Meredith Snyder is an artist, instructor, and PhD candidate in the Department of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta. Their current research focuses on the intersection of social justice, neurodivergence, and queerness in literature by, for, and about young adults. A graduate of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (University of Toronto), Meredith has done curriculum work for the University of Alberta and Alberta Education. Their teaching with students at all levels embodies critical, queer, and anti-oppressive pedagogies. Meredith’s interests include critical disability studies, housing justice, community gardening, mending practices, drawing, painting, printmaking, and fostering rescue cats.