Dr. Mary Chapman, PhD, MA, BA Hon. English

Professor, Dept. of English

Academic Director, Public Humanities Hub

Faculty of Arts

Vancouver Campus

Fields

Elections / Public Opinion / Parties, Gender and Women’s Studies, Journalism / Media Studies, Literature / Creative Writing, United States

Contact Information

Chosen name and pronouns:

She/Her/Hers

mary.chapman@ubc.ca

Tel: 604-822-5120

https://english.ubc.ca/person/mary-chapman/

Twitter/ WEatonArchive

Twitter/ UBC_PH

Twitter/ MaryChapman62

Alternate Contact

Erik Rolfsen

Senior Media Relations Specialist

Tel: 604.822.2644

Cell: 604.209.3048

Email: erik.rolfsen@ubc.ca

Expertise

US literature, 19th-century women writers, suffrage, women in politics, public humanities, humanities education, Sui Sin Far, Onoto Watanna, Chinese Canadian history, literary canon, Chinese Canadian writers, modernism, poetry,

Languages

French

In the Media

Letter of the Week: “Rape chant was harassment and UBC action was correct” More women elected in B.C. than ever before – Vancouver Sun A new light shines on the mother of Asian-American literature, Edith Eaton – Globe and Mail Mary Chapman and ‘Treacherous Texts’ – CBC Radio’s North By Northwest Broadcast Interview – Presented by Ann Arbor League of Women Voters as part of “Liberty Awakes” Exhibit ‘Sloppy’: Baileys under fire over Reclaim Her Name books for Women’s prize – Guardian Interview with Ellen Goodman and Lynn Sherr, S1E2 “She Votes” Two veteran newswomen learn podcasting to retell the story of women’s suffrage – Nieman Reports Becoming Sui Sin Far – New Books Network Humanities for the People Interview with Lucy X. Chen – The Empress