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Dr. Adrienne Ester Kertzer

Pronouns: she/her

Positions

Professor Emerita

Faculty of Arts, Department of English

Contact information

Email

akertzer@ucalgary.ca

Background

Credentials

PhD, Harvard University, 1976

A.M., Harvard University, 1972

B.A., University of Toronto, 1971

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Research

Areas of Research

Children's literature, Holocaust representation, Trauma, Women's writing

Awards

  • Member of the Order of the University of Calgary, 2016
  • Honor Book Award, Children's Literature Association. 2004
  • Abraham and Fay Bergel Prize in Scholarship on a Jewish Subject, Canadian Jewish Book Awards Committee. 2003
  • F. E. L. Priestley Prize, Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English. 2001