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Tristanne Connolly is Professor of English at St. Jerome’s University (a federated college of the University of Waterloo, Canada). She has previously held positions at Butler University and Auburn University. Her scholarly work explores British Romantic literature and culture, focusing on William Blake, Erasmus Darwin, Jane Austen, gender and sexuality studies, medical humanities, and the intersections of literature, science, and art.
Education
- PhD, King’s College, University of Cambridge
- MA, McMaster University
- BA, McMaster University
Research Interests
Connolly’s research interrogates the relations between literature, medicine, and science in the Romantic period, with sustained attention to questions of gender and sexuality, reproduction, and the porous boundaries between material and immaterial, human and non-human. She has published extensively on William Blake, Erasmus Darwin’s botanical-sexual poetry, and the cultural history of medicine and midwifery.
Recent editorial projects include Beastly Blake (2018), Canadian Music and American Culture: Get Away From Me (2017), British Romanticism in European Perspective: Into the Eurozone (2015), and the forthcoming digital critical edition of Erasmus Darwin’s The Loves of the Plants (2025).
Scientific Awards & Fellowships
- Corresponding Fellowship, The English Society (2016–)
- University of Manchester Research Networking Fund Grant (2013)
- Distinguished Teacher Award, University of Waterloo (2010)
- CIHR Operating Grant co-investigator, “City Life and Well-Being” (2006–2011)
- Government of Canada Cultural Personalities Exchange Program grant (2006)
- St. Jerome’s University Faculty Research Grant (2005, 2012)
Graduate Supervision & Grants
Connolly supervises graduate research in British Romantic literature and culture, William Blake, Erasmus Darwin, Jane Austen, poetry, gender and sexuality, medical writing and illustration, science, and religion. She has served as Chair of the Department of English at St. Jerome’s (2015–2018) and President of the faculty union (2018–2020). She is currently co-editor of two Palgrave Macmillan book series: Pop Music, Culture and Identity and Asia-Pacific and Literature in English.
Laboratories & Research Groups
While no dedicated laboratory is mentioned, Connolly participates in interdisciplinary research networks including the University of Waterloo’s “Grey Zone of Health and Illness” cluster and maintains active international collaborations with scholars in the UK, Japan, and across Europe.
