Research

Publications

Books
J. Keri Cronin, Manufacturing National Park Nature: Photography, Ecology and the Wilderness Industry of Jasper National Park. Vancouver: UBC Press, forthcoming (2010).

Edited Volumes
J. Keri Cronin and Kirsty Robertson, eds. Imagining Resistance: Visual Culture and Activism in Canada. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier Press, forthcoming (2010).

Book Chapters and Articles in Peer–Reviewed Journals
J. Keri Cronin, "Exhibits of a Botanicuratorial Nature" Public Vol. 41 (Spring 2010): forthcoming.

J. Keri Cronin, “Science on a Salad Plate?: Thinking About the Representation of Natural History in the Canadian Historic Dinner Service Project” Scientia Canadensis    Vol. 31 no. 1/2 (Fall 2008): 113-130.

J. Keri Cronin, “A Tale of Two Parks: Photography, Pollution, and ‘The Pecuniary Canons of Taste’” in Thorstein Veblen's Contribution to Environmental Sociology: Essays in the Political Ecology of Wasteful Industrialism (ed. Ross Mitchell). Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 2007. pp.257-286.

J. Keri Cronin, “‘The Bears are Plentiful and Frequently Good Camera Subjects’: Picture Postcards and the Framing of Interspecific Encounters in Canada’s Rocky Mountain Parks” Mosaic 39 no. 4 (December 2006; Special issue on “The Animal”): 77–92.

J. Keri Cronin, “Photographic Memory: Image, Identity and the ‘Imaginary Indian’ in Three Recent Canadian Exhibitions.” Essays on Canadian Writing no.80 (Fall 2003), 81–114.

J. Keri Cronin, “Assimilation and Difference: Two Recent Exhibitions of Archival Photographs.” Archivaria vol. 54 no.2 (Fall/Winter 2002), 130–141.

Other Publications
J. Keri Cronin, "Introduction: The Garden in the City"The Brock Review Vol. 10 (2008): i-iii.

J. Keri Cronin, “Theatrum Mundi: A Cabinet of Curiosity” (Essay to accompany Catherine Heard’s exhibition, Theatrum Mundi, at Rodman Hall, November 2008).

J. Keri Cronin and Laurie M. Morrison. “Using ARTstor to Build Upon Existing Research Competencies in First-Year Context Courses” ARTstor Newsletter  Vol. 10 (Spring 2008): 2-3.  

J. Keri Cronin, “Through the Lens: The Art & Science of Environmental Photography” fifty3 (special issue on “Art & Science”) Vol. 7 no.2 (September 2006): 14–19.

J. Keri Cronin, “Susan Meiselas” in Women and War (anthology edited by Bernard Cook, Loyola University, New Orleans). Santa Barbara: ABC–CLIO, 407–408.

J. Keri Cronin, “Visual Culture and the Environment.” Partners in Stewardship: Environmental Research at the University of Alberta 5 no. 3 (September 2005): 7.

J. Keri Cronin, “Check Out the Tabloids!” (Book Review of Enviropop: Studies in Environmental Rhetoric and Popular Culture, edited by Mark Meister and Phyllis M. Japp) Alternatives Journal 30 no.2 (March/April 2004), 42.

J. Keri Cronin, “Hunters and Nurturers.” (Book Review of In Nature’s Name: An Anthology of Women’s Writing and Illustration, 1780-1930 by Barbara T Gates) Alternatives Journal 29 no.3 (Summer 2003), 43.

J. Keri Cronin, “The Last Resort?: Taking Parks Canada to Court” Alternatives Journal 28 no. 1 (Winter 2002): 6–7.

J. Keri Cronin, “Alberta Elders Cree Dictionary.” Legacy (May – July 1999): 44-45.

J. Keri Cronin, “Heritage House: Preserving Alberta’s Architectural History” Legacy (Oct. – Dec. 1998): 35–36.

J. Keri Cronin, “Alex Janvier: Canada’s Michelangelo” Legacy (Aug. – Oct. 1997): 9–11.



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Presentations, Conferences and Workshop Participation
December 2009 - Humanities Research Institute December Symposium (Brock University) Presentation Title: "The Art of Activism: Image Appropriation in 19th Century Animal Welfare Campaigns."

June 2009 - Associationfor the Study of Literature and the Environment (ASLE) Conference (Victoria, BC) Participant in "The Virtues of the Virutal: Using Blogs to Communicate Across Space" roundtable.

March 2009 - American Comparative Literature Association Annual Meeting (Cambridge, MA) Presentation Title: "Activism or Appropriation?: Representation of Animal Bodies in 19th Century Anti-Vivisection Campaigns."

January 2009 - Ontario Library Association Conference (Toronto, ON)
Presentation Title: "Transitions: Building Upon Existing Research Competencies in First Year Context Courses "
(co-presented with Laurie Morrison, James A. Gibson Library, Brock University)

October 2008 – Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Inaugural Conference
(Montreal, QC)
Presentation title: “Images of a Rhetorical Nature: Natural History and National Identity in the Canadian Historic Dinner Service Project”

August 2008 – New Faculty Orientation, Brock University
Panelist on the “What I Wish I Had Known: Panel of Returning New Faculty”

June 2008 - Third Annual "Science & The Public" Conference (Manchester, UK)
Presentation Title: "Do Not Refuse to Look at These Pictures: The Role of Visual Culture in 19th Century Animal Welfare Activism"

May 2008 - The Cultural Work of Photography in Canada Workshop (Ottawa, ON)
Presentation Title: "Shutterbug Guides and Snow-Capped Peaks: Tourist Photography in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks"

April 2008 - Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) Conference (Buffalo, NY)
Presentation Title: "Nature on Display: The Greening of Curatorial Practices?"

