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Michael Warner is the Seymour H. Knox Professor in the Department of English at Yale University, where he holds a prominent position in literary and cultural studies. His work bridges scholarship, theory, and public intellectual engagement across disciplines such as early American literature, queer theory, and the sociology of secularism. His research focuses on the interplay between media, reading practices, and the formation of social worlds. Warner explores how publics and counterpublics emerge through print culture and communication, with significant contributions to understanding the evangelical public sphere and the cultural roots of secularism in America. His interdisciplinary interests extend to new media, intellectual property, and political discourse. The recent articles reflect a strong trend in cultural and literary theory, with deep attention to public discourse, identity formation, and interpretive practices. Warner's work consistently engages with philosophical and historical dimensions of literature, often challenging normative frameworks in reading and social belonging. Co-editor, Varieties of Secularism in a Secular Age (Harvard University Press, 2010) Author, The Evangelical Public Sphere in Eighteenth-Century America (forthcoming, University of Pennsylvania Press) Author, Publics and Counterpublics (Zone Books, 2002) Author, The Trouble with Normal (Harvard University Press, 2000) Editor, The Portable Walt Whitman (Penguin, 2003) Warner has advised numerous graduate students and has been involved in major scholarly collaborations, though specific names are not listed. He has received support for his research through academic lectureships, including the Rosenbach Lectures (2009), and editorial projects with leading university presses. His work continues to influence both literary studies and social theory. He is associated with advanced research in secular culture and public discourse, particularly through his current book projects and lecture series. His intellectual leadership positions him at the center of debates on religion, modernity, and democratic public life.

• Early American Literature
• Print Culture
• Public Sphere Theory
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Jonathan H. Grossman is a Professor in the Department of English at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he has been since 2013. He earned his Ph.D. in English from the University of Pennsylvania (1996) and a B.A. in English and Religious Studies from Brown University (1989). Education: Ph.D., English, University of Pennsylvania (1996) M.A., English, University of Pennsylvania (1993) B.A., English & Religious Studies, Brown University (1989) Research Interests focus on the intersection of 19th-century British literature, standardization history, and narrative theory. His work examines how transportation networks, legal systems, and technological infrastructures reshaped Victorian perceptions of time, space, and community. Recent projects include analyzing metrology’s role in literary form and global transport’s narrative implications. Publications highlight his expertise in Dickens studies and Victorian systems. Notable works include Charles Dickens’s Networks: Public Transport and the Novel (Oxford, 2012) and The Art of Alibi (Johns Hopkins, 2002). His 2025 article on screw thread standardization in Technology and Culture extends his interdisciplinary analysis. Scientific Awards include the UCLA Senate Distinguished Teaching Award (2013–14) and recognition in The Best American Essays (2005) for his essay 'Alibis'. He has secured multiple UCLA Senate grants for digital humanities initiatives like Cruikshank’s Eye and Yellowback Cover Art . Professional Service spans editorial roles as Co-Editor of Nineteenth-Century Literature (2011–present) and leadership in the Dickens Project. He mentors graduate students, serves on departmental committees, and contributes to academic publishing workshops and conferences.

• Nineteenth-Century British Literature
• Narrative Theory
• History of Science and Technology
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Benjamin Morgan is the Department Chair and Associate Professor at the University of Chicago, Department of English. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in 2010 and has been teaching at UChicago since 2010. Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 2010 His research focuses on literature, science, and aesthetics in the Victorian period and early twentieth century, with specific interests in nineteenth-century sciences of mind and emotion; aestheticism and decadence; speculative and science fiction; and environmental humanities topics like extinction, energy cultures, and the literary history of climate change. Methodologically, his work engages aesthetic theory, affect theory, and science studies. His publications explore scalar disjunctures, the interplay of geological time with human narratives, and materialist approaches to art and literature. Key themes include the Victorian origins of cognitive science, the politics of aesthetic autonomy, and formal strategies for representing ecological devastation. Benjamin Morgan advises students on projects spanning nineteenth and early-twentieth century British literature, literature and the environment, embodiment and affect, science fiction, and aesthetic theory. He is affiliated with the University of Chicago's English Research Labs and contributes to intellectual life through collaborative projects like the V21 Collective.

