Research Supervisor Connect
I teach, supervise and research in the field of Middle English literature. I am on the board of the Medieval and Early Modern Centre at the University of Sydney and have been on the executive committee of the Australasian Universities Languages and Literature Association (2009-2014). The main focus of my research activity is women in medieval romance. I also work on narrative and gender in leadership studies, making connections between recent leadership theory and the humanities. My current work explores how the use of gendered identities in fifteenth-century romance opens up conversations about models of leadership and female agency.
I welcome enquires from potential postgraduate students who are interested in pursuing thesis work in any aspect of Middle English literature, including my special interest areas of women and identity formation in different medieval contexts, and connections between leadership theory and literature. I am also broadly interested in feminist theory. Some of the research areas explored by my current and recent students include: feminist readings of Arthurian literature; gender performativity in Middle English romance; Robin Hood Ballads; medieval themes in contemporary texts; female agency in young adult literature; eco-feminist approaches to monstrous women in Victorian literature; Australian memoirs of mothers and daughters; Tolkien and Morris in the utopian tradition.
English, School of Art, Communication and English (SACE)
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The opportunity ID for this research opportunity is 3038