Dana Mitchell

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Eighteenth-Century British Literature and Culture; British Romanticism; Feminist Theory; Gender Studies; Women and Literature.

CURRENT RESEARCH:
My research explores the intersection of gender, authorship, and book culture from the Romantic period into the twenty-first century, focusing on women’s evolving roles in literary production, circulation, and reception. By examining the collaborative nature of authorship in the Romantic period and linking it to contemporary book culture on social media, my work investigates how women, as influencers and key drivers of literary engagement, continue to shape literary discourse.

CONFERENCES:
– “Autobiography and Audience in Ann Thicknesse’s The School for Fashion.” Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Conference, Montreal, QC, 19 October 2023.
– “‘Beauty is truth, truth beauty’: Elegy and the Post-War Keats in Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway.” English Graduate Student Society Conference, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, 05 May 2023.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
– Research Assistant for Julie Murray, Department of English, Carleton University, Sept. 2023 – Present
– Research Assistant for Jody Mason, Department of English, Carleton University, Apr. 2024 – June 2024
– Research Assistant for Sophie Thomas, Department of English, TMU, May 2020 – Aug. 2022

AWARDS:
– Gordon J. Wood Memorial Scholarship, Carleton University (2022-23)
– Formerly Ryerson Graduate Scholarship, TMU (2019-20)