• Victorian Literature
• Environmental Humanities
• Aesthetic Theory
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Ombretta Frau is the Dorothy Rooke McCulloch Professor of Italian at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, where she also serves as Chair of Romance Languages and Cultures and Chair of Classics and Italian. She is affiliated with the Department of Classics and Italian, Department of Romance Languages and Cultures, and the McCulloch Center for Global Initiatives Faculty Advisory Board. Dr. Frau received her Laurea from the University of Cagliari, Italy, followed by an M.A. from Boston College, and her A.M. and Ph.D. from Harvard University. She has previously taught at Boston College, Rice University, and Harvard University, where she received excellence in teaching awards. Her scholarly interests focus on nineteenth and early twentieth-century Italian authors and public intellectuals, with particular expertise in women's literature, the material culture of literature, and Luigi Pirandello. She has published extensively on Italian women writers including Pirandello, Jolanda, Mantea, Sfinge, Mara Antelling, Annie Vivanti, Flavia Steno, Matilde Serao, and Dacia Maraini. Her research also examines motherhood, the connection between language, gender and violence online, and the relationship between fascism and culture. Her recent publications span topics from Grazia Deledda's landscape writings to analyses of Giorgia Meloni's conservative feminism, demonstrating her ongoing engagement with both historical and contemporary Italian cultural phenomena. Her work shows a consistent focus on women writers, gender studies, and Italian cultural history across multiple centuries. 2022 Meribeth E. Cameron Faculty Award for Scholarship at Mount Holyoke President of the American Association for Italian Studies' Women Studies Caucus Contributor to Enciclopedia delle Donne and Dizionario Treccani Professor Frau teaches a diverse range of courses at Mount Holyoke including Italian language, literature, and culture, with specialized courses on Children's Literature, Travel Literature, Theatre, Food culture, Fascism, and the Mediterranean. She is known for creating a friendly classroom atmosphere that encourages discussion and incorporates many pedagogical tools. Her recent talks in 2025 cover topics from Venice's San Michele to Giorgia Meloni and the rebranding of Italian fascism, demonstrating her active scholarly engagement.

• Italian literature
• Women's literature
• 19th century Italian culture
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Eden K. Osucha is an Associate Professor of English at Bates College, specializing in 19th- and 20th-century American literature, African American studies, legal studies, and critical race theory. Her research examines intersections of race, privacy, and identity through law, literature, and media. She co-curated public humanities projects like Violence and Belonging: The 14th Amendment and American Literature and Site Seeing: 9/11 Through Documentary Shorts . Awards include the Mrs. Giles Whiting Fellowship and Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship. Her book manuscript, The Post-Racial Past: Race, Privacy and Identity Before the Obama Era , traces legal privacy’s racialized origins. She teaches courses on 9/11 literature, early American lit, and queer studies. As co-curator of the Literary Arts Live series, she brings prominent writers to campus including Colson Whitehead and Dinaw Mengestu. Key Affiliations: Programs in American Cultural Studies, African American Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies Public Engagement: Maine Humanities Council collaborations, SPACE Gallery curation Recent Work: Explores 14th Amendment legacies, post-racial ideology, and surveillance studies Award-winning poet and creative writing advocate, Prof. Osucha’s interdisciplinary approach bridges literature, law, and visual culture. Her research highlights how racialized privacy frameworks shape contemporary discourses on race and identity.

• Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century American Literature and Culture
• African American Studies
• Legal Studies
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Eric Wertheimer is a Professor of English and American Studies at Stony Brook University’s College of Arts & Sciences. Previously, he spent 23 years at Arizona State University, where he founded and directed the Center for Critical Inquiry and Cultural Studies. He holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Pennsylvania (1994) and a B.A. from Haverford College. His research focuses on early and nineteenth-century American literature and culture, cultural and literary theory, popular political discourses, new media, and poetry. He has authored influential books like *Imagined Empires* (1998) and *Underwriting* (2006), and co-edited *Critical Trauma Studies* (2016). His poetry has been published in journals such as *Exquisite Corpse* and *Tupelo Quarterly*, with collections like *Mylar* (2012) and *Regulus* (2018). Wertheimer’s work has been recognized with a Barrett Honors College Faculty Fellowship and two nominations for ASU Professor of the Year. He has led interdisciplinary projects funded by the Mellon and Luce Foundations. His professional roles include serving on the MLA’s Publication Committee, editorial board of *Early American Literature*, and NEH review panels. His academic contributions span teaching, research, and creative writing, reflecting a commitment to bridging literary analysis with broader cultural and historical contexts.

