Jennifer Glaser

Jennifer Glaser is an Associate Professor and Head of Department at the University of Cincinnati, Department of English. She holds a B.A. in English from Columbia University and a M.A./Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory from the University of Pennsylvania, with a Graduate Certificate in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Her research bridges 20th/21st-century American literature, Jewish studies, disability studies, and digital humanities. She explores themes like racial ventriloquism, diasporic identity, and graphic narratives.

Her book Borrowed Voices: Writing and Racial Ventriloquism in the Jewish American Imagination (2016) and current projects on Jews, disability, and modernity highlight her interdisciplinary focus. She also contributes essays and cultural criticism to platforms like the New York Times and LA Review of Books.

Awards:

