PhD Candidate
Campus
- Downtown Toronto (St. George)
Areas of Interest
- Medieval Literature
- Affect Theory
Biography
Charissa Chan received her BA Honours and a Masters in English at the University of Toronto, where she is currently pursuing her PhD studies. Her work explores the operations of affect within courtly discourses of love in Chaucer’s poetry.
Selected Awards and Accolades
2019/2020 Ontario Graduate Scholarship
2018/2019 University of Toronto Fellowship (renewed 2019/2020)
2018/2019 Ontario Graduate ScholarshipÂ
2016/2017 Ontario Graduate ScholarshipÂ
2016 V. A. De Luca Memorial Fellowship
2015 The William McCauley Scholarship
2014 The Class of 1945 Scholarship
2013 The Alastair McKinnon Scholarship