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Molly Volanth Hall (she/her) is an Assistant Professor at the Rhode Island School of Design's Literary Arts and Studies division. She holds a PhD from the University of Rhode Island, an MA from the University of New Hampshire, and an MEd from Cambridge College-Massachusetts, with a BA from the University of Massachusetts-Boston.
Her research focuses on 20th-century English literature, particularly modernist works, exploring intersections between environmental humanities, race, nationalism, and war studies. Her current book project Base Matters: Modernist Environments of War and Empire examines material elements like mud and soil in shaping cultural belonging.
- 2020: Ecologies of Materiality in British Modernist War-Time Literature
- 2019: Co-edited Affective Materialities collection
- 2018: Ecological analysis of Toni Morrison's Beloved
- 2017: Trauma theory contributions and Next Generation PhD planning grant
Honors include the Frazier Award for Excellence in Teaching (2023–24). Her pedagogy emphasizes connections between artistic practice, cultural history, and environmental futures.
