EDUCATION
B.A., M.A., Ph.D, University of Toronto.
UNIVERSITY EMPLOYMENT
Professor, University of Western Ontario, 1990-
Canada Research Chair, 2001-21
Distinguished University Professor, 2008-
Director, Centre for the Study of Theory and Criticism, 1995-2001, 2011-2015
Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1985-1990.
H.I.Romnes Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1987-1990.
Associate Professor, Queen's University, 1983-85.
Assistant Professor, Queen’s University, 1980-83
Assistant Professor, Huron College, University of Western Ontario, 1977-80.
VISITING AND RESEARCH APPOINTMENTS
Visiting Fellow, Clare Hall, Cambridge, 2014; Life Fellow 2014-
Visiting Fellow, Centre for Research in Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, Cambridge University, 2014
Visiting Fellow, Centre for Advanced Studies, Ludwig-Maximilien’s Universität-Munich, Spring 2012.
Northrop Frye Professor of Theory, Department of Comparative Literature, University of Toronto, Spring Semester 1999.
Visiting Canterbury Fellow, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, Summer 1996.
Visiting Professor, International Institute for Semiotic and Structural Studies, University of British Columbia, Summer 1988.
Visiting Professor, University of California, San Diego, Spring 1984.
HONOURS AND AWARDS
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Standard and Research Grants: 2020-25, 2011-15, 2003-8, 1998-2001, 1991-95; SSHRC Leave Fellowship, 1984-5
Distinguished Scholar Lifetime award, Keats-Shelley Association of America, 2006
Hellmuth Prize for Excellence in Research (University of Western Ontario), 2001
Keats-Shelley Association Prize for best article in 1988 (1989)
John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, 1987-88
A.C.L.S. Grant-in-Aid, 1986-87
A.S.P. Woodhouse Prize for the best doctoral dissertation submitted in the University of Toronto English Department in 1977 (1978)
