Valley Weadick

PhD Candidate

Email: valley.weadick@utoronto.ca

Areas of Interest

• Trans Studies
• Cultural Studies

Biography

valley weadick (aka valley weedick) is a former musician, a self-taught illustrator, and, occasionally, a performance artist. Through a focus on trans art, writing, and creativity, their PhD research explores expressions of supernatural, paranormal, and otherworldly phenomena as a means of understanding the self, the body, gender, and the world.

Program: PhD 2020

Education

M.A. (2015) Women and Gender Studies, University of Toronto

Dissertation

Title: Trapped in the Wrong World: Transgender and Paranormal Phenomena

Supervisor: Dina Georgis

Selected Works

2020. “If I Disappear … Come Find Me: Seeking Transfeminine Music in Canada” in Women and Popular Culture in Canada. Edited by Laine Halpern Zisman. Women’s Press. (as Valley WeeDick)

Honours and Awards