Jennifer Jones

Dr. Jennifer Jones is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Rhode Island, specializing in Romantic-era literature (1770–1840) and critical theory. Her research explores aesthetic form, historicity, sublimity, and consolation, with a focus on trans-historical intellectual histories and interdisciplinary approaches. She holds a Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a B.A. (Summa Cum Laude) from UC Santa Cruz. Before URI, she was a Woodrow Wilson Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Research & Publications: Jones authored Wordsworth’s Chaucer: Romanticism, Translation, and the Poetics of Consolation (under review), edited The Sublime and Education, and contributed peer-reviewed essays to journals like Studies in Romanticism, Neophilologus, and The Wordsworth Circle. Her work reinterprets Wordsworth’s legacy through theories of consolation and translation.

Teaching: Jones teaches courses across all levels, including undergraduate surveys (e.g., Poetry Fundamentals), advanced Romanticism topics (e.g., Romanticism and the Idea of Italy), and graduate seminars like Romanticism and Judgment. She emphasizes digital humanities, critical thinking, and public speaking, fostering student agency in literary analysis and creative projects.

Awards & Recognition: Recipient of the URI Foundation Teaching Excellence Award (2014) and national accolades for two peer-reviewed essays. Her pedagogy integrates traditional literary methods with modern digital tools, encouraging students to engage with historical texts through contemporary lenses.