Diana Haemer

Thesis Title: Modernist Wavespeech: Interpreting the Ocean in Early 20th Century British and Irish Literature

Supervisor: Professor Peter Boxall and Professor Bernhard Malkmus

Research Interests: environmental humanities, Joseph Conrad, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, blue ecocriticism, oceanic studies, island studies, history of marine science, 19th/20th century print culture

MPhil Irish Writing, Trinity College Dublin; BA Oceanography and English, William & Mary

In addition to her academic pursuits, Diana is the author of two poetry collections, Sensing and The Sands of Time. Her work has appeared in several American literary magazines (The Sucharnochee Review, The Gallery, Short Édition) and the anthology Tea-ku: Poems About Tea. She is also a three-time US Figure Skating Gold Medalist and has worked as a skating coach for all levels in Ireland, the UK and America.