Dr. Troy Bordun
Assistant Professor - English

Dr. Troy Michael Bordun completed his doctoral degree in Cultural Studies at Trent University. After several years teaching part-time at Trent (Cultural Studies, Sociology), Concordia University (Communication Studies, Art History, Sociology, Film Studies), and Bishop’s University (English and Film Studies), he became a term Assistant Professor (English) at UNBC. He moved through Instructors II-IV (English, Gender Studies) until earning the tenure-track Assistant Professor position (English).

Bordun’s publications in film studies include Genre Trouble and Extreme Cinema: Film Theory at the Fringes of Contemporary Art Cinema (Palgrave MacMillan, 2017), recent articles in Studies in European Cinema, Offscreen, Mise-en-scène, and Cinephile, and a chapter in Screening Scarlett Johansson: Gender, Genre, Stardom (Palgrave MacMillan, 2020). He has published articles on sf cinema in Science Fiction Film and Television and CineAction, and writes book reviews on the topic for Science Fiction Studies. His articles in porn studies can be found in Synoptique, Porn Studies, and Celebrity Studies. And Bordun’s articles and reviews in comics studies have appeared in the Canadian Review of Comparative Literature and REDEN. In 2022, he received a SSHRC Explore Grant (UNBC), and in 2022 he received a Research Strategic Initiatives Grant (UNBC), to study superhero comics and philosophy. He is a Co-Chair of the Comics Studies SIG, Society of Cinema and Media Studies.