Chris Castiglia

Chris Castiglia is a Distinguished Professor of English at Pennsylvania State University, affiliated with the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program. He holds a BA from Amherst College and a PhD from Columbia University. His research focuses on 19th-century US literature, queer studies, and gender/sexuality theory. He has authored/co-authored four monographs and edited multiple volumes, including Interior States and If Memory Serves.

• Education: BA Amherst College; PhD Columbia University

His recent work explores civic values in post-cancel culture and the intersection of queer aesthetics with literary criticism. He co-founded C19: The Society of Nineteenth-Century Americanists and edits its journal J19. He has guided 15 dissertations, most of which led to academic careers. Current projects include a memoir Sitcoms Saved My Life and a book on 19th-century literature and democratic ideals.

Awards and honors are not explicitly listed in the provided materials. His scholarly contributions span literary criticism, cultural studies, and interdisciplinary methodologies.