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Jack Chelgren is a Researcher in the Department of English at the University of Chicago, part of the 2020 cohort. His research focuses on early to mid-20th-century literatures of the Americas, particularly the intersection of literature with film comedy, nationalism, and global capitalism. He holds an MFA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst (2020) and a BA from the University of Washington (2015).
- Education:
- MFA, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2020
- BA, University of Washington, 2015
His current dissertation project examines how poets and novelists across the Americas engaged with film comedy of the 1920s–30s, including works by Chaplin, the Marx Brothers, and others. Key themes include the adaptation of film comedy into literature, transnational cultural dynamics, and the socio-economic contexts of race and capitalism between the World Wars. His broader interests span modernist poetry, race in U.S. culture (1900–1950), and comparative literary studies.
Chelgren is affiliated with the English Research Labs at the University of Chicago, contributing to interdisciplinary academic initiatives.
