Kate Singer

Kate Singer is a Professor and Chair of English at Mount Holyoke College, affiliated with the Departments of Gender Studies, English, and Critical Race and Political Economy. She is a leading scholar in British Romanticism, with expertise in gender, affect theory, posthuman ecology, and digital humanities.

• Education: Ph.D. and M.F.A. from University of Maryland, B.A. from Columbia University.

Her research interrogates intersections of gender, sexuality, and race in Romantic-era literature through affect theory and nonhuman ecologies. Recent work explores shape-shifting as a revolutionary metaphor for nonbinary change.

Her publications and co-edited volumes, including Material Transgressions and Percy Shelley for Our Times, bridge speculative realism, automata studies, and queer theory. She also serves as President of the Keats-Shelley Association of America, fostering community among scholars and literary enthusiasts.

• Scientific Awards: President of the Keats-Shelley Association of America.