Professor Gregory Betts is the 2018-19 Craig Dobbin Professor. Gregory is Professor of English at Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. He is a poet, scholar, and editor who has published fifteen books of experimental Canadian writing.

The Craig Dobbin Professorship is housed in the UCD Centre for Canadian Studies within the School of English, Drama and film at the College of Arts and Humanities. It was established in the 1994, a legacy of Dr. Craig Dobbin of St John’s, Newfoundland, whose forebears came from Co. Waterford, Ireland.

We gratefully acknowledge the support provided by the Embassy of Canada to Ireland, the Association Writing Programmes of Ireland, Brock University’s Humanities Research Institute, University College Dublin’s College of Art & Humanities, the School of English, Film, & Drama, and the Craig Dobbin Professor of Canadian Studies.