Summary
Marc Ouellette is an Associate Professor with 11 years of higher-education experience who bridges mechanical engineering origins, cognitive linguistics, and cultural studies to research how gender, digital media, AI/VR, and late capitalism shape perception and pedagogy. He designs and teaches innovative undergraduate and graduate courses in digital culture, gender, sex, and sexuality using experiential, kinesthetic, and differentiated approaches grounded in Vygotskian principles. A Canadian working in the U.S., he pairs rigorous quantitative analysis with cultural theory to study internet communication, parenting, and reading in digital contexts. Marc has held leadership roles from faculty senate executive to curriculum chair and faculty mediator, and has translated that service into award-winning classroom cultures built on trust, mentorship, and accessibility. Students frequently bring friends and family to his classes—a testament to his engaging, memorable, and community-oriented teaching style. His work consistently seeks to make form mirror content, turning interdisciplinary research into pedagogy that matters personally for learners.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
2003 Ph. D, Cultural Studies, 2003 Ph. D, Cultural Studies at McMaster University
B. Ed, English/Math Global Issues in Education, B. Ed, English/Math Global Issues in Education at University of Toronto - Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
BA (Hons), English, BA (Hons), English at University of Waterloo
English, French