Julia M. Wright Explained

Julia M. Wright
Education:PhD., English Literature, University of Western Ontario
Thesis Title:The politics of defamiliarization in Blake's printed works
Thesis Year:1994
Discipline:English
Workplaces:University of Waterloo
Dalhousie University

Julia Margaret Wright (born 1964) is a professor in the Department of English and University Research Professor at Dalhousie University. Wright is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Education

Wright completed her Ph.D. in English Literature at the University of Western Ontario in 1994.[1]

Career

While at the University of Waterloo in 1997, Wright was awarded the John Charles Polanyi Prize for Literature by the Ontario government for her research around imperialism in India and Ireland in the early 19th century.[2] In 2002, Wright joined Wilfrid Laurier University as a tier-2 Canada Research Chair in English and Cultural Studies.[1] At Wilfrid Laurier, Wright published a book titled "Blake, Nationalism and the Politics of Alienation" which won the Northeast Modern Language Association/Ohio University Press Book Award.[3] She stayed at Wilfrid Laurier until 2005 when she accepted a position as a tier-2 Canada Research Chair in European Studies at Dalhousie University.[1]

In 2013, Wright was named an Associate Dean of Research for the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Dalhousie.[4] In her role as Associate Dean of Research, Wright helped coordinate events at Dalhousie with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.[5]

In 2015, Wright was nominated for Director, Associations of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences.[6] On February 17, 2015, Wright and Dominique Marshall were elected to the position.[7] [8]

In 2017, Wright was re-elected as Director, Associations of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences.[9] She was also elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.[10] [11] In 2018, she was also named the President-Elect for the Dalhousie Faculty Association.[12]

Publications

The following is a list of publications:[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Julia Wright, PhD . ideas-idees.ca . April 12, 2019.
  2. Web site: Daily Bulletin Wednesday, November 26, 1997 . bulletin.uwaterloo.ca . April 12, 2019 . November 26, 1997.
  3. Web site: Past Award Winners . buffalo.edu . April 12, 2019.
  4. Web site: JULIA M. WRIGHT . dal.ca . April 13, 2019.
  5. Web site: Dalhousie researchers explore connections and culture . springboardatlantic.ca . April 13, 2019 . March 14, 2014.
  6. Web site: Véronique Mallet . Elections are open for the Federation's Board of Directors . ideas-idees.ca . April 12, 2019 . February 2, 2015.
  7. Web site: Véronique Mallet . Results for the Federation's Board of Directors elections . ideas-idees.ca . April 12, 2019 . February 17, 2015.
  8. Web site: Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences welcomes a new President and four new Board members . ideas-idees.ca . April 12, 2019 . February 17, 2015.
  9. Web site: Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences announces new Board members for 2017-18 . nationtalk.ca . April 10, 2019 . April 11, 2017.
  10. Web site: Charlton . Michele . A "ROYAL" RECOGNITION FOR TWO DALHOUSIE RESEARCHERS . dal.ca . April 12, 2019 . September 13, 2017.
  11. Web site: Royal Society of Canada recognizes SSHRC-funded researchers . sshrc-crsh.gc.ca . April 12, 2019 . September 29, 2017.
  12. dalfacultyassoc. 1001890488256024576. May 30, 2018. DFA President-Elect @JuliaMWrightDal addresses the issue of copyright in a letter to parliamentary Standing Committee on Science, Technology and Innovation. DFA supports the position of @CAUT_ACPPU.
  13. Web site: au:Wright, Julia M. . worldcat.org . April 13, 2019.

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