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Carol J. Singley is Professor of English at Rutgers University-Camden, an internationally renowned Edith Wharton scholar, and a pioneer in childhood studies and adoption studies. She co-founded the Alliance for the Study of Adoption and Culture (ASAC) and serves as General Editor of the 28-volume Oxford University Press edition of The Complete Works of Edith Wharton.
Her educational background:
- Ph.D., Brown University
- M.A., Pennsylvania State University
- B.A., Pennsylvania State University
Professor Singley's research examines American literary history through childhood, adoption, and cultural identity. Her book Adopting America establishes adoption as central to American literature from Puritan times to the 19th century. She has edited seminal Wharton texts including The Age of Innocence and Ethan Frome, and co-edited The American Child: A Cultural Studies Reader, which helped define childhood studies as an academic field. Her work bridges literary analysis with civic engagement through service-learning initiatives.
Her scientific awards and fellowships include:
- Alumni Association Outstanding Faculty Award (2002)
- Provost’s Teaching Excellence Award (1996)
- Fellow, Center for Children and Childhood Studies
She has secured major research funding from the New Jersey Council on the Humanities, National Science Foundation, American Antiquarian Association, Center for Critical Analysis of Contemporary Culture (Rutgers University), and Bildner Intercultural Fund (two grants for multicultural children's literature development). Leadership roles encompass presidencies of the Northeast Modern Language Association, Northeast Modern Language Association Women’s Caucus, and Edith Wharton Society.
Actively engaged with Camden's community, she serves on the Walt Whitman Association board, judges their annual High School Poetry Contest, and developed the undergraduate "Literature of Childhood" course featuring service-learning components where students read to children in afterschool programs.
