Derritt Mason, Professor, Department of English, University of Calgary
Derritt Mason (they/he) is a Professor in the Department of English at the University of Calgary, where they research and teach at the intersection of children’s and young adult literature, cultural and media studies, and gender and sexuality studies. They are the author of Queer Anxieties of Young Adult Literature and Culture (University Press of Mississippi, 2021) and the co-editor, with Kenneth B. Kidd, of two essay collections: Alt Kid Lit: What Children’s Literature Might Be (UP Mississippi, 2024) and Queer as Camp: Essays on Summer, Style, and Sexuality (Fordham UP, 2019). Derritt also produces and hosts the podcast 3QTL: Three Questions about Teaching and Learning.