Janet Lyon

Janet Lyon is an Associate Professor of English and affiliated with Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Pennsylvania State University. She serves as Director of Graduate Studies in English and Director of Penn State’s Disability Studies Minor. Her research focuses on modernist literature, feminist theories, critical disability studies, and Irish literary history. Lyon’s work bridges interdisciplinary areas including disability justice, avant-garde women writers, and cultural studies of modernity.

Research Interests:

• Modernist literature and expressive culture
• Avant-garde and modernist women writers
• Feminist theories and gender studies
• Critical disability studies and disability culture
• Irish literary history and cultural analysis

Advising & Leadership: Oversees graduate programs in English and coordinates the Disability Studies Minor. No grants or awards explicitly listed in the provided text. Office located at 112 Burrowes Building.