Jeff Derksen

Background

Jeff Derksen was born in 1958 in Murrayville, British Columbia, Canada.

Education

Jeff got his B.A. at Victoria, David Thompson University Centre, and M.A., Ph.D. at Calgary.

Career

Dr. Derksen joined SFU in 2003 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of English and went on to become Professor of English and Associate Member in the Department of Geography. He has previously served as Graduate Chair in the Department of English (2013 - 2015), Associate Dean of Graduate Studies (2016), and has served as Dean and Associate Provost pro tem, Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies since September 1, 2017. Dr. Derksen's research and teaching interests include issues of culture, space, politics, contemporary poetics, art, and housing.

Dr. Jeff Derksen has accepted appointment as Dean and Associate Provost, Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies beginning February 1, 2018 for a five-year term.

Achievements

• Jeff Derksen is famous for his books Memory Is the Only Thing Holding Me Back, Down Time, Selfish and Dwell.

Works

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  • Annihilated Time: Poetry and Other Politics 2009
  • Dwell 1994
  • The Vestiges 2014
  • Scree: The Collected Earlier Poems, 1962–1991 2016
  • Transnational Muscle Cars 2003