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Laine Halpern Zisman is a post-doctoral research fellow in the Department of Geography and Tourism Studies at Brock University. She received her PhD from the University of Toronto in Theatre and Sexual Diversity Studies.

Laine previously edited Women and Popular Culture in Canada under the name Laine Zisman Newman.