A postdoctoral scholar or聽postdoctoral聽researcher, or sometimes simply called a 鈥淧ostdoc,鈥� is a recent PhD graduate who is now professionally conducting research alongside a supervisor from our department. Postdoctoral scholars obtain temporary or 鈥淎djunct鈥� academic appointment here at 海角社区app, which allows them to access university facilities and prepares them for other academic faculty positions. In addition to hosting postdoctoral scholars who are externally funded (most frequently through the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, or SSHRC), 海角社区app University also offers聽Killiam Postdoctoral Fellowships.听
Here are our postdoctoral scholars, along with a brief biography and their current research.
Madison Trusolio
Madison Trusolino is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of English working on the project. She holds a PhD in Information Studies from the University of Toronto. Madison researches the intersections of precarity, sexuality, and gender, with a specific emphasis on work and workers in the arts and culture industries. Her current project looks at the relations between unionization in the digital creative industries and social justice movements.
Her research can be found in Feminist Media Studies, The International Journal of Cultural Policy, and Communication and the Publics.
Research Topics:
- Cretive and Cultural Industries
- Gender Studies
- Labour Studies
- Political Economy of Communication
Education:
- BA, York University
- MA, Simon Fraser University
- PhD, University of Toronto
Selected Publications:
Trusolino, Madison, & Diandra Ships. (2023). 鈥淐omedy鈥檚 double killjoy: workers鈥� DIY strategies to address harassment and precarity in the comedy industry.鈥� Feminist Media Studies.
Trusolino, Madison. (2022). 鈥淟aughter from the sidelines: Precarious work in the Canadian Comedy industry.鈥� In Miranda Campbell & Cheryl Thompson (Eds.), Creative Industries in Canada (pp. 86-108). Canadian Scholars Press.
Trusolino, Madison. (2022). 鈥溾�業 wanna kill my rapist鈥�: Margaret Cho鈥檚 #12DaysofRage campaign as promotional digital activism.鈥� Communication and the Public, 7(3), 131-145.
de Peuter, Greig, Kate Oakley & Madison Trusolino. (2022). 鈥淭he pandemic politics of cultural work: Collective responses to the COVID-19 Crisis.鈥� The International Journal of Cultural Policy, 29(3), 377-392.
Shade, Leslie Regan & Madison Trusolino. (2018). 鈥溾�業t鈥檚 the power, stupid鈥�: Facebook鈥檚 unequal treatment of gendered hate speech.鈥� Canadian Yearbook for Human Rights, 1(2), 195-202.
Trusolino, Madison. 2017. 鈥溾�業t鈥檚 not about one bad apple鈥�: The 2007 York University Vanier Residence rapes.鈥� In E. Quinlan, C. Fogel, & G. Tailor (Eds.), Sexual violence at Canadian universities: Activism, institutional responses, and strategies for change (pp. 79-92). Wilfrid Laurier Press.