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Karen Wiebe

Portrait of Karen Wiebe
​​​​Name​​​​​

Dr. Karen Wiebe
School

School of Interdisciplinary Studies
Program
  • Bachelor of Applied Health Information Science (Honours)
  • Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) – Accounting, Audit, and Information Technology
  • Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) – International Business Management
  • Bachelor of Community and Criminal Justice (Honours)
  • Bachelor of Environmental Public Health (Honours)
Academic and professional designations
  • Ph.D. University of Toronto, Department of Comparative Literature
  • M.A. University of Victoria, English Literature
  • Member of the National Council of Teachers and CCCC
Title
  • Professor
Courses taught
  • ENGL71000 - Academic Communications
  • ENGL72000 - Professional Communications
  • ENGL72200 - Desire in Literature 
  • ENGL71040 - Postmodern Identity in Popular Culture
Areas of expertise & interest
  • Critical thinking and composition
  • Popular culture narratives in a variety of media
Industry experience, professional currency activities
  • Literature and communications professor at a variety of colleges and universities over the past 25 years.
  • Department Coordinator: degree and technical communications courses, 2011-2013; all communications courses, 2013-2017; diploma electives, 2019-2024.
  • Active member of the Conference on College Composition and Communication through which I stay current regarding the latest studies on effective adult education in the communications field.
Major research projects, scholarly activities, and/or publications
  • Course creation: COMM1085, ENGL71000, ENGL71020, ENGL71040, ENGL72000, ENGL71200

Publications:

  • Pike, K.H. (2010). Theories of the Fantastic: Postmodernism, Game Theory, and Modern Physic. T-Space, UTPress.
  • Pike, K.H. (1998) β€œBitextual Pleasures: Camp, Parody, and the Fantastic Film.”Film Literature Quarterly. Bowling Green, KY