Department of English

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

A postdoctoral scholar or postdoctoral researcher, or sometimes simply called a “Postdoc,” is a recent PhD graduate who is now professionally conducting research alongside a supervisor from our department. Postdoctoral scholars obtain temporary or “Adjunct” academic appointment here at ±«Óătv, 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), ±«Óătv University also offers Killiam Postdoctoral Fellowships.Ìę

Here are our postdoctoral scholars, along with a brief biography and their current research.

Madison Trusolio

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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). “Comedy’s double killjoy: workers’ DIY strategies to address harassment and precarity in the comedy industry.” Feminist Media Studies.

Trusolino, Madison. (2022). “Laughter from the sidelines: Precarious work in the Canadian Comedy industry.” In Miranda Campbell & Cheryl Thompson (Eds.), Creative Industries in Canada (pp. 86-108). Canadian Scholars Press.

Trusolino, Madison. (2022). “‘I wanna kill my rapist’: Margaret Cho’s #12DaysofRage campaign as promotional digital activism.” Communication and the Public, 7(3), 131-145.

de Peuter, Greig, Kate Oakley & Madison Trusolino. (2022). “The pandemic politics of cultural work: Collective responses to the COVID-19 Crisis.” The International Journal of Cultural Policy, 29(3), 377-392. 

Shade, Leslie Regan & Madison Trusolino. (2018). “‘It’s the power, stupid’: Facebook’s unequal treatment of gendered hate speech.” Canadian Yearbook for Human Rights, 1(2), 195-202.

Trusolino, Madison. 2017. “‘It’s not about one bad apple’: The 2007 York University Vanier Residence rapes.” 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.