Dr. Madeline Bassnett

Biography

Madeline Bassnett is a Professor and Director of Writing Studies in the Department of English and Writing Studies at Western University. She earned her PhD from Dalhousie University in 2008, and she holds an MA from the University of New Brunswick and an MFA from Antioch University, Los Angeles. Her academic interests center around poetry and prose from sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England, with a specific focus on early modern women’s writing, food studies, ecocriticism, and climate studies. Dr. Bassnett’s current research, funded by the SSHRC Insight Grant (2020-2025), includes the development of an open-access historical weather database, and her forthcoming monograph titled 'Climate Change Cookery: Recipes for Resilience in England’s Ice Age' reflects her ongoing engagement with these topics. She has published various poetry collections, including 'Gamma Camera' (2019), and chapbooks such as 'Elegies' (2011) and 'Pilgrimage' (2016). Proficient in supervising graduate students, Dr. Bassnett is keen to guide projects in early modern non-dramatic literature, food studies, and creative/academic writing.

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