Daniel Hack

Daniel Hack is a Professor of English at the University of Michigan, affiliated with the Department of English Language and Literature within the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA). His research focuses on Victorian literature, African American literature, and transatlantic cultural exchanges. He holds a B.A. from Yale University and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.

Professor Hack’s work explores how literary texts engage with material culture, transatlantic print networks, and racial identity. His books include The Material Interests of the Victorian Novel (2005) and Reaping Something New: African American Transformations of Victorian Literature (2017), which examines how African American writers reinterpreted Victorian texts. His current project investigates the relationship between fiction and real-life meaning-making in modern culture.

He has received prestigious awards such as the Guggenheim Fellowship (2022), the Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award (2021), and the Donald Gray Prize (2012). His editorial work includes co-editing Victorian Literature and Culture and contributing to volumes like Jonathan Freedman: The Jewish Decadence (2021).

His teaching spans courses on fiction, narrative theory, race, and Victorian literature. He has delivered invited lectures at Harvard, Yale, and numerous conferences, exploring themes like transatlantic influence, literary canon formation, and modernist narrative techniques. His professional service includes roles as Associate Chair of the English Department and leadership in academic organizations like the MLA.