Renee Norman is a poet and writer currently teaching courses in autobiography, language and gender, language arts, drama, and curriculum at UBC. Her book, "House of Mirrors: Performing Autobiograph(icall)y in Language/Education" was published in 2001 by Peter Lang Publishers, NY. Renee's poetry, essays and stories also appear in various literary and academic journals as well as newspapers and anthologies. She is the recipient of the 2000 Distinguished Dissertation Award from the Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies.