Rate My Professor Dennis Haskell

Dennis Haskell is Emeritus Professor in the School of Humanities at the University of Western Australia, where he holds the position of Senior Honorary Research Fellow. He earned a BCom from the University of New South Wales, a BA and PhD from the University of Sydney, and an Honorary Doctor of Letters from UWA. His academic career commenced at the University of New South Wales as Tutor and Senior Tutor in the School of Accountancy from 1973 to 1976, followed by Tutor and Assistant Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Sydney from 1977 to 1983. In 1984, he joined UWA as Lecturer in the Department of English, advancing to Senior Lecturer (1991-1994), Associate Professor (1995-1999), and Professor of English, Communication and Cultural Studies from 1999. He has served as Visiting Professor and Poet at universities in Europe, the USA, and Asia.

Haskell's research specializations encompass Australian literature, particularly twentieth-century and contemporary works; poetry from the medieval period to the present, with emphasis on English Romantics, Irish poetry, and twentieth-century and contemporary poetry; creative writing; Southeast Asian writing in English; literary modernism from 1890 to 1939; modernism and beyond; and post-colonial literature. He is the author of nine collections of poetry, including Who Would Know? (2024), And Yet... (2020), Ahead of Us (2016), and What Are You Doing Here? (2015), as well as fourteen volumes of literary scholarship and criticism. Notable awards include the Member of the Order of Australia (AM, 2015) for services to literature, particularly poetry, education, and intercultural understanding; the Western Australia Premier's Prize for Poetry; the A.A. Phillips Prize from the Association for the Study of Australian Literature; and the Honorary DLitt from UWA. He co-edited the literary magazine Westerly from 1985 to 2009, chaired the Australia Council's Literature Board from 2009 to 2011, serves on the Westerly Centre Board, and is Secretary of the Perth PEN Centre since 2018. His contributions have been recognized through dedicated journal issues and involvement in ARC-funded projects such as AustLit.