Dr. Rhiannon Bury

Dr. Rhiannon Bury

Professor, Women's and Gender Studies

Contact information

Email: rbury@athabascau.ca

As Professor of Women's and Gender Studies (WGST), Dr Rhiannon Bury is responsible for designing, coordinating and tutoring a range of WGST courses at the undergraduate level. If students have inquiries about any of the courses listed on this page, including challenge options for credit, they should email her directly. Dr Bury is the author of WGST 201 and WGST 210. She also tutors these courses when not teaching in the graduate program (MAIS). Dr Bury sends all new students a welcome message through the learning management platform and encourages students to contact her with any questions or concerns about content or assignments throughout their learning contract. In the Winter term, Dr Bury typically teaches MAIS 628 Gender and Sexuality. She provides her class with weekly commentaries and places great value on the learning opportunities provided by group discussion in this paced group-study course.

Dr Bury is also an active researcher in the areas of gender, sexuality, media, and popular culture. Please click on her research profile or review the Selected Publications below.

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Research interests

  • Gender and Media
  • Identity, Community and Technology
  • Masculinity
  • Participatory Fan Culture
  • Popular Television

Educational credentials

  • B.A. York University
  • M.A. Université de Sherbrooke
  • Ph.D. University of Toronto