Scholarship and Biography

Professor Campbell's research interests at present include 1) the early-modern history of dreams and dream theory in the Atlantic world, in light of developments in representation (including poetry and fiction) and natural philosophy or science; 2) utopia and science fiction, past and present, 3) the cultural history of encounter and empire, 4) intersections of literary studies with ecological and climate change, animal studies.

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Honors

Fellowship
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (United States, New York), 1985 - 1987
Barnard New Women Poets Prize
Barnard College (United States, New York), 1988
Norma Faber First Book Award, Runner up,
Poetry Society of America (United States, New York), 1990
Fellowship
American Council of Learned Societies (United States, New York) - ACLS, 1990 - 1991
Kermit H. Perlmutter Award for Teaching Excellence
Brandeis University (United States, Waltham), 1992
Michael L. Walzer 56 Award for Teaching Excellence
Brandeis University (United States, Waltham), 1993
Fellowship
National Endowment for the Humanities (United States, Washington D.C.) - NEH, 1995 - 1996
National Humanities Center (United States, Durham) - NHC, 1997-1998
James Russell Lowell Prize by the Modern Languages Association for an Outstanding Book of Literary Criticism
Modern Language Association (United States, New York) - MLA, 2000 - 2001
Fulbright Distinguished Scholar Fellowship
Fulbright Association (United States, Washington D.C.), 2003
Guggenheim Fellowship
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation (United States, New York) - HFG, 2003
Research Fellowship
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (Germany, Berlin) - MPIWG, 2003
Research Fellowship
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (Germany, Berlin) - MPIWG, 2004
Norman Fund Research Award
Brandeis University (United States, Waltham), 2012 - 2013
Audrey Lumsden-Kouvel Fellowship
Newberry Library (United States, Chicago), 2014
Norman Fund Faculty Research Travel Award
Brandeis University (United States, Waltham), 2015
Fellowship
Paris Institute for Advanced Study (France, Paris), 2016-2018

Organizational Affiliations

Professor Emerita of English, Department of English, Brandeis University

Education

Boston University
Ph.D.
Boston University
M.A.
Bennington College
B.A.