Samuel Alexander

Samuel Alexander is an Associate Professor of English at Endicott College, affiliated with the School of Social Sciences, Communication & Humanities. He earned his BA in Comparative Literature from Brown University and his PhD in English Literature from Yale University. At Endicott, he teaches courses on British and Irish literature, linguistics, literary theory, and the freshman writing sequence Critical Reading and Writing, which he helped design.

• Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Literature from Brown University
• Doctor of Philosophy in English Literature from Yale University

Research interests include modernist fiction, theories of literary character, and the history of social statistics. His work explores intersections between narrative form, demographic data, and cultural analysis. He is a co-chair of the Modernism Seminar at Harvard and co-founder of the Narrative Studies Colloquium at Endicott.

Article trends reveal a focus on literary modernism, particularly James Joyce and John Dos Passos, with recurring themes of character theory, demography, and digital humanities methodologies. His contributions to collaborative research at the Yale Modernism Lab are notable.

Grants and initiatives: Instrumental in securing and implementing two Davis Foundation grants (2014-15 and subsequent Digital Liberal Arts funding) to enhance curriculum development.

Labs and collaborations: Former managing editor of the Yale Modernism Lab, a faculty advisor for the Sigma Tau Delta chapter at Endicott, and active participant in Harvard's Modernism Seminar.