work

Published Writing (Non-reviewed)

• www.ReemaFaris.com; 2011-Present
• SFU GSWS Department Blog; Burnaby, BC, Canada – 11 September 2018 – “Performances of a Lifetime and a Lifetime of Performances.”
• SFU GSWS Department Blog; Burnaby, BC, Canada – 18 June 2018 – “Congress 2018: A snapshot from three perspectives” with S. Bahrami and S. Dielissen
• SFU GSWS Department Blog; Burnaby, BC, Canada – 11 May 2018 – “A Visit to Haida Gwaii.”
• SFU GSWS Department Blog; Burnaby, BC, Canada – 19 March 2018 – “Dance, Shout, And Make It All Work Out.”
• Constellations. Voices from Cascadia Retreat Centre, edited by Clair Robson, Nighthag Press – 30 January 2016
  “Unforgiving Ever Past” (20-23) and “At the Edge of Understanding” (24-25)
• SFU English Department Blog; Burnaby, BC, Canada – 2 November 2015 – “Close Encounters of the Imaginative Kind.”
• TheTyee.ca; Vancouver, BC – 6 August 2014 (reprinted from original blog post)
  “West Van Trustee: Why Gov’t Must Settle with Teachers Now Prolonging the dispute before court cases conclude could prove very costly.” (One of the top 15 most-read stories of the year on the website.)
• North Shore News; North Vancouver, BC – 12 June 2005
  “Disneyland adventure a dream come true.”
• Homeswest Magazine; Vancouver, BC – 2000-2004
  Articles on food, twice a year.
• The Georgia Straight; Vancouver, BC – 15 June 2000
  “Never-Sleeping City Suits Jazz Lovers Well.”
• North Shore Outlook; North Vancouver, BC – 2000-2001
  Weekly column on food including restaurant reviews, personal anecdotes and recipes.

Presentations (Peer Reviewed)

• “Nevertheless, They Persist: Women, Anger, and Gender Roles.” West Coast Liberal Studies Symposium, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA, June 2018
• “Woman, Know Thy Place: Hetaerism and the Demise of the Uppity Woman in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s and Tim Rice’s Musical Evita.” West Coast Liberal Studies Symposium, University of Washington Tacoma, Tacoma, Washington, USA, June 2017
• “Woman, Know Thy Place: Hetaerism and the Demise of the Uppity Woman in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s and Tim Rice’s Musical Evita.” GSWS Graduate Student Colloquium, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada, May 2017
• “Once Upon a Journey: Travelling with Mary Wollstonecraft and Elizabeth Gilbert,” 2016 Graduate Liberal Studies (GLS) Symposium, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada, June 2016

Presentations (Non-Reviewed)

• “What’s it all about Elizabeth Gilbert? Travel, Identity and the Search for Social Justice.” SFU GSWS Department Travelling Speakers’ Series, Okanagan College Signature Speaker Series, Vernon, BC, Canada, October 2018
• “Nevertheless They Persist: Women’s Response to Gender Roles.” SFU GSWS Department Travelling Speakers’ Series, Old Massett and Skidegate, Haida Gwaii, BC, Canada, May 2018
• Panelist. “Latest Research Findings”. The 2017 Air & Space Industry Symposium on Gender Balance, Institute for Women of Aviation Worldwide, Vancouver, BC, Canada, May 2017
• “Modern Self-help – More Distracting than Helpful” TEDxGastownWomen, The Imperial, Vancouver, BC, Canada, October 2016
• “What’s It All About, Elizabeth Gilbert?” Shadbolt-GLS Big Idea Seminar Series, Century House, New Westminster, BC, Canada, October 2016