Siobhan Carroll specializes in British literature from 1750-1850 - the turbulent historical period called the "Romantic Century" - and in modern science fiction and fantasy. She is interested in the ways that literature has shaped our understanding of empire, community, and the natural world. Her book, An Empire of Air and Water: Uncolonizable Space in the British Imagination, 1750-1850 (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015), was runner-up for the British Association for Romantic Studies First Book Prize. She is currently at work on a new project on environmental agency in the 19th Century Anthropocene.

Professor Carroll's teaching interests include 18th and 19th century British literature, imperialism, nationalism, the environmental imagination, game studies, marine studies, and science fiction and fantasy literature.