• early and nineteenth-century American literature and culture
• cultural and literary theory
• popular political discourses
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Eve Kornfeld is a Senate Distinguished Professor and Professor of History at San Diego State University (SDSU), affiliated with the College of Arts and Letters. She holds a B.A. from Princeton University (1977), and M.A. and Ph.D. in History from Harvard University (1979, 1983). Her career includes teaching roles at Harvard, Princeton, and SDSU, focusing on interdisciplinary approaches informed by post-colonial, post-structural, gender, and critical race theories. Her research interests span American cultural history, pedagogical innovation, and the intersections of race, gender, and power. Key works include Creating an American Culture, 1775-1815 and Margaret Fuller , both part of the Bedford Series in History and Culture. She has also contributed to journals like the William and Mary Quarterly and Journal of American Studies . Kornfeld is dedicated to mentoring first-generation students, emphasizing research mentorship, professional development, and creating inclusive academic environments. Her awards include the SDSU Senate Excellence in Teaching Award (2018) and the College of Arts and Letters Exceptional Service Award (2021). Her scholarship bridges historical analysis with contemporary educational challenges, addressing topics like metacognition in history education, cultural appropriation in literature, and the role of empathy in pedagogy. Kornfeld’s work consistently emphasizes critical engagement with marginalized narratives and transformative teaching practices.

• American History
• Cultural Studies
• Post-Colonial Theory
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Claudia L. Johnson is the Murray Professor of English Literature at Princeton University, where she has been a faculty member since 1994. She served as Chair of the English Department from 2004 to 2012. Her research focuses on eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century literature, particularly the novel, with specialties in Jane Austen studies, gothic fiction, and textual scholarship. She teaches courses on literary history, film adaptations of novels, and feminist/gender studies. Her academic work spans multiple genres including monographs, edited companions, and critical editions of Austen's works (e.g., Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey). Recent projects include collaborations on Anne Lister's diaries and studies of international modernism's gendered dimensions. Her scholarship has been supported by NEH and Guggenheim fellowships. Johnson's awards include the Christian Gauss Award (2013) for Jane Austen’s Cults and Cultures and an MLA Lowell Prize Honorable Mention. Her interdisciplinary interests extend to eighteenth-century music, Yiddish storytelling, and the American Songbook of the mid-20th century. She maintains offices in McCosh Hall and offers hybrid teaching arrangements combining Zoom and in-person consultations.

• Eighteenth-Century Literature
• Nineteenth-Century Literature
• Gothic Fiction
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Megan J. Elias is an Associate Professor of the Practice and Director of the Food Studies Program at Boston University. She holds a PhD from the City University of New York (CUNY), an MA from San Francisco State University, and a BA from Cornell University. Her research explores the intersection of food, culture, and history, with a focus on food writing, markets, home economics, and gender. Dr. Elias is the author of seven books, including *Food on the Page: Cookbooks and American Culture* (2017) and *Food in the United States, 1890–1945* (2009), which received the American Library Association’s Outstanding Academic Text award. She serves as editor-in-chief of *Food, Culture & Society* and has been a co-recipient of multiple National Endowment for the Humanities grants. Elias teaches courses such as *History of Food*, *Introduction to Gastronomy*, and *Food and Gender*, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches. Her work bridges historical analysis with public engagement, including contributions to Sundance Channel’s *Love/Lust* series and collaborations on museum podcasts like the *Making Objects Speech* project. Her research interests span business history, cultural history, food technology, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. In grants and fellowships, she secured $350,000 as Lead Faculty Mentor for the *Bridging Historias* program and a $74,937 NEH grant for the *Foodways and Humanities Project*. Her awards include the CUNY Chancellor’s Fellowship (2014) and the Culinary Historians of New York Amelia Scholars Grant (2007). She actively mentors faculty and curricular development, reflecting her commitment to academic innovation and educational equity.

