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Jessica Straley is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Utah, where she has served since 2005 (Visiting Assistant Professor 2005-2007, Assistant Professor 2007-2016, Associate Professor 2016-present). She holds a PhD in English from Stanford University, an MA in Literature, Culture, and Modernity from Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, and a BA in English from Cornell University. Education: PhD, English - Stanford University MA, Literature, Culture, and Modernity - Queen Mary and Westfield College BA, English - Cornell University Her research focuses on intersections between Victorian literature, children's literature, animal studies, disability studies, and ecocriticism. She explores how literary imagination interacts with scientific and moral discourses, particularly in 19th-century contexts. Recent publications analyze feral child narratives, zoo representations, and evolutionary theory in children's texts. Her work bridges historical literary analysis with contemporary critical frameworks like disability rights and environmental ethics. Scientific Awards: Faculty Fellowship Award (University Research Council, 2017) Ramona W. Cannon Award for Teaching Excellence (2016) Tanner Humanities Center Fellowship (2016) University Research Committee Faculty Fellowship (2011) Newberry Library Short-Term Library Research Fellowship (2008) She teaches courses in 19th-Century British Literature, Intellectual Movements, and Honors Thesis/Project supervision. Her external grant (Animal Testing URC, 2017-2018) demonstrates institutional support for her interdisciplinary work.

• Victorian Literature
• Children's Literature
• Animal Studies
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Jiwon Min serves as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Emory University, teaching undergraduate courses including ENG 185 Writing and Inquiry in the Liberal Arts and ENG 256 Survey of English Literature since 1660. Her academic position places her within Emory's humanities division with direct responsibility for literary curriculum development and student mentorship. Her educational foundation includes: BA in English Literature from Seoul National University (2003) MA in English Literature from Seoul National University (2007) PhD in English from Louisiana State University (2021) Dr. Min's research interrogates the intersection of Victorian-era literature with contemporary ecological crises through decolonial frameworks. She specializes in EcoGothic studies, examining how 19th-century texts like Mary Shelley's The Last Man encode environmental anxiety and colonial violence. Her work bridges literary analysis with climate discourse, emphasizing global perspectives and non-Western epistemologies in Victorian scholarship. Particular focus areas include pestilential colonialism, weather weirding narratives, and the rhetoric of empire in periodical literature. Analysis of her publications and 12 conference presentations since 2020 reveals consistent engagement with environmental humanities and global Victorian studies. Her scholarship demonstrates how historical literary representations of ecological disruption inform modern climate discourse, particularly through decolonial reinterpretations of Gothic and nature writing traditions. The recurring emphasis on Korean Victorianist perspectives highlights transnational scholarly networks and challenges Eurocentric academic frameworks.

• Victorian Literature
• EcoGothic
• Environmental Humanities
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Ian Duncan is the Florence Green Bixby Professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley, where he specializes in Scottish literature, British Romanticism, and the evolution of the novel. He holds a BA from King's College, Cambridge (1977) and a PhD from Yale University (1989), with prior faculty positions at Yale and the University of Oregon before joining Berkeley in 2001. His research bridges literature, natural sciences, and media studies, focusing on the novel's development alongside evolutionary theory, Scottish cultural identity, and Romantic-era transformations. Key interests include the interplay of biological concepts with narrative form, the historical novel's political dimensions, and literature's relationship to opera and film. Duncan has authored seminal works such as Scott’s Shadow (2007) and Human Forms (2019), exploring how the novel shaped understandings of human nature during scientific revolutions. He edits major projects including The Cambridge History of Scottish Literature and is writing Scotland and Romanticism . Honors include: Corresponding Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh Honorary Fellow, Association for Scottish Literature Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award (2017) Saltire Society Research Book of the Year (2008) He directs critical editions of James Hogg and Walter Scott, co-edits the Edinburgh Critical Studies in Romanticism series, and has held visiting positions at Princeton, LMU Munich, and Aix-Marseille University.

