Leslie Vermeer

Dr. Vermeer's research asks questions around how language produces privilege and how students are shaped by education policy. Her current research analyzes how daughters and mothers are represented in literature for children and teens. She has also been researching micro-publishing and political economy, Alberta's publishing history and the role of publishers in post-oil boom Alberta, topics that emerge from her studies in print culture and book history. All of her academic work is organized around the question "Who benefits?" and adopts an intersectionalist feminist framework. Dr. Vermeer's teaching is consistently informed by praxis, that is, practice engaged by theory and theory engaged by practice, with the intention of making positive change. She believes that being an active professional writer and editor, as well as a scholar, helps her remain current in the classroom, and working with students keeps her professional skills nimble. | Editing and publishing, publishing and political economy, publishing and the cultural industries, children's and YA publishing, curriculum as educational policy, sociology of education, applied linguistics, English language arts and employment, English language arts and social capital, gender and text, book culture, print culture studies, censorship

Leslie Vermeer is Associate Dean | Associate Professor at MacEwan University. Their stated interests include Dr. Vermeer's research asks questions around how language produces privilege and how students are shaped by education policy. Her current research analyzes how daughters and mothers are represented in literature for children and teens. She has also been researching micro-publishing and political economy, Alberta's publishing history and the role of publishers in post-oil boom Alberta, topics that emerge from her studies in print culture and book history. All of her academic work is organized around the question "Who benefits?" and adopts an intersectionalist feminist framework. Dr. Vermeer's teaching is consistently informed by praxis, that is, practice engaged by theory and theory engaged b. This summary considered all 4 collected sources.