Dr Ruth Blair    Honorary Research Fellow

	Biography

Dr Ruth Blair’s research interests include Melville; the Pacific; and Environmental writing.

Her current research includes environmentalism and literary studies, and American and Australian environmental writing.

She is the author of articles on Herman Melville and early writing about the Pacific, and the editor of: Oxford World's Classics edition of Melville's Typee.

	Keywords
	Humanities: Literary Criticism, Geographical: Pacific Ocean, Science and Technology: Environmental Studies