• Scottish literature
• British literature (19th century)
• Theory and history of the novel
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Lucas Kwong is an Associate Professor at the Department of English within the School of Arts & Sciences at City Tech, CUNY. His academic work bridges Victorian literature, postcolonial theory, and the fantastic, with a focus on intersections between religion and secularization. PhD, Columbia University M.A., Columbia University B.A., Yale University Research interests include: Postcolonial reinterpretations of Victorian texts Religious/secular tensions in 19th-century literature Analysis of the fantastic in Gothic and science fiction Recent publications examine neo-Victorian fiction, radicalizing literary assemblages, and religious discourse in Gothic narratives. He also explores Christian nationalism through podcast series, extending his academic reach beyond traditional formats.

• Postcolonial Theory
• Victorian Literature
• Religion and Secularization
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Hannah Hudson, PhD, is Associate Professor of English at Suffolk University in Boston, where she researches and teaches eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British literature with a focus on Romantic-era fiction, Gothic studies, women writers, and the history of print and periodical culture. Education PhD, Stanford University MA, Stanford University MPhil, University of Cambridge AB, Princeton University Research Interests Professor Hudson’s scholarship centers on the intersections of literature, commerce, and gender during the Romantic period. Her work interrogates how popular fiction—especially the vast output of the Minerva Press—shaped, and was shaped by, the burgeoning print marketplace. She examines gothic and sentimental genres, intertextual networks, and the role of magazines in constructing imperial knowledge. Recent Publications & Trends Across her recent articles and her 2023 monograph Romantic Fiction and Literary Excess in the Minerva Press Era , Hudson traces how excess—of production, of emotion, of genre—became a defining feature of Romantic fiction. Her studies reveal how authors, reviewers, and readers negotiated the explosion of print and the contested hierarchies of literary value. Awards & Honors Winner, Marilyn Gaull Book Award, Wordsworth-Coleridge Society (for Romantic Fiction and Literary Excess in the Minerva Press Era ) Current & Future Projects Hudson is presently writing Romantic Magazines and Imperial Knowledge , a study of miscellaneous magazines and their role in forming imperial knowledge around 1800. She continues to publish articles on periodical portrayals of revolution and on Eliza Haywood’s legacy while supervising courses ranging from British Literature surveys to honors seminars on Jane Austen and fantasy fiction. Contact & Office 73 Tremont St., Room 8042, Boston, MA 02108 Phone: 617-573-8277 Email: hhudson@suffolk.edu

• Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century British Literature
• Romantic-era Fiction
• History of the Novel
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Gordon Bigelow is Professor of English at Rhodes College, specializing in nineteenth-century British and Irish literature with a focus on cultural studies. He joined the Department of English in 1998 after completing his Ph.D. at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Education Ph.D., Literature, University of California, Santa Cruz (1998) M.A., English, University of New Hampshire (1991) A.B., Comparative Literature, Brown University (1985) His research explores intersections between literature and economic thought, particularly in Victorian Britain and Ireland. He is currently working on a book analyzing Anthony Trollope’s Irish fiction and its role in the development of the modern novel. Recent publications include chapters on Trollope’s Irish novels, Victorian print culture, and economic themes in Dickens’s Bleak House . He has also contributed comparative analyses of Victorian science, neoliberalism, and transatlantic literary connections. Bigelow co-edited Approaches to Teaching Dickens’s Bleak House , offering pedagogical strategies for navigating the novel’s complex themes and structure.

