Jeff Dolven

Jeff Dolven is a Professor of English at Princeton University, specializing in poetry, poetics, and early modern literature. He served as founding director of the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in the Humanities (IHUM) and acting chair of the English Department (2018-19). His research focuses on Renaissance metrics, Shakespeare’s reading practices, and intersections between creative writing and literary criticism. Dolven’s work spans scholarly monographs, poetry collections, and editorial projects for Cabinet magazine.

His publications include Senses of Style (2018), Take Care (2017), and Scenes of Instruction (2007). He teaches courses on Shakespeare, early modern poetry, and experimental pedagogical frameworks like the Attention Lab. Current projects explore sound simultaneity, book metaphors, and the poetics of feedback mechanisms.

Dolven’s creative writing appears in The Paris Review, Harper’s, and The New Yorker. Collaborative initiatives include Schema for a School and Mildred’s Lane projects, reimagining intellectual exchange structures.