1. Michael Jon Anthony Stachura
#703, Eighteenth Street Ÿ New Westminster, BC Ÿ V3M 4T5 Ÿ 778-321-4573 Ÿ mstachur@sfu.ca
EDUCATION
2009—2015 Ph.D., English Literature, Simon Fraser University
Thesis: “A Polar Projection: The Northern Dimension in Modern
Scottish Literature”
Supervisor: Dr. Leith Davis
2008—2009 M.Litt. (with distinction), Scottish Literature, Stirling University
Thesis: “An Orkney Skald: Old Norse Influence on the Poetry and
Prose of George Mackay Brown”
Supervisor: Dr. Scott Hames
2004—2008 M.A. (Hons), English Literature, Aberdeen University
Thesis: “‘A Wild Kind o’ Warld’: The Representation of the
Highlands in the Novels of Walter Scott.”
Supervisor: Dr. Alison Lumsden
HONOURS
2010, 2013, 2014 David & Mary Macaree Graduate Fellowship
2009, 2011, 2012 Ann and William Messenger Graduate Fellowship
2012 President’s Ph.D. Scholarship
TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Scottish Literature
• Arctic Literary Studies
• European Modernism
• British Literature (18th
Century—present day)
• English Medieval Literature
• Ecophilosophy
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2009—2015 Teaching Assistant, Simon Fraser University
• Designed and taught introductory literature and composition classes, including six
sections of English 201: Medieval Literature, four sections of English 103:
Introduction to Drama, three sections of English 101: Introduction to Fiction and
English 102: Introduction to Poetry, and one section of English 199: Introduction
to University Writing.
• Met with students for each major paper assignment to discuss individual goals,
concerns and progress.

2. • Taught the importance of conducting research and to critically evaluate the
quality of sources.
• Evaluated student writing and provided guidance to students writing and
researching term papers.
• Worked with a diverse group of students, including many international students
and ESL students, and developed strategies for responding effectively to a wide
range of writing abilities.
• Encouraged students to develop writing goals and then work to tailor each
assignment to these goals.
• Used online management systems such as Canvas to organize content and
communicate with students outside of class and office hours to encourage clarity
and transparency.
2012 (Summer) Teacher, Coquitlam College
• Designed, taught and assessed a 100-level English composition course in
academic writing.
PUBLICATIONS
• “Making it New: Imagism and George Mackay Brown’s Runic Poetry.”
International Journal of Scottish Literature (8:11), 2011; online.
• “North Atlantic Drift: The Scandinavian Dimension in Modern Scottish
Literature.” The Journal of the Scottish Society for Northern Studies (45), 2013,
119-141.
• “Scottish Shamans: Northern Ecophilosophy.” (Under Development)
CONFERENCE PAPERS
• “James Macpherson’s Ossian as a Transnational Northern Epic.” The North East
Forum for Eighteenth-Century and Romantic Studies. Durham University.
September 2014.
• “A Polar Projection: Looking North in Modern Scottish Literature.” Scandinavian
and Baltic Studies Conference. Yale University. March 2014.
ACADEMIC SERVICE
2010—2011 Editor, Simon Fraser University, Scottish Voices from the West:
Oral History Project
• Helped digitize and transcribe various oral recordings of Scottish immigrants to
British Columbia and individuals whose families emigrated to BC from Scotland
some time ago.