• Nineteenth-Century British Literature
• Irish Literature
• Cultural Studies
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Daniel Hack is a Professor of English at the University of Michigan, affiliated with the Department of English Language and Literature within the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA). His research focuses on Victorian literature, African American literature, and transatlantic cultural exchanges. He holds a B.A. from Yale University and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. Professor Hack’s work explores how literary texts engage with material culture, transatlantic print networks, and racial identity. His books include The Material Interests of the Victorian Novel (2005) and Reaping Something New: African American Transformations of Victorian Literature (2017), which examines how African American writers reinterpreted Victorian texts. His current project investigates the relationship between fiction and real-life meaning-making in modern culture. He has received prestigious awards such as the Guggenheim Fellowship (2022), the Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award (2021), and the Donald Gray Prize (2012). His editorial work includes co-editing Victorian Literature and Culture and contributing to volumes like Jonathan Freedman: The Jewish Decadence (2021). His teaching spans courses on fiction, narrative theory, race, and Victorian literature. He has delivered invited lectures at Harvard, Yale, and numerous conferences, exploring themes like transatlantic influence, literary canon formation, and modernist narrative techniques. His professional service includes roles as Associate Chair of the English Department and leadership in academic organizations like the MLA.

• Victorian Literature
• African American Literature
• Transatlantic Studies
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Jonathan Allison is a Professor of English at the University of Kentucky, specializing in 19th and 20th-century British and Irish literature, modernism, and textual studies. He holds a BA/PGCE from Queen's University Belfast, and MA/PhD from the University of Michigan. His research focuses on W.B. Yeats, Louis MacNeice, and Irish literature post-1945. He has edited major works including Letters of Louis MacNeice (2010, TLS 'Book of the Year') and contributed to essay collections like Yeats's Political Identities (1996). Dr. Allison has taught at University College London and the University of Michigan. Notable roles include Director of the W.B. Yeats International Summer School and Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (Edinburgh). He co-curated prominent exhibitions at UK Libraries, including All the Olympians: Modern Irish Manuscripts (2017) and Four Nobel Laureates: Yeats, Shaw, Beckett, Heaney (2006). His publications span Yeats's political engagement, modernist poetry, and Irish literary history. He has received recognition for his annotated editions and critical essays, appearing in journals like Sewanee Review and Yearbook of English Studies . His teaching covers modernism, British literature surveys, and specialized seminars on Yeats and Heaney.

• Nineteenth-Century British Literature
• Twentieth-Century British Literature
• Modernism
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Peter C. Norberg is Professor of English at Saint Joseph’s University, where he also serves as Senior Associate Provost for Academic and Faculty Support and has chaired the Department of English, Writing and Journalism since 2012. Education BA, Boston College, 1990 MA, Rice University, 1994 PhD, Rice University, 1998 Research Focus Professor Norberg’s scholarship centers on American literature before the Civil War, with particular attention to Herman Melville, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Henry David Thoreau, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. He situates these authors within the wider contexts of New England Transcendentalism, British and German romantic influences, the transatlantic literary marketplace, and democratic political theory. Across his publications he has explored textual allusion, reception history, and pedagogical approaches, consistently highlighting the interplay between historical forces and literary form. Awards & Honors General Associate Editor, Melville’s Marginalia Online Co-editor, The Edgar Allan Poe Review (2004–2008) Director, Fellowships Office (2009–2012) Editorial & Administrative Roles In addition to his departmental chairmanship, Professor Norberg has directed the university’s Fellowships Office and held editorial posts with leading journals and digital projects, fostering scholarly communities around nineteenth-century American literature.

• American literature prior to the Civil War
• Herman Melville
• Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Professor Weihsin Gui of the University of California-Riverside specializes in anglophone literatures from South Asia and Southeast Asia, with a focus on postcolonial and globalizing perspectives. As a former contributor to the Year’s Work in English Studies (2014–2017), Gui has shaped critical discourse on Southeast Asian comics, graphic narratives, and urban poetics. Education : PhD in English (Brown University, 2008), BA in English and East Asian Studies (Brown University, 2003). Gui’s research explores intersections of postcolonialism, globalization, and visual culture , particularly in Singaporean and Filipino works. Recent publications analyze noir aesthetics, transnationalism, and the socio-political resonance of comics like Sprawl and Muros: Within Magical Walls . A keynote speaker at MLA 2025, Gui examines how Southeast Asian creators adapt global genres to critique local power structures. Gui’s scholarship spans journals like Textual Practice , Moving Worlds , and Interventions , with a monograph National Consciousness and Literary Cosmopolitics (Ohio State UP, 2013) and co-edited works including Common Lines and City Spaces (ISEAS, 2014).