• Food History
• Cultural History
• Gender History
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Christopher Lukasik is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Purdue University, with affiliations in American Studies and the School of Interdisciplinary Studies (SIS). His research focuses on the intersection of American literature, visual culture, and illustration studies in the 18th and 19th centuries, with a particular interest in intermediality and cultural history. Ph.D., English, Johns Hopkins University, 2002 His scholarly work examines how visual practices shaped social and political identities, as seen in his monograph Discerning Characters: The Culture of Appearance in Early America (2011). Current research includes The Image in the Text: Intermediality, Illustration, and Nineteenth-Century American Literature , exploring literary annuals' role in developing mass visual culture. His publications span topics like biometric surveillance in early America, abolitionist visual media, and the pedagogy of drawing books. Articles highlight intermedial relationships between text and image, racial visuality, and the cultural capital of illustration. Scientific honors include: Rockwell Center Society of Fellows (2017-2019) Fulbright Specialist Grant (2018) NEH Summer Stipend (2016) Lillian Gary Taylor Fellowship (2013-14) Fulbright Scholar Grant (2009-10) NEH Long-Term Research Grant (2004-05) Lukasik actively participates in academic conferences, including upcoming presentations at SHARP 2025 and SEA 2025. He has also led Fulbright liaison training sessions and symposiums on illustration research.

• American literature before 1900
• Art History
• Early American Studies
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Nancy Glazener is a Professor of English and Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies (GSWS) at the University of Pittsburgh, affiliated with the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences. Her work bridges literary history, gender studies, and cultural analysis, focusing on US literature from the 18th century to the present and contemporary global fiction. She is the author of seminal works such as Literature in the Making (2016) and Reading for Realism (1997). Her research interests span interdisciplinary theories of gender/sexuality, institutional history of literary studies, affect theory, print culture, and the history of personhood. Current projects include a study of police procedural detective fiction’s intersections with policing, masculinity, and neoliberal work cultures. She also explores class politics, reception theory, and the role of literature in shaping societal ethics. Glazener’s scholarship critically examines the relationship between literary forms and social structures, particularly how marginalized voices and cultural dissent are represented in print and media. Her work has redefined understandings of 19th-century literary culture, feminist authorship, and the global dimensions of American realism. Her publications reflect a commitment to interdisciplinary approaches, blending historical analysis with contemporary theoretical frameworks. She actively participates in academic communities through teaching, mentoring, and contributions to scholarly discourse on gender, literature, and cultural history.

• US Literature
• Gender Studies
• Literary Theory
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Christopher L. Hill is Professor of Modern Japanese Studies in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Michigan. His scholarly work bridges Japanese studies, comparative literature, and intellectual history with a focus on transnational literary and intellectual currents from the nineteenth century to the present. Research Interests: Hill's research centers on the global circulation of literary forms and intellectual concepts. He investigates how genres like the novel travel across borders and how concepts such as 'civilization' and 'culture' become universalized. His work spans Japanese, French, and American contexts while emphasizing intra-Asian connections among Japan, Korea, mainland China, and Taiwan. Hill is particularly fascinated by the 'flow of ideas and literary forms around the world in the modern age,' examining nationalist thought, Japanese intellectuals' views of Asia in the post-imperial postwar era, and the 'Bandung moment' of the 1950s-1960s when decolonizing countries sought to form political and cultural relations outside European and North American frameworks. Publication Trends: Hill's scholarship consistently explores transnational literary history, particularly the movement and transformation of naturalist fiction across global contexts. His work challenges conventional diffusion models by demonstrating the complex, multi-directional pathways through which literary forms travel and transform. Rather than focusing on origination and reception, Hill emphasizes the 'conditions of travel' that enable unexpected transformations of literary forms as they cross cultural boundaries. His recent work has increasingly focused on Japan's relationship with the Global South and anti-colonial movements. Current Projects: "Facing South: Japanese Writers in the Bandung Moment" - examining Japanese writers' responses to decolonization in Africa and Asia during the 1950s-1970s Research on Japanese writers' participation in the Afro-Asian Writers Association and literary conferences following the 1955 Bandung Conference Studies on the reception of Frantz Fanon in Japan during the 1960s Teaching: Hill teaches undergraduate courses on the modern Japanese novel, cultural history of postwar Japan, modernism, samurai representations, and contemporary Japanese social issues. His graduate seminars cover modern Japanese fiction, literature and social theory, cultural history, and the novel in global context. His courses frequently incorporate film, anime, visual art, and philosophy alongside literary texts.

