Renate Wickens

BA (Waterloo), MA, PhD (York)
Associate Professor with SoTEL Appointment
Fine Arts Cultural Studies
Faculty of Fine Arts
Faculty of Graduate Studies

Specializations: learning technologies, cultural theory, photography, film studies
Internet: www.yorku.ca/rwickens/

The holder of the Faculty of Fine Arts Dean's Teaching Award (2003) and the first Spotlight on Fine Arts (SOFA) Teaching Award for FACS (2007), Professor Renate Wickens is widely recognized for her research innovations in blended and web-enhanced course development and is a frequent writer/speaker on issues pertaining to the fine arts, technology, and pedagogy.

In addition to her research in pedagogical interconnectivity, Professor Wickens' areas of expertise include cultural history and theory with special reference to the culture of the photographic and cinematic image. Much of her studies/studio research focuses on the relationship between history, memory, image, and text. To that end, Professor Wickens is currently involved in an extended interdisciplinary undertaking in Germany and Austria for which she (along with three other artist-researchers) is the Co-Applicant of a Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Research/ Creation Grant in Fine Arts. The three year research grant begins in 2007 and spans audio, film, new media, and photography.