Theresa Mackay

Theresa Mackay is a Ph.D candidate in History at the University of Victoria. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Simon Fraser University and a Master of Letters with Distinction from the University of the Highlands and Islands (Scotland). Her research on rural innkeeping and the impact of women on tourism and hospitality infrastructure in Scotland’s early nineteenth century won the Women’s History Scotland Leah Leneman prize and was subsequently featured extensively on the BBC. Her Ph.D research builds on this work, looking at coastal foodways in the west Highlands and Islands and the daily lives of rural women in the long 19th Century. Theresa’s past teaching experience includes Capilano University, Camosun College, Royal Roads University, and the University of Victoria in both ATWP and History. She is a two-time recipient of the Hugh Campbell and Marion Alice Small Graduate Teaching Fellowship in Scottish Studies.