Dawn Cornelio

Dr. Dawn Cornelio is a Professor and Graduate Coordinator for French Studies at the University of Guelph's School of Languages and Literatures. She specializes in contemporary French women’s writing and literary translation, with a particular focus on author Chloé Delaume. Her work bridges theory and practice, as evidenced by her published translations and critical website analyzing Delaume's oeuvre.

Education: BA (Hons.) and PhD in French Studies from the University of Connecticut, with a MA also from the same institution. Her doctoral dissertation explored Jean-Michel Maulpoix’s work.

Research interests include autofiction, feminist literary criticism, translation ethics, and digital curation of literary works. She has published extensively in journals like Contemporary French and Francophone Studies and Translation and Translanguaging, and her translations appear with major presses such as University of Nebraska Press.

Key publications include translations of Chloé Delaume’s Certainement pas and Mes bien chères soeurs, as well as critical analyses of Delaume’s activism and narrative techniques. Her website dedicated to Delaume’s work exemplifies her commitment to digital humanities.

Awards include the UGFA Teaching Award (2007) and multiple College of Arts teaching recognitions. She actively contributes to academic discourse through conferences and edited volumes, addressing themes like feminist revolution, author-curator relationships, and postmodern identity.

Labs/Teams: Maintains the critical website Chloé Delaume: A à Z, a collaborative digital space for exploring the author’s work. Engages in translation projects that emphasize ethical care theory and cultural mediation.