Dr. Laura Moss

Professor

Department of English Language & Literatures

Laura Moss (BA, U of Toronto; MA U of Guelph, PhD Queen’s U) is Professor of English at UBC where she teaches Canadian and postcolonial literatures, particularly those of Africa. Her current research project is on “Climate Warnings: The Power of Canadian Environmental Art, Literature, and Creative Activism.” Moss has held a range of leadership positions at UBC, including serving as Associate Dean, Students in the Faculty of Arts (2020-2023) and as a Joint Faculty Representative on the UBC Senate (2024-  ).  She UBC held the Brenda and David McLean Chair in Canadian Studies at UBC from 2019-21. Having been an associate editor (Reviews) of the journal Canadian Literature between 2004 and 2015, she became the editor-in-chief of the journal in 2015 and served in that capacity until 2020. She was also a contributing editor to the Canlitguides.ca project for nine years. She served as the Academic Convenor of Congress 2019 (the Congress of Social Sciences and Humanities–held at UBC and boasting over 10,000 attendees), and as Chair of the UBC Canadian Studies Program and of the International Canadian Studies Centre from 2008-2011.