Rooney, Morgan

Contract Instructor

• B.A. Honours (Carleton), M.A. (Carleton), Ph.D. (University of Ottawa)
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Research Interests

• The “long” eighteenth century
• The novel
• The French Revolution debate
• Canon formation
• The scholarship of teaching and learning

Courses Previously Taught

• ENGL 4500: Studies in Romanticism
• ENGL 3500: Literature and Cultures, 1700-1900
• ENGL 2302: Literature and Cultures, 1500-1700
• ENGL 1010: Writing Essays about Literature
• FYSM 1004: Literature, Genre, Context

Awards and Honours

• Contract Instructor Teaching Award (2025)
• Honorary Title: Adjunct Research Professor (2014-2019, 2019-2023, 2023-2028)

Publications

Books

• The French Revolution Debate and the British Novel, 1790–1814: The Struggle for History’s Authority. Bucknell UP, 2013.

Chapters in Books

• “Charlotte Smith and the Persistence of the Past.” Didactic Novels and British Women’s Writing, 1790-1820, edited by Hilary Havens, Routledge, 2017, pp. 21-37.
• “Reading History in a Revolutionary Age: Strategies for Interpreting 1688 in Richard Price, James Mackintosh, and Edmund Burke.” Lumen, vol. 27, 2009, pp. 27–40.

Journal Articles

• “Anti-Jacobin Fiction and the Eighteenth-Century Traditions of the Novel: Robert Bisset, Isaac D’Israeli, and the Novel’s Reclamation.” Eighteenth-Century Studies, vol. 48, no. 2, 2015, pp. 221–38.
• “‘Belonging to No/Body’: Mary Robinson, The Natural Daughter, and Rewriting Feminine Identity.” Eighteenth-Century Fiction, vol. 18, no. 3, 2006, pp. 355–72.

Other

• Eight entries for The Cambridge Guide to the Eighteenth-Century Novel, 1660-1820, edited by April London, Cambridge UP, 2025.
• “William Duff.” Eighteenth-Century Literary Scholars and Critics, edited by Frans De Bruyn. Dictionary of Literary Biography, 356. Gale, 2010, pp. 69–77.

Book Reviews

• of Fictional Matter: Empiricism, Corpuscles, and the Novel, by Helen Thompson. Journal of British Studies, vol. 57, no. 1, 2018, pp.170-72.
• of British Historical Fiction before Scott, by Anne H. Stevens. Wordsworth Circle, vol. 43, no. 4, 2012, pp. 249-50.
• of The Cottagers of Glenburnie: And Other Educational Writing, by Elizabeth Hamilton, edited by Pam Perkins. Scottish Literary Review, vol. 4, no. 2, 2012, pp. 193–95.

Papers Presented

• “The Impacts of Changing PhD Programs on Research and Practice in English.” Panel. Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English (ACCUTE) Conference. Regina, Saskatchewan. 26–29 May 2018.
• “Measuring the Impact, Strengths, and Limitations of Formative Assessment: A Case Study.” Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) Conference. Halifax, Nova Scotia. 20–23 June 2017.
• “Pedagogical Training and the Future of the PhD Program.” STLHE Conference. London, Ontario. 21–24 June 2016.
• “Fostering a Culture of Teaching Professionalization: Challenges, Opportunities, and Strategies.” Modern Language Association (MLA) Convention. Vancouver, British Columbia. 8–11 January 2015.
• “Transforming Undergraduate Essay Writing: Towards a Potential Model.” Workshop. STLHE Conference. Kingston, Ontario. 17–20 June 2014.
• “Women, Novel Reading, and the Novel Canon in the 1790s.” American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS) Conference. Williamsburg, Virginia. 17–20 March 2014.
• “Anti-Jacobin Fiction and the Eighteenth-Century Traditions of the Novel: Robert Bisset, Isaac D’Israeli, and the Novel’s Reclamation.” Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (CSECS) Conference. University of Alberta. 17–20 October 2012.
• “The Struggle for History’s Authority: The Example of Maria Edgeworth’s Castle Rackrent (1800).” ASECS Conference. San Antonio, Texas. 22–25 March 2012.
• “‘Auld ways are aye the best’: Custom and Tradition in Elizabeth Hamilton’s Cottagers of Glenburnie (1808) and Hannah More’s Cheap Repository Tracts (1795–1798).” CSECS / Aphra Behn Society / Northeast American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (NEASECS) Conference. McMaster University. 27–29 October 2011.
• “The Problem of History in the 1790s: The Persistence of the Past in Charlotte Smith’s Old Manor House and William Godwin’s Leon.” CSECS Conference. Memorial University. 14–16 October 2010.