Eleanor Reeds

Dr. Eleanor Reeds serves as Associate Professor of English in the Department of Languages and Literatures at Hastings College, where she has taught diverse courses across literary genres, historical periods, and national traditions since joining the faculty in 2018.

She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Cambridge and earned her PhD from the University of Connecticut's Department of English.

Her research spans Romantic and Victorian British literature, genre theory, children's literature, and creative writing. Currently, she investigates nineteenth-century intersections of genre, narrative voice, and reader engagement while developing a poetry chapbook. Her scholarly work appears in journals such as Victorian Poetry, Twentieth-Century Literature, American Literary Realism, and Children's Literature Association Quarterly.

Dr. Reeds previously directed the Writing Center and remains a vocal advocate for composition studies within liberal arts education. Her professional focus emphasizes the critical role of writing instruction in undergraduate curricula.