• Comparative Literature
• Intellectual History
• Transnational History
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Giovanna Montenegro is an Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Romance Languages at Binghamton University, serving as Director of the Latin American and Caribbean Area Studies Program (LACAS). Her research focuses on colonialism in Latin America and the Caribbean, with interdisciplinary interests in German Studies, cartography, ecocriticism, and visual culture. She has published extensively on topics including the Welsers’ colonial venture in Venezuela and Indigenous environmental resistance in the Guianas. Education: PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of California, Davis. Research interests include colonial history, environmental humanities, Indigenous and Maroon studies, and digital humanities. She has led study abroad courses in Peru and collaborated on projects addressing land rights for Saamaka communities in Suriname. Her work has been supported by prestigious fellowships such as the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award, Newberry Library grants, and the American Association of University Women. Notable awards include the 2019 LASA-Venezuela Section Best Article Prize for her analysis of German cultural memory around the Welser colony. In teaching, she offers courses on colonialism, environmental literature, and world literature, reflecting her commitment to linking academic scholarship with public engagement through initiatives like mapping projects and community advocacy.

• Colonial Latin America and the Caribbean
• Environmental Studies
• Material and Visual Culture
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Gavin Jones is the Frederick P. Rehmus Family Professor of Humanities and Chair of the Department of English at Stanford University. He holds a B.A. from Oxford University (1990), and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Princeton University (1993, 1996). Before joining Stanford in 1999, he held a fellowship at Harvard University’s Society of Fellows. His research focuses on 19th- and early-20th-century American literature, examining themes such as cultural anxieties, poverty, literary depictions of failure, and the societal impact of literature. His major publications include Reclaiming John Steinbeck (2023), American Hungers (2007), and Strange Talk (1999). He co-edited the Cambridge Companion to the American Short Story (2023) and has published essays in American Literary History , New England Quarterly , and others. Current projects include Zora Neale Hurston and the Art of Controversy and The Storytellers . His work has been recognized through prestigious fellowships, including the Harvard Society of Fellows. Jones teaches courses such as 'Contemporary American Short Stories' and actively contributes to literary scholarship through editorial roles and academic leadership.

• American Literature
• Nineteenth-Century Literature
• Early-Twentieth-Century Literature
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Hina Nazar is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with a joint appointment in the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory. Her work bridges philosophy, literature, and critical theory, focusing on early modern feminist philosophy, Enlightenment thought, and the intersection of education and liberalism. She holds a Ph.D. in English from Johns Hopkins University (2004), an M.Phil. in Economics and Politics from the University of Cambridge (1992), and an A.B. in English and Economics from Bryn Mawr College (1989). Her research has been supported by prestigious fellowships, including the Senior Research Fellowship at the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory (2014–16) and a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship at Cornell University. Her research interests emphasize the philosophy of education, feminist critiques of Enlightenment liberalism, and the role of judgment in literature and ethics. Key works include Enlightened Sentiments: Judgment and Autonomy in the Age of Sensibility (2012) and her 2025 article on Mary Astell’s feminist ethics. Her scholarship often explores how Enlightenment thinkers like Locke and Rousseau framed education and autonomy, while engaging with contemporary debates in feminist and critical theory. Professor Nazar is a屡获殊荣的教师, having been ranked excellent by students over 26 times since 2011. She teaches courses on Enlightenment literature, feminist philosophy, and critical theory, including graduate seminars on hedonism, liberal education, and women’s friendship in eighteenth-century culture. Her recent publications reflect a sustained engagement with eighteenth-century British writing, moral philosophy, and the history of the novel. She has contributed to journals like the Review of Politics and the Journal of the American Philosophical Association , while maintaining an active role in interdisciplinary academic networks.

• History of Philosophy
• Early Modern Feminist Philosophy
• Philosophy of Education
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