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Carla Manfredi is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Winnipeg. Her research focuses on Victorian literature, Pacific studies, and colonial travel writing, particularly examining the works of Robert Louis Stevenson. She is currently pursuing an MA in Pacific Island Studies at the University of Hawai‘i-Mānoa and is on Research/Study Leave during 2025-2026.
- Teaching Areas: British poetry and prose, nineteenth-century literature, travel literature, colonial literature
- Research Focus: Victorian interdisciplinary studies, Stevenson's Pacific photography, colonial economies, and Gothic representations of plantations
Her 2018 monograph Robert Louis Stevenson’s Pacific Impressions explores intersections of photography and travel writing. Recent Google Scholar articles highlight her work on Victorian scientific specialization, the copra trade, and transatlantic publishing networks.
The articles list confirms her ongoing engagement with Pacific Islander cultures, environmental humanities, and visual representation. Notably, her scholarship reinterprets Stevenson’s legacy through critical lenses of colonialism, health narratives, and media practices. While no scientific awards are explicitly mentioned in the provided text, her academic output remains prolific in interdisciplinary fields.
