Dr. Julie Warkentin has taught a variety of Communications, General Elective, and Degree Breadth Elective courses at Sheridan College since 2009. She holds a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Humanities (2023), a Master of Arts in English Literature (2009), a Bachelor of Adult Education (2012), and an Honours Bachelor of Arts in English Literature (2008).

Her teaching and professional interests include rhetoric and composition, argumentation and critical reasoning, textual and narrative analysis, and academic and professional writing. Her research interests are grounded in cultural and critical theory, with particular interests in psychoanalytic theory, trauma studies, autobiography, textuality, and interpretation. More recently, her work has expanded to include generative AI and AI literacy, particularly questions of language, reasoning, rhetoric, and the critical evaluation of AI-generated content.

Her research interests are anchored in Cultural and Critical Theory with a specific interest in psychoanalytic theory and trauma studies in connection with autobiography.