Sarah Brouillette, Carleton University

Research

contemporary literature literature and economics publishing industry higher education print and media history social media creative industries literary festivals

Latest funding

The feminization of publishing work
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$40,610
The Future Literary
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$86,408
The Future Literary
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$5,495

All 5 grants and awards

The feminization of publishing work

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Brouillette, Sarah E.

Keywords: contemporary English-language literatures; sociology of work; sociology of literature; feminist social theory; social media studies; platform studies

$40,610

The Future Literary

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Brouillette, Sarah

Keywords: contemporary literature; literature and economics; publishing industry; higher education; print and media history; social media; creative industries; literary festivals; creative writing; digital humanities

$86,408

The Future Literary

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Brouillette, Sarah

Keywords: contemporary literature; literature and economics; publishing industry; higher education; print and media history; social media; creative industries; literary festivals; creative writing; digital humanities

$5,495

UNESCO and the book

Principal investigatorSSHRC2013Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Brouillette, Sarah E.

Keywords: post-1945 literature; UNESCO; cultural history; cultural policy; print and media history; transnationalism and globalization

$114,979

Literature and the creative economy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Brouillette, Sarah E.

Keywords: post-1945 British; Irish; and postcolonial literatures; creative industries; cultural policy; tourism and heritage studies

$52,406

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: contemporary literature Dear Professor Brouillette, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on contemporary literature connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "The feminization of publishing work" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]