Dr. Daniel Wright

Associate Professor

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Biography

Daniel Wright specializes in the theory and history of the novel, particularly the Victorian realist novel. His research interests include literature and philosophy, specifically ordinary language philosophy, as well as feminist, queer, and trans theory, and psychoanalytic theory. Wright is the author of 'The Grounds of the Novel' published by Stanford University Press in 2024, and 'Bad Logic: Reasoning Desire in the Victorian Novel' published by Johns Hopkins University Press in 2018. His work has appeared in prestigious journals such as PMLA, Victorian Literature and Culture, ELH, and Public Books. He is also involved in editing a forthcoming edition of Charles Dickens’s 'Great Expectations' for the Norton Library series. His research has been recognized with various awards, including the UTM Research Prize in Humanities in 2022 and the SSHRC Insight Grant from 2020 to 2024, as well as the John Charles Polanyi Prize for Literature in 2016.

Research Interests

Experience

Associate Vice-Principal, Research Innovation - Strategic Initiatives

— Present

University of Toronto Mississauga • Mississauga, Ontario

Oversaw research innovation initiatives and strategic goals for the campus.

Associate Professor

— Present

University of Toronto Mississauga • Mississauga, Ontario

Conducted research and taught courses in English literature.

Undergraduate Instructor

— Present

University of Toronto Mississauga • Mississauga, Ontario

Instructed undergraduate students in various English courses.

Awards

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UTM Research Prize Humanities

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SSHRC Insight Grant

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John Charles Polanyi Prize Literature

Requirements for University of Toronto

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:93
Prerequisites
Appropriate four-year bachelor's degree Background in sociological theory and statistics preferred
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Specialization Notes

Department of Sociology