Chad Rohman

Chad Rohman is Professor of English and Dean of the Rosary College of Arts and Sciences at Dominican University, where he has served for 23 years. His academic leadership includes roles as former Faculty Trustee, Department Chair, and Director of the Core Curriculum.

• Education: PhD, Bowling Green State University; MA and BA, Michigan State University

His research focuses on nineteenth-century American literature, particularly Mark Twain and his contemporaries, with additional expertise in American women regional writers, Flannery O'Connor, and American Gothic literature. His publications range from Twain's philosophical manuscripts to interdisciplinary analyses of moral training and regional symbolism.

Notable accolades include the Quarry Farm Fellowship and Dominican University’s Excellence in Teaching and Leadership Award. His scholarly output spans critical editions, journal articles, and lectures on Twain's legacy, American literary movements, and Gothic narrative techniques.