Laura Saltz

Laura Saltz is an Associate Professor of American Studies at Colby College, Maine. Her research bridges literature, science studies, and visual culture, with a focus on 19th- and early 20th-century American literature and its intersections with scientific discourse.

• Ph.D., Yale University
• M.A., Yale University

Her work examines:

• Epistemological frameworks in antebellum science and literature
• Gender dynamics in 19th-century novels
• Photography’s role in shaping cultural narratives
• Surveillance and modernity in American culture

Selected publications analyze Edgar Allan Poe’s cosmological speculations, early photography’s epistemic claims, and Margaret Fuller’s engagement with daguerreotype portraiture.