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Debra Rosenthal is a Professor in the English Department at John Carroll University (JCU), affiliated with the Peace, Justice, and Human Rights program. She holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Princeton University (1995). Her research focuses on 19th/20th-century literature, African American literature, women’s literature, environmental literature, and alcohol’s representation in texts. She was a Visiting Fellow at St. Catherine’s College, Oxford (2005–2006), and received JCU’s Lucrezia Culicchia Award for Teaching Excellence in 2016.
Her work bridges literary analysis with social justice, exploring themes like climate change in modern fiction, queer ecology, and the transatlantic influences on American literature. Recent publications emphasize climate change’s impact on literature and pedagogy, including assignments linking career trajectories to environmental shifts. Earlier research includes studies on Harriet Beecher Stowe, Lydia Maria Child, and the intersection of temperance movements with race and gender.
Awards:
- Lucrezia Culicchia Award for Teaching Excellence (2016)
Her teaching and writing frequently address marginalized voices, environmental ethics, and the performative aspects of speech in 19th-century texts. She has contributed to interdisciplinary fields like medical-environmental humanities and eco-criticism. No grants or advising records are specified in the provided texts.
