Brittany Dyck

Graduate Student

Brittany Dyck is a second year PhD student studying Media and Cultural Studies (MLCS) at the University of Alberta. She graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador with her BA and MA in Folklore. She specializes in exploring folklore found in online communities, with a specific focus on folkloric content related to the topics of death and disability. Her current PhD work is related to personal narratives related to the diagnostic process shared by autistic adults within online autism-focused communities.