March 2008 - Sustainable Writing Lab Workshop Facilitator
(Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University)
Workshop Title: "Picturing Change: The Visual Culture of Environmental Activism"

January 2008 – ARTstor Faculty Workshop (New York, NY)
Presentation Title: "ARTstor: An Integrated First Year Experience"
(co-presented with Laurie Morrison, James A. Gibson Library, Brock University)

October 2007 – “Nature Matters: Materiality and the More-than-Human in Cultural Studies of the Environment” Conference (Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, Toronto, ON)
Presentation Title: “Broadcasting Nature on Canadian Television: A Closer Look at the “Hinterland Who’s Who Vignettes”

October 2007 – “Nature Matters: Materiality and the More-than-Human in Cultural Studies of the Environment” Conference (Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, Toronto, ON)
Session Chair: “Gardens Matter”

October 2007 – Greenscapes ~ Sense and Meaning Conference, Brock University
Member of Organizing Committee

June 2007 – Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment (Spartanburg, SC)
Presentation Title: “‘I have heard their loving hearts palpitate with fear’: The Writings of Annie G. Savigny in the Context of Animal Welfare Activism in 19th Century Toronto”

March 2007 – Representing Animals Conference, Brock University
Presentation Title: “‘Light in Dark Places’: The Role of Visual Culture in Nineteenth–Century Animal Welfare Campaigns”

December 2006 – Humanities Research Institute December Symposium, Brock University
Presentation Title: “‘Nip & Tuck with a Bass’: A Tale of Interdisciplinary Adventure”

September 2006 – The Society for the History of Natural History (Montreal, QC)
Presentation Title: “Science on a Salad Plate?: The Representation of Natural History Through the Canadian State Dinner Service Project”

April 2006 – American Society for Environmental History Conference (St. Paul, Minnesota)
Presentation Title: “‘The Bears are Plentiful and Frequently Good Camera Subjects’: Wildlife Photography in the Canadian Rockies”

February 2006 – “Investigating Art” Public Lecture at the Art Gallery of Alberta
Presentation Title: “‘Beautiful Pictures of Ugly Places’: Environmental Activism and Contemporary Photography”

November 2005 – Universities Art Association of Canada Annual Conference
(Victoria, BC)
Presentation Title: “More Than Just a ‘Pretty Picture’: The Environmental Implications of Landscape Photography”

October 2005 – Canadian Association of Cultural Studies Conference
(Edmonton, Alberta)
Session Co–Chair (with Kirsty Robertson, University of Western Ontario): “Film and Media Activism” and “(Image)ining Resistance” panels

September 2005 – “Thinking Through the Environment”: Turku Methodological Conference/Nordic Environmental History Conference (Turku, Finland) Presentation Title: “The Visual and the Vernacular: Towards an Environmental Art History”

June 2005 – Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment
Presentation Title: “Wish You Were Here!: Picture Postcards and the Creation of Environmental Knowledge in Canada’s Rocky Mountain Parks.”

May 2005 – “Waste: The Social Context” (Edmonton, Alberta)
Presentation Title: “Toxins, Dioxin, and Noxious Fumes: The Photo Industry’s ‘Dirty Little Secret.’”

April 2004 – American Society for Environmental History and the National Council on Public History Joint Annual Meeting (Victoria Conference Centre, Victoria, British Columbia)
Presentation Title: “From an Ecological Perspective: Reviewing the Photographic History of Jasper National Park.”

March 2004 – “The Photograph”: An International Interdisciplinary Conference
(University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba)
Presentation Title: “Picturing the ‘Contested Terrain’: Imagery, Ecology, and Photography in Jasper National Park.”

November 2003 – Universities Art Association of Canada (UAAC) Annual Conference
Presentation Title: “Wilderness For Sale?: Photography, Ecology, and the Picture Postcard in Canada’s Rocky Mountain Parks.”

July 2003 – “Tourism & Photography: Still Visions – Changing Lives” Conference
(Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK)
Presentation Title: “On Not Seeing the Forest for the Trees: The Ecological Implications of Tourist Photography in Jasper National Park.”

November 2002 – Universities Art Association of Canada (UAAC) Annual Conference
Presentation Title: “Piecing Together the ‘Shattered Mirror’: Historical Photographs and First Nations’ Identity in Canada.”

October 2001 – Native American Art Studies Association Biennial Conference (Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon)
Presentation Title: “Changing Perspectives: Photography and First Nations Identity in Canada.”

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Awards
SSHRC Standard Research Grant Competition "4A" Ranking (2008)

Brock SSHRC Internal Grant (Brock University, 2007)

Humanities Research Institute Research Award (Brock University, 2007)

Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada (SSHRC) Postdoctoral Fellowship (2006–2008; declined)

Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada (SSHRC) Doctoral Fellowship (2003–2005)

Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2002–2003)

Graduate Dean’s Doctoral Field Grant (Queen’s University, 2002–2003)

Ontario Graduate Scholarship (Queen’s University, 2001–2002)

Joseph S. Stauffer Scholarship for Canadian Art (Queen’s University, 2000–2001)

D.W. Stewart Graduate Fellowship (Queen’s University, 2000–2001)

Queen’s Graduate Award (Queen’s University, 2000–2001)

Queen’s Graduate Award (Queen’s University, 1999–2000)

Harriet Winspear Scholarship in Art History (University of Alberta, 1998–1999)

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