Publications & Projects
Some recent work
Boydell Press, 2024
The Irish writers and editors Katherine (1773-1824) and Martha Wilmot (1775-1873) left a unique record of women’s literary practices and experiences of travel in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century.
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Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book explores the collaborative relationships formed by women participating in cosmopolitan networks beyond the typical locations of the Grand Tour. In this first full-length study to focus on the literary and cultural exchanges surrounding the Wilmot sisters, the book showcases how manuscript circulation, coterie engagement and transnational travel provided avenues for women to engage with the intellectual discourses from which they were often excluded.
Two Plum Press, 2022 (2nd edition)
Set between the public outdoor pools of the UK and the mountain lakes of the Pacific Northwest, Body of Water is a series of essays where swimming is a central focus (also known as “the swimming book,”), but the actual about is wide ranging and utterly compelling.
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Whether she's plunging into frigid water on her wedding day or considering ecological collapse while swimming through wildfire smoke, creating her own mikvah or dealing with chronic illness, Wolf's journey in Body of Water makes you appreciate all the beauty and difficulty of being in a human body on earth.
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This title is now in its second printing, featuring a beautiful new essay written in 2022: “Waters: Epilogue”
Palgrave, 2022
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(Co-Editor & Author)
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This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of core areas of investigation and theory relating to the history of women and science. Bringing together new research with syntheses of pivotal scholarship, the volume acknowledges and integrates history, theory and practice across a range of disciplines and periods. While the handbook’s primary focus is on women's experiences, chapters also reflect more broadly on gender, including issues of femininity and masculinity as related to scientific practice and representation. Spanning the period from the birth of modern science in the late seventeenth century to current challenges facing women in STEM, it takes a thematic and comparative approach to unpack the central issues relating to women in science across different regions and cultures. Topics covered include scientific networks; institutions and archives; cultures of science; science communication; and access and diversity. With its breadth of coverage, this handbook will be the go-to resource for undergraduates taking courses on the history and philosophy of science and gender history, while at the same time providing the foundation for more advanced scholars to undertake further historical and theoretical investigation.