Robert Pasquini
BA (Hons) (UofT), MA (Ryerson), PhD (McMaster)
Dr. Robert Pasquini has been a faculty member in the English Department at Kwantlen Polytechnic University since 2019. He specializes in teaching Victorian Literature, Science Fiction & Fantasy, and Work-Integrated Learning, in addition to composition and writing. His ongoing teaching and research interests involve the intersections of science and literature, especially the "ever-branching" ramifications of evolutionary theory for the literary imagination. Presently, his research aims to illuminate the cultural history of extinction in the nineteenth century. He has published in journals ranging from Victorian Review to Interdisciplinary Humanities, and his awards include VSAWC’s Founders’ Circle Award.
Courses taught
- ENGL 1100 - Introduction to University Writing
- ENGL 1202 - Reading and Writing about Special Topics (Representing Nature)
- ENGL 1204 - Reading and Writing about Genre
- ENGL 1207 - Film, Television, and Online Narratives
- ENGL 2341 - Science Fiction and Fantasy
- ENGL 3317 - Readings in the History of Ideas (The Cultural History of Extinction)
- ENGL 3332 - Victorian Poetry & Non-Fiction (Sex & Evolution)
- ENGL 3336 - The Victorian Novel
- ARTS 4880 - Arts Practicum
Areas of Interest
Victorian Literature, Literature and Science, Animal Studies, Book History, Print Culture, Darwin Studies, Environmental Humanities, History of the Novel, Digital Humanities, & Science Fiction.
Scholarly Work
- “Posthuman Ecology and Immersive Materiality in M.P. Shiel’s The Purple Cloud.” Victorian Review, vol. 48, no. 1, 2022, pp. 91-106.
- “Hearing the Patient’s Voice: A Profile of Dr. Michael Schweitzer.” Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 192 no.1, 2020, pp. E13-E14.
- “Primates in Print: Popularizing Interspecies Kinship in Huxley’s ‘Evidence as to Man’s Place in Nature” in Pivot: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies and Thought, vol. 5, no. 1, 2016.
- “Evacuated Ecologies: H. G. Wells and the Evolutionary Aesthetics of Extinction” in Interdisciplinary Humanities, special issue on Environmental Aesthetics, vol. 32, no. 3, 2015.