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Deborah Gussman is Professor of American Literature, American Studies, and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Stockton University. She holds a PhD in Literature from Rutgers University and a BA in English from Temple University. Her academic work bridges traditional literary scholarship with digital humanities approaches to recover and analyze 19th-century American women writers.
- PhD in Literature, Rutgers University
- BA in English, Temple University
Professor Gussman's research focuses on colonial and 19th-Century American literature and culture, with particular expertise in American women writers, Native American Indian literature, and feminist studies. She specializes in literary recovery, working to bring overlooked women writers back into scholarly conversation and the literary canon. Her work demonstrates how recovered texts reveal the complexity of 19th-century women's writing beyond conventional marriage plots and slave narratives.
Her publication trends show a progression from traditional scholarly editing to innovative digital humanities projects. The 2015 scholarly edition of Catharine Maria Sedgwick's Married or Single? represents her foundational work in literary recovery, while her more recent projects like Sedgwick Stories and the Catharine Maria Sedgwick Online Letters demonstrate her commitment to making recovered texts accessible through digital platforms. Her scholarship consistently explores how women writers navigated issues of independence, domesticity, race, and cultural representation in early America.
- National Endowment for the Humanities Scholarly Editions and Scholarly Translations Grant for the Catharine Maria Sedgwick Online Letters project
Professor Gussman has developed and taught numerous courses focused on literary recovery, including Senior Seminar courses where students research and write about recently recovered or previously overlooked 19th-century American women writers. Her teaching portfolio includes courses in Native American Indian Literature, Literature by Women, Seminar in Feminist Theory, and various American literature courses. She has directed independent studies focused on literary recovery and advised students working on portfolios in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies.
She leads significant digital humanities initiatives through Sedgwick Stories and the Catharine Maria Sedgwick Online Letters project, which serve as important resources for scholars and students interested in 19th-century American women's writing. These projects represent collaborative scholarly efforts that combine traditional textual scholarship with innovative digital presentation methods.
