Reema Faris

Education

• PhD GSWS, Simon Fraser University, 2024
• MA Graduate Liberal Studies, Simon Fraser University, 2015
• TESOL Diploma, Vancouver Community College, 2001
• MBA, University of Toronto, 1990
• Teaching Certificate, University of British Columbia, 1984
• BA (History and Classical Studies), University of British Columbia, 1983

Biography

The intersection of popular culture and feminism fascinates Reema. In particular, her research work examines the relationships between women readers and the deluge of “happily-ever-after/happy-for-now” narratives they face. Another issue Reema grapples with is the coupling imperative in public discourse that amounts to an erasure of the single woman and obscures the potentials and possibilities of alternate social arrangements.

Research and Teaching Fields

Women’s studies, gender studies, feminist cultural studies, feminist theory, popular culture, women’s subjectivities, women as readers, romance fiction

Publications

[SUBMITTED] Faris, R. (2024). Life is but a dream: Care from the in-between. In A. Watson and R. Faris (Eds.). Care to Dream: Practices, Daydreams, and the Future of Care.

Faris, R. (2022). Love, sex, and marriage. In R. S. Yoshizawa (Ed.). Gender in Canada: A companion workbook. KPU Office of Open Education – Creative Commons License. https://kpu.pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/294/2023/02/Gender-in-Canada-A-Companion-Workbook-2023.pdf

Faris, R. (2020). In search of identity: Woman, the novel, and voice in works by Carter, Eliot, Sayers, and Woolf. In R. C. Evans (Ed.). Critical insights: Feminism. Salem Press.

Faris, R. (2020). It’s a Fact! Or is it? The Turbulence of Gender. In H. Zaman, C. Shaojun, Z. Xiujie, & S. Habib (Eds.), Gender, Diversity, and Inclusion International Workshop Proceedings. SFU Library Digital Publishing. https://doi.org/10.21810/sfulibrary.83

Faris, R. (2020, December 30). #998 Letters from the Pandemic 10: My dearest Mary. The Ormsby Review. https://ormsbyreview.com/2020/12/30/998-faris-pandemic-wollstonecraft/

Presentations - Peer Reviewed

Faris, R. (March 2024). “The Elusive One: Erasure of the Single Woman.”  Gender and Media Studies Area of the Popular Culture Association, Chicago, IL, United States of America

Faris, R. (March 2024). “Cracking Patriarchal Imaginaries: Women Readers & Romance Fiction in the 21st Century.” GSWS Graduate Student Colloquium, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Faris, R. (March 2023). “The Elusive One: Erasure of the Single Woman.” GSWS Graduate Student Colloquium, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Faris, R. (June 2020). “Who Am I? Feminist Cultural Studies and the Location, Location, Location of Subjectivity.” Canadian Sociological Association, Congress 2020, London, ON, Canada [Conference cancelled due to CoVid-19]

Faris, R. (January 2020). “Who Am I? Feminist Cultural Studies and the Location, Location, Location of Subjectivity.” GSWS Graduate Student Colloquium, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Faris, R. (June 2019). “Nevertheless, They Persist: Women, Anger, and Gender Roles.” Canadian Sociological Association, Congress 2019, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Faris, R. (June 2019). “It’s a Fact! Or is it? The Turbulence of Gender.” International Workshop on Gender, Diversity, and Inclusion. Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Faris, R. (January 2019). “Nevertheless, They Persist: Women, Anger, and Gender Roles.” GSWS Graduate Student Colloquium, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Faris, R. (June, 2018). “Nevertheless, They Persist: Women, Anger, and Gender Roles.” West Coast Liberal Studies Symposium, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA

Faris, R. (June, 2017). “Woman, Know Thy Place: Hetaerism and the Demise of the Uppity Woman in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s and Tim Rice’s Musical Evita.” West Coast Liberal Studies Symposium, University of Washington Tacoma, Tacoma, Washington, USA

Faris, R. (May 2017). “Woman, Know Thy Place: Hetaerism and the Demise of the Uppity Woman in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s and Tim Rice’s Musical Evita.” GSWS Graduate Student Colloquium, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Faris, R. (June 2016). “Once Upon a Journey: Travelling with Mary Wollstonecraft and Elizabeth Gilbert.” Graduate Liberal Studies (GLS) Symposium, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Presentations - Community

Faris, R. (January 2024). “Reflections on the Waves of Feminism.” Canadian Federation of University Women, Surrey-White Rock Branch, Surrey-White Rock, BC, Canada

Faris, R. (September 2023). “It’s a Fact! Or is it? The Turbulence of Gender.”  Nelson and District Women’s Centre, Nelson, BC, Canada

Faris, R. (April 2022). “Put That Book Down! The Trope and Truth about Women and Reading.” Inside/Out, ACT Gallery, Maple Ridge, BC, Canada

Faris, R. (February 2022). “(Mis)Reading: The Power of Language in the Information Age.” SFU Developing Minds Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada [Virtual]

Faris, R. (November 2021). “It’s a Fact! Or is it? The Turbulence of Gender.” Social Justice 11 for FASS in the Class, Surrey, BC, Canada [Virtual]

Faris, R. (May 2021). “It’s a Fact! Or is it? The Turbulence of Gender.” Social Justice 12 for FASS in the Class, Surrey, BC, Canada [Virtual]

Faris, R. (May 2021). “It’s a Fact! Or is it? The Turbulence of Gender.” Burnaby Festival of Learning, Burnaby, BC, Canada [Virtual]

Faris, R. (November 2019). “It’s a Fact! Or is it? The Turbulence of Gender.” Canadian Federation of University Women, West Vancouver Branch, West Vancouver, BC, Canada