Lisa Mendelman

Lisa Mendelman is an Associate Professor in the Department of English and Digital Humanities at Menlo College, specializing in medical and digital humanities with research focused on gender, race, and affect in twentieth-century America. She teaches interdisciplinary courses spanning film, visual arts, popular music, and literary studies.

Education:

• Ph.D. from University of California, Los Angeles

Research Interests: Dr. Mendelman examines sentimentality and affect in modern American literature through intersectional lenses, analyzing how mental health discourses, racial identity, and gender performance operate in cultural texts. Her work bridges historical literary analysis with digital methodologies, particularly in studying emotional representation across media from novels to video games.

Publications Trends: Her scholarship reveals consistent exploration of irony's relationship to sentiment in interwar literature, with increasing interdisciplinary reach into digital humanities. Recent works connect historical medical discourses to contemporary issues of identity, demonstrating evolving methodological sophistication in analyzing affect across traditional and new media platforms.

Scientific Awards:

• Harris Manchester College / Oxford University Summer Research Institute Fellowship
• Digital Humanities Summer Institute Scholarship, University of Victoria
• Modernist Studies Association Research Travel Award
• Charles B. Emerick Teaching Award
• Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts / US National Science Foundation Travel Award

Advising and Grants: While specific advisees aren't documented, her active research program is evidenced by sustained publication output and competitive fellowships. Grant history includes NSF-supported conference participation and institutional teaching awards recognizing pedagogical innovation in humanities instruction.

Labs and Teams: Collaborative work is indicated through multi-author publications in digital humanities, particularly with researchers in media studies and game design, though formal lab structures aren't specified in available materials.