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Prof. Eleanor Ty

Affiliation

Wilfrid Laurier University

Academy or College

Academy of the Arts and Humanities

Year Elected

2019

Areas of Interest

Asian Canadian Literature, Asian American Studies, 18th-Century British Fiction, Life Writing

TY, Eleanor – Department of English & Film Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University
Eleanor Ty is a leading scholar of Asian Canadian Literature. Her research and publications have defined and shaped the field. Ty’s Asianfail: Narratives of Disenchantment and the Model Minority was awarded the best Adult Non-Fiction Book for 2017 by APALA: Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association. She was the Fulbright Canada Research Chair at University of California, Santa Barbara for 2018-19, and was named University Research Professor in 2015.

Eleanor Ty est une cheffe de file dans le domaine de la littérature canado-asiatique. Ses recherches et publications ont défini et influencé ce domaine. Son livre intitulé Asianfail: Narratives of Disenchantment and the Model Minority a reçu en 2017 le titre du meilleur livre de non-fiction pour adultes par APALA (Asian / Pacific American Librarians Association). Elle a été titulaire de la chaire de recherche Fulbright Canada à l’Université de Californie à Santa Barbara en 2018-2019 et a été nommée professeure de recherche à l’université en 2015.