Dr Carl W

Academic

University of Leeds • Vollzeit

Sep 2018 - Jun 2023 • 4 yrs 9 mos

Four and a half years of project management. Wrote and defended an 80,000-word, 200-page thesis on US novelists and the 2008 financial crisis. Won competitive funding, presented at global conferences, published original research, and taught students. • Won £50,000 of competitive research funding for the project from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). Created the PhD project from scratch and wrote the application to non-specialist assessors for funding. They liked what they read. • Secured £6,000 competitive funding from the AHRC for an archive research trip to the Harry Ransom Center in Austin, Texas from January – March 2020. Again, wrote for non-specialists. Awarded highest score of ‘6’ in each assessed category. • Co-edited a special edition of Post45, focusing on the SFF game Disco Elysium. Pitched the idea to the journal, actioned a call for participants, wrote my own piece, and developed and line edited collaborator pieces. • Published original research in the academic journals Textual Practice and Humanities. Went through a rigorous peer review process and was commended for its quality, originality and style. Over 8000 downloads and reads. • Delivered a keynote lecture at the University of Muenster. Also presented at conferences in Austin, Belfast, and London. • Taught undergraduate students across all levels on the modules ‘American Words, American Worlds: 1900 – Present’, ‘Bowie, Reading, Writing’, and ‘Foundations of English Studies’. Led seminar classes of 12. Marked work. Received excellent feedback.