Eric Bulson

Eric Bulson is a Professor of English at Claremont Graduate University, affiliated with the Department of English in the School of Arts and Humanities. He holds a PhD in English & Comparative Literature from Columbia University and has previously taught at Columbia, Yale, and Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

His educational background includes:

• PhD, English & Comparative Literature, Columbia University
• M.Phil., English Literature, Columbia University
• MA, English Literature, Columbia University
• BA, Humanities, Union College

Bulson's research centers on modernism, James Joyce, critical theory, digital humanities, and world literature. He is known for integrating computational methods into literary analysis, particularly in his work on Ulysses and little magazines. His interests span spatial representation in novels, visual storytelling, narrative theory, and the global circulation of modernist print culture. He has authored and edited several influential books in these areas.

His recent publications reflect a strong trend toward data-driven literary criticism and interdisciplinary approaches, combining traditional close reading with quantitative analysis. Themes such as spatiality, media forms, and transnational modernism recur across his work, especially in studies of Joyce, Woolf, and Pound.

His scientific awards and fellowships include:

• National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship (2018–2019)
• American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship (2012–2013)
• New York Public Library Fellowship (2011)
• Whiting Foundation Fellowship (2003–2004)
• Fulbright Foundation Fellowship (2000–2001)

Bulson has advised graduate students in English and comparative literature at CGU, though specific names are not listed. He has secured competitive research funding through major fellowships, supporting his work on modernist print culture and computational literary analysis. His teaching includes seminars on Dante, Pound, and Joyce, as well as courses on narrative theory, the world novel, and visual storytelling. He is currently working on a comparative study of Ezra Pound and F.T. Marinetti, extending his exploration of avant-garde networks.

Bulson is actively involved in research initiatives that bridge literary studies with digital tools, contributing to the evolving field of digital humanities. His work often engages with collaborative and interdisciplinary frameworks, particularly in analyzing the spatial and media dimensions of modernist literature.