• Global Anglophone Literature
• Postcolonial Literature
• South Asian Literature
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Deidre Shauna Lynch is a distinguished Professor of Literature at Harvard University, holding the titles of Harvard College Professor and Ernest Bernbaum Professor of Literature. Her primary affiliation is with the Department of English within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS). She is deeply committed to supporting first-generation Harvard students, drawing from her own background as a first-generation college graduate. Dr. Lynch earned her B.A. (Hons.) from the University of British Columbia in 1983 and both A.M. and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University in 1992. Her research focuses on 18th-century and Romantic-period British literature and culture, with particular emphasis on the theory and history of the novel, Gothic literature, Enlightenment studies, book history, and affect theory. She also explores the institutional history of English studies, examining how literary education and canon formation shape cultural narratives. Her work consistently engages with the material and cultural dimensions of literature. Recent articles highlight themes like fragmented reading practices, the role of women in literary genius discourses, and the interplay between texts and historical contexts. She has contributed to major projects such as the Norton Anthology of English Literature and edited annotated editions of Jane Austen’s works. Her awards reflect her teaching excellence and scholarly impact at Harvard. Scientific Awards: Harvard College Professor Ernest Bernbaum Professor of Literature In advising, Lynch prioritizes mentorship across undergraduate and graduate levels, emphasizing inclusivity and access to literary knowledge. She has not listed specific grants in the provided text, but her editorial leadership and institutional roles suggest significant contributions to academic infrastructure. Her research often intersects with historical archives, print culture, and the social dimensions of reading, though no lab affiliations are explicitly mentioned.

• Eighteenth-century British literature
• Romantic-period British literature
• Book history
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Waqas A. Khwaja serves as the Ellen Douglass Leyburn Professor of English at Agnes Scott College, where he teaches courses in Victorian and Romantic poetry, Narratives of Empire, Gothic literature, Postcolonial Studies, and Creative Writing. His academic foundation includes a PhD in English Literature from Emory University, an MA from Emory University, an MA from the University of the Punjab, an LLB from Punjab University Law College, and a BA from Government College in Lahore, Pakistan. PhD, Emory University MA, Emory University MA, University of the Punjab LLB, Punjab University Law College, Lahore BA, Government College, Lahore, Pakistan Professor Khwaja specializes in Victorian literature, British Romanticism, and Postcolonial literature, with additional expertise in Gothic literature and Creative Writing. His scholarly work examines the intersections between Romanticism and Imperialism, the relevance of Gothic texts to contemporary issues, and South Asian literary traditions. His research bridges historical and contemporary literary studies with cultural and postcolonial perspectives. His publications reveal a career deeply engaged with both creative and scholarly pursuits, spanning poetry collections, literary anthologies, translations, and critical works focusing on South Asian literature. His ongoing research includes a monograph on Sir William Jones and the Hastings' Circle, examining British Indian Scholars-Administrators of the 18th century. Professor Khwaja has received recognition through his endowed professorship and his work as an Honorary Fellow of the University of Iowa's International Writing Program. His editorial work includes guest-editing a special issue on Pakistani Literature for the Journal of Commonwealth and Postcolonial Studies. Before migrating to the United States in 1994, Professor Khwaja had a distinguished career in Pakistan as a practicing lawyer, professor of law, and regular columnist for national newspapers including The Frontier Post, The Pakistan Economic Review, The Pakistan Times, News International, The Nation, and The Friday Times from 1983-1992.

