Nick Canada

Nick Canada is an enthusiast of narrative rhetoric, a connoisseur of genre fiction, and a PhD student at the University of Pittsburgh. His research interests include the digital humanities, cult and thought control studies, moral philosophy, the environmental humanities, posthumanism, and interactive fiction. He has earned an MA from the University of Chicago and a BA from the University of Florida.

Nick's past projects have involved the cataloguing of Pulp-era fanfiction, augmented reality naturalism tours, virtual reality biometric films, and the occasional indie tabletop/video game. He also has taught courses on English literature/composition and moral philosophy at Union College in New Jersey. Nick currently teaches undergraduate composition courses at the University of Pittsburgh. He aims at offering a hybrid large-group/small-group discussion format within his classes – allowing students to both make unique discoveries through light-hearted, yet guiding, questions and to eagerly share those discoveries with each other.

Nick hopes to continue honing his intellectual pursuits at the University of Pittsburgh through his straddling of both composition and literature.