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Robert Edward Mitchell
Professor of English
English
rmitch@duke.edu
90015, Durham, NC 27708
304F Allen, Durham, NC 27708
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Awards & Honors
Michelle Kendrick Memorial Book Prize for “The Smartness Mandate"
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The Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts
· 2023
Annual Book Prize for "Experimental Life: Vitalism in Romantic Science and Literature"
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British Society for Literature and Science
· 2014
Marcello Lotti Professor of English
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Duke University
· 2014
Michelle Kendrick Memorial Book Prize for "Experimental Life: Vitalism in Romantic Science and Literature"
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Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts
· 2014
Fellow
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National Humanities Center
· 2012
Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor of English
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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
· July 2008
In the News
Published February 24, 2023
Robert Mitchell on the Problem with Smartness
Published May 1, 2015
Duke Announces 2015 Distinguished Professors
