[2] Before that, she was Head of School of Literature and Languages at the University of Reading, where she also founded the research theme "Minority Identities: Rights and Representations".
[10][11] Donnell is the leading researcher of the Leverhulme Trust-funded project Caribbean Literary Heritage: Recovering the Lost Past and Safeguarding the Future.
[15][16][17] She worked with CAISO, the Caribbean IRN and the IGDS at UWI on a series of public events called Sexualities in the Tent.
Although celebrated as a pioneering black Jamaican feminist and nationalist, Marson's literary works were often dismissed for mimicking European style.
Donnell discusses how the West's concentration on the veil diverts attention from other issues such as legal rights, education and access to healthcare, connecting to debates within Islamic feminism.