Lissa Paul is a Professor and Graduate Program Director at Brock University in the Department of English Language and Literature. She specializes in children's literature and literary theory, and her research interests include 18th-century literature, gender studies, and post-colonial discourse. Her work encompasses high-impact projects across multiple disciplines, focusing on the writings of Eliza Fenwick, an 18th-century British author and educator. Paul is actively involved in migration studies and has made significant contributions to understanding the history and literary contributions of enslaved people in Barbados during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. She has published extensively, including the book "Eliza Fenwick: Early Modern Feminist" and co-editing the second edition of "Keywords in Children’s Literature." Her research has been supported by various grants, including those from the SSHRC and the British Library's Endangered Archives Programme. Paul teaches several courses, including Literary History and Poetry Poetics, and continues to influence the field of children's literature through her scholarship and mentoring of graduate students.