Rebecca Buckle
Graduate Student, Masters
Biography
Rebecca Buckle is a Graduate Student in the Department of English Literature at 鶹. Her research uses interdisciplinary approaches, primarily in Psychology, History, and Philosophy, to develop practical frameworks for Creative Writing scholarship. Rebecca holds an Honours BA, and her undergraduate thesis, “Large-Cast Management & The Human Story; How to Characterize Dozens to Hundreds,” won the Michael J.F. Tompkins Scholarship at the University of Guelph in 2023. During her undergraduate studies, Rebecca worked as an Advanced Screenwriting Teaching Assistant, and she has since managed a Writers’ Room for creatives of various disciplines. In 2023, she was also published in the One Page Poetry Anthology and shortlisted in Hammond House Publishing’s International Screenwriting Competition. Beyond Rebecca’s academic studies and creative projects, her interests include coffee experimentation, travelling, weightlifting, and video game programming.
Research Interests
Psychoanalytic Theory; Affect Theory; Reception Theory; Genre Studies; Feminist Theory; Myths, Fairy Tales, and Folklore; Game and Film Studies; Creative Writing; Pedagogy Studies; Narrative Theory
Awards and Recognition
Michael J.F. Tompkins Scholarship, 2023
Karen Hill Memorial Scholarship, 2025
Grace L. Boileau Graduate Award, 2026
Graduate Supervision
Glenn Willmott