Devoney Looser

Devoney Looser is the Foundation Professor of English at Arizona State University, specializing in literature by women and the cultural legacy of Jane Austen. She holds a National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar distinction and a 2018 Guggenheim Fellowship.

• Research focuses on 19th-century British literature, women's authorship, and Jane Austen's global reception.
• Author/editor of seven books, including The Making of Jane Austen (2017), recognized by Publishers Weekly and Inside Higher Ed.
• Public intellectual featured in CNN, New York Times, and USA Today for expertise on Austen's cultural impact.

Her work bridges scholarly and popular Austen studies, demonstrating how fan cultures enrich literary interpretation. She delivered the Shannon-Clark Lecture at Washington and Lee University in 2018, titled 'Fame and Fortune in the Age of Austen.'