Colleen M. Tripp

Colleen M. Tripp is an Associate Professor of English at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), where she also serves as Associate Chair of English and a CSUN Senator-At-Large. Her research explores the interplay between forms and genres of popular culture in the transatlantic world, with a focus on 19th-century and contemporary storytelling, empire, globalization, and ecology.

• Ph.D. (2015) and M.A. (2011) from Brown University
• M.A. (2009) from University of California Santa Cruz
• B.A. (2005) from California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo

Her research interests include American Literature, Material Culture, Popular Culture, Women’s Writing, and Public Humanities. She has published in journals such as Studies in American Fiction, The Journal of American Culture, and Journal of Transnational American Studies.