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Edward Whitley is Professor and Chair of the Department of English at Lehigh University, specializing in 18th–19th-century American literature and digital humanities. His scholarship focuses on Walt Whitman, manuscript/print culture, and networked literary history.
Education:
- PhD, University of Maryland, College Park (2004)
Research explores American Studies, Digital and Public Humanities, and Manuscript/Archival Scholarship, with specific interests in 19th-century U.S. literary networks, periodical culture, and critical data studies.
Recent publications analyze data cultures in antebellum literature, Whitman’s editorial practices, and networks of Poe and Whitman. Articles span topics from gender in publishing to visualizing archives.
Scientific contributions include
- Digital Initiative Start-Up Grant (NEH, 2008)
- Award-winning pedagogy
- Co-editor, Norton Anthology teaching guide
- Co-editor, Oxford Collected Works of Harriet Beecher Stowe
He directs The Vault at Pfaff’s digital archive and contributes to The Walt Whitman Archive, while teaching courses in American Romanticism and digital humanities.
