Doreen Alvarez Saar

Doreen Alvarez Saar, PhD, is a Professor of English in the Department of English and Philosophy at Drexel University. She also serves as the American Literature Editor of the Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Goucher College, she earned her PhD (1983) and MA in American Literature from SUNY Buffalo.

Her research focuses on eighteenth-century America, with a particular emphasis on early American literary and cultural studies. She has presented her work at national and international conferences, including those of the Canadian and British Societies for Eighteenth-Century Studies.

Notable honors include the

• Lindbach Award for Distinguished Teaching

. She has held leadership roles as President and Board member of the East Central American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ECASES).