Dr. Brock MacLeod

Position
Contact
Credentials
MA (Queen's), MA (Kingston), and PhD (Victoria)
Area of expertise
ATWP 135, ENGR 120
You are reading this, so you are likely considering one of my courses. I want you to take it, so here are a few details to sway you. I received my PhD from UVic in 2010. My areas of specialization are Mediaeval and Renaissance Literature with emphases on bibliography, satire, historiography, and education. I am currently consumed by thoughts of reading situation, primarily in historic children's literature (which I collect) and the beat, pseudo, and metaphysical filled novels long favoured by young travelers (which, at over 50, I still am).
I most often teach first year composition, what we now think of as reading and writing courses, but I have also taught the odd literature course, most notably Children's literature. My teaching philosophy is simple; laughter enables memory with inclination. If I teach from the heart, you will learn from the heart; if I teach from the head, you will learn from the head; but the head forgets sooner than the heart.