2010
“Life in stereotype: Considering racism, cultural suspicion and
authenticity through the artwork of Kara Walker,” Black
History Month Works in Progress, Queen’s University.
2009
“Cultivating culturepreneurship,” Scholar’s Electives Poster
Presentation, Western University.
SCHOLARSHIPS & HONOURS
2011
Canada Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral Award
2011
Tri-Council Recipient Recognition Award, Queen’s University
2011
Ontario Graduate Scholarship (Declined)
2010
Ontario Graduate Scholarship
2009
Ontario Graduate Scholarship (Declined)
2009
Tri-Council Recipient Recognition Award, Queen’s University.
2009
Canada Graduate Scholarship - Master’s Award
2009
Annual Juried Exhibition Dean’s Essay Prize for “Arts and
culture in Conservative-led Canada,” Western University.
2009
Convocation Gold Medals, highest average Honours Scholar's
Electives; highest average Honours BA in Arts and Humanities,
Western University.
2008
Rosslyn Kelly Swanson Arts Scholarship, Western University.
2008
Faculty of Arts Alumni Award, Western University.
2008
UWOFA Arts and Humanities Scholarship, Western University.
2007
Stephanie Spinks Arts Scholarship, Western University.
2006
UWO Faculty of Social Science Alumni Award, Western
University.
2005
National Scholarship: Faculty Entrance Award, Western
University.
UNIVERSITY SERVICE, VOLUNTEER WORK, & PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
2013
Cultural Studies Director Search Committee, Cultural Studies
Program, Queen’s University.
Oct. 16, 2013
Facilitator, Grant Writing Workshop, CUST 802, Queen’s
University.
2013
Seminar and Curriculum Committee, Cultural Studies Program,
Queen’s University.
2013
Secretary, Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre Board of Directors,
Kingston, ON.
2012
Undisciplined: Cultural Studies Graduate Conference
Organizing Committee, Queen’s University. (Responsible for
preparing funding proposals, including funding for keynote
speaker).
Nov. 7, 2012
Facilitator, SSHRC Grant Writing Workshop (for Cultural
Studies and Art History Graduate Students, Queen’s
University).
2011— Present
Cultural Studies Program Steering Committee, Queen’s
University.
2011— Present
Volunteer with OPIRG Prisoner Correspondence Project.
2011
Shift: Journal of Visual and Material Culture Steering
Committee, Queen’s University.
2010 - 2011
Reelout Queer Film + Video Festival Board of Directors,
Kingston, ON.
2009
Shift: Journal of Visual and Material Culture Editorial
Committee, Queen’s University.
2008
Faculty of Arts and Humanities Educational Policy Committee,
Western University.
2007
Visual Arts Steering Committee, Western University.