Katherine Shwetz

I am a lecturer at Rice University.

My current research examines the role of literary genre in anti-vaccination conspiracies, with the goal of using the tools of literary analysis to sensitively analyze the charged contemporary conversations around vaccines. I have also worked on pain communication and narratives of contagion in contemporary Canadian fiction. I was a postdoctoral fellow at Rice University prior to my current role as lecturer. I completed my PhD at the University of Toronto and previously studied at Dalhousie University and the University of Saskatchewan. I've also worked on the intersection of health and human experience professionally, including at an AIDS service organization and as a health policy analyst in Canada during the COVID-19 outbreak.