Tita Chico

Tita Chico is a Professor of English at the University of Maryland, specializing in 18th-century British literature. She serves as Editor of The Eighteenth Century: Theory and Interpretation and holds roles such as Faculty Director of the Center for Literary and Comparative Studies and former Associate Dean of the Graduate School. Her research bridges literary studies with science, technology, and cultural history, challenging disciplinary boundaries through works like Devices of Enlightenment and The Experimental Imagination.

Her academic contributions include fellowships at Oxford, St. Andrews, and Queen Mary University of London, alongside awards like the Kandice Chuh Mentorship Award. Chico’s scholarship examines themes of wonder, technology, and gender through archival research, emphasizing the interconnectedness of literary and scientific thought in the Enlightenment. She has edited collections on Atlantic Studies and pioneered interdisciplinary approaches to early modern texts.