Dr. Micheline White

Biography

Micheline White is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at Carleton University, cross-listed with the College of the Humanities. She began her academic career at Carleton in 1998, initially as an Assistant Professor. White holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the University of Toronto (1989), a Master of Arts in English Literature from the University of Ottawa (1992), and a PhD from Loyola University Chicago (1998). Her primary research focus is on English Renaissance literature, with particular attention to women's writing and the Reformation. She has published extensively on Katherine Parr and her impact on religious writing in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Currently on sabbatical, White is a Scholar-in-Residence at the Newberry Library in Chicago, IL, from January to June 2024. She has received several grants, including an SSHRC Insight Development Grant for her project on elite Tudor women's prayer books, and has been recognized with multiple teaching and research awards at Carleton. Her work often intersects digital humanities, exploring literary networks and the socio-political implications of women’s writing during the Renaissance.

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