Lynn Arner

Lynn Arner serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of English Language & Literature within Brock University's Faculty of Humanities. With her office located in GLA 127, she maintains an active presence at the institution where she has established herself as a significant voice in multiple academic domains.

Dr. Arner earned her PhD in English with a Graduate Certificate in Gender and Women's Studies, forming the foundation for her interdisciplinary approach to literary scholarship. Her research spans two primary areas: feminist theory and critical analyses of academic structures, alongside specialized work in late medieval English literature. She has particularly focused on gender and class dynamics within the professoriate and doctoral studies in English departments across Canada and the United States, conducting nationwide surveys with support from a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) grant.

Her scholarly output reveals a clear trajectory connecting her medieval literary expertise with contemporary academic critique. Arner's work demonstrates how historical literary analysis informs her investigations into modern academic structures, particularly regarding working-class women's experiences in higher education. The articles she has published consistently address intersections of gender, class, and academic power structures, with significant attention to the experiences of first-generation scholars and women in English departments.

• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) grant for research on English professors in Canada and the US
• Guest Editor for Exemplaria: A Journal of Theory in Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Professor Arner actively supervises graduate projects across a range of topics including feminist theory, women's and gender studies, British Cultural Studies, contemporary academe in Canada and the US, class or gender studies, Chaucer, medieval English literature, and late medieval English social history. Her teaching portfolio reflects this diversity, with courses spanning from Feminist Theory and Culture and Class to Medieval English Literature and Chaucer. She has demonstrated particular interest in mentoring women, first-generation university students, and working-class scholars navigating academic careers.