Our teaching assistants make valued contributions to teaching and research in our department. They are engaged with students, faculty members and communities to bring you the best education experience.
Salman Akhtar
Salman Akhtar entered academia through convergence. Currently a third-year doctoral student in the English department at York University, he trained and worked as, first, a teacher of English to ‘Other ...
Zaynab Ali
Zaynab Ali (she/her) is a doctoral candidate in English at York University. She is the recipient of the SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canadian Graduate Scholarship (2021). Along with her MA, Zaynab ...
Monique Attrux
Monique is a doctoral student in English at York University. Her dissertation focuses on the relationship between language, ethnic identity, and literary production in the context of Chinese Canadian literature. ...
Braedon Balko
Braedon Balko received an Honours B. A. with High Distinction from the University of Toronto in 2017 and an M. A. in English from York University in 2019, during which ...
Olivia De Sanctis
Olivia De Sanctis is a first-year Ph.D. student and teaching assistant at York University. Olivia completed both her Honours B.A. and M.A. here at York University and loves the campus ...
Theo Fox
Theo Fox (he/him) is a PhD student in English at York University, where he also completed both his MA (‘19) and his Spec. Hon. BA (‘18). He specializes in drama, ...
Tamara Frooman
Tamara Frooman (she/her) is a first year PhD student. She holds a BA from UofT with a double major in English and Gender Studies and completed her SSHRC-funded MA in ...
Tita Kyrtsakas
Tita Kyrtsakas received her BA(H) in English and Drama (2015) and B.Ed. from the University of Windsor (2019) and her MA with a SSHRC grant from the University of Toronto ...
Maybelle Leung
Maybelle Leung (she/her) is a Ph.D. Candidate in the English Department at York University. She completed her Hons. B.A. at University of Toronto and her M.A. at York University. Her ...
Anjalee Nadarajan
Anjalee Nadarajan is a PhD student in York University's English department who is studying the evolution of the novel. Her teaching interests include prose narrative and poetry, British and American ...
Meghana Sharma
Meghana's research interests are multidisciplinary. She studies climate change and environmental policies with a focus on how scientific knowledge is produced and disseminated. At York, she currently co-teaches an undergraduate ...
Breanna Simpson
Breanna Simpson is currently a doctoral candidate at York University. She received a BA in Classical Studies and English Literature (2015), as well as an MA in Ancient Culture, Religion, ...
Monica Sousa
Monica Sousa received her B.A. (Honours) in 2017 and her M.A. in 2018 from Brock University. She is currently a doctoral candidate in the Department of English at York University. ...