Department of English
Blythe Waite
MA (Hons) Philosophy and English Literature, University of Edinburgh, 2017, MA English and American Literature, New York University, 2023
Research Interests
Romanticism, Postcolonial Studies, History of Science and Technology, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Media Studies, Poetry and Poetics
Biography
I am interested in the history of philosophy and science, especially in regard to feeling and language, from the eighteenth century through British Romanticism to contemporary poetry. At Brown, I have taught Engl 900- The Academic Essay focusing on food ethics and politics and Engl 202- (Un)natural Histories: Observation, Exploration, and Knowledge. I have also been a TA for “The Transcendentalists and Their World,” “Medieval Gender,” and a survey course on materialism (NYU).
Prior to graduate study I worked in various writing positions translating new research in health and medicine for general audiences.