• Victorian literature
• British Romanticism
• Postcolonial literature
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Nicole Reynolds is an Associate Professor at Ohio University , holding a joint appointment in the Department of English and the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program within the College of Arts and Sciences. Her work bridges British Romantic literature and architectural history, with a focus on gender studies, print culture, and transnational influences. Education Ph.D. in English, University of Georgia (2001) Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies, University of Georgia (1997) M.A. in English, University of Connecticut (1995) B.A. in English, Boston University (1989, Cum Laude) Reynolds’ research spans British Romanticism , World War I print culture , and gender/sexuality studies . Her monograph Building Romanticism redefined intersections between literature and architecture, while her edited Literature Compass issue on Romanticism and suicide advanced interdisciplinary discourse. Her recent publications analyze Anglo-Indian literature , encyclopedia entries on Romantic-era figures, and pedagogical strategies for global education. Trends reveal sustained interest in marginalized voices, architectural symbolism, and trauma studies. Scientific Awards National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships Harry Ransom Center Fellowship Distinguished Mentor Awards (2017, 2007) Sigma Superlative Award for Best Professor (2010) Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship Reynolds actively mentors students and leads initiatives in book history and Digital Humanities . She organized Ohio University’s Faculty Learning Community on book history pedagogy and co-led a NEH Summer Institute on the Indian Ocean globalization.

• British Romantic literature and culture
• History of the book
• World War I and print culture
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Carmel Jordan is an Associate Professor of English at the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences , City University of New York (Baruch College). Her research focuses on Modern British and Irish Literature , with a specialization in Gothic and Romantic Literature , often exploring intersections between Celtic mythology, archaeology, and transnational cultural exchanges. B.A., English and Russian, Lehman College (includes a year at Moscow University) M.A., English Literature, Fordham University Ph.D., English Literature, Fordham University Her research examines: Celtic Symbolism : Analysis of ancient Irish landmarks (e.g., Corcomroe Abbey) as metaphors in literary works. Irish-Russian Connections : Cross-cultural influences in literature, such as Bram Stoker's impact on Alexander Blok. Medieval Interlace : Architectural and mythological motifs in Yeats's ritual plays. Gender and Myth : Reinterpretation of female figures in Irish and Bulgarian poetry. Postcolonial Narratives : Decoding colonial resistance in the works of Yeats and James Joyce. Her publications and conference presentations reveal recurring themes in Comparative Literature , blending Irish, Russian, and Eastern European cultural frameworks. Recent talks at Moscow State University and Trinity College highlight her international academic engagement. Scientific awards include: Presidential Excellence Award for Scholarship , Baruch College (1988) NEH Summer Stipend (1997) Best Dissertation Award , Fordham University (1980) Phi Beta Kappa , Lehman College (1977) Jordan received multiple Reassigned Time Awards (2000–2017) and Travel Awards (1995–2009) from Baruch College, supporting her archival research and fieldwork for ongoing projects like a book manuscript on Irish Romanesque Architecture and Yeats's ritual plays.

• Modern British and Irish Literature
• Gothic Literature
• Romantic Literature
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Dr. Ana Gal is Associate Professor of Teaching in the Department of English at the University of Memphis. She holds a B.A. (2005) and M.A. (2006) from Babes-Bolyai University (Romania), and a Ph.D. (2013) from the University of Memphis. Her research focuses on Nineteenth-Century British literature, Gothic traditions, and Cultural Studies, particularly examining representations of monstrous bodies in literature and media in relation to consumerism and market forces. Her research interests span vampire narratives, feminist critiques of popular media, and cultural representations of gender and identity. She explores how Gothic motifs evolve across historical periods and media formats, connecting literary analysis with contemporary social issues like intersectional feminism and social justice. Dr. Gal's publications predominantly analyze Gothic and vampire narratives through cultural theory lenses. Recent works demonstrate a shift toward pedagogical applications of Gothic literature, while earlier scholarship focused on deconstructing gender representations in Romantic poetry and graphic novel adaptations of classic horror texts. In teaching, she emphasizes critical thinking and intellectual openness across courses including British Literature Since 1750, Vampire Studies, Composition, and Literary Heritage.

• Nineteenth-Century British Literature
• Gothic Tradition
• Cultural Studies
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