Megan Cook

Megan Cook is the Arthur Jeremiah Roberts Associate Professor of Literature and Co-Chair of the English Department at Colby College. She specializes in medieval and early modern literature, with a focus on Chaucer and textual scholarship.

• Ph.D., English, University of Pennsylvania
• M.A., English, New York University
• B.A., Political Science, University of Michigan

Her research examines the reception of Middle English texts in early modern England, combining intellectual history with material book studies. She explores how antiquarians shaped literary history through their scholarship on Chaucer and medieval poetry. Current projects include a study of vernacular language change and its political implications in late medieval and early modern England.

Megan's editorial work includes co-editing John Lydgate’s Dance of Death (2019) and Chaucer’s Legend of Good Women for Cambridge University Press. She has published in Spenser Studies, Chaucer Review, and other venues on topics like heraldry, miscellanies, and pre-photographic artifact representation.

Scientific Awards and Affiliations:

• Senior Member, Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography (Rare Book School)
• Council Member, Bibliographical Society of America
• Co-Organizer, Colby Center for Arts and Humanities Theme 'The Presence of the Past' (2018-19)

She contributes to critical editions of medieval texts and investigates intersections of pedagogy and the history of the book.