Robyn Flisfeder

Title: Instructor
Phone: 204.786.9324
Office: 3G08
Building: Graham Hall
Email: r.flisfeder@uwinnipeg.ca

Degrees:

M.A. in Sociology (2004-2006), Queen’s University
SSHRC funded project:
The Global Baby Market: The Transnational Adoption of Baby Girls from China by North Americans

B.Ed. in Intermediate/Senior Studies (2006-2007), The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) of the University of Toronto

B.A. Hon. With Distinction in Sociology (2000-2004), The University of Western Ontario

Biography:

Robyn Flisfeder is an Instructor in the Department of Rhetoric, Writing, and Communications, where she teaches Academic Writing: Multidisciplinary courses. Using a critical thinking lens, her courses provide students with tools for academic writing and research, while pursuing topics of interest to them. Taking a student-centred approach to teaching, Robyn’s classes are interactive, engaging, and democratic spaces, in which dialogue is encouraged, and student voices are heard and empowered.

Courses:

Fall 2023

RHET-1105: Academic Writing: Multidisciplinary

Winter 2024

RHET-1105: Academic Writing: Multidisciplinary

Winter/Spring 2024

RHET-1110 Academic Writing: Extended

Publications:

“Bionic Parenting: On the Enabling Possibilities and Practices for Parenting with Digital New Media.” Mothering/Internet/Kids, edited by Fiona Joy Green and Jaqueline McLeod Rogers (Bradford, ON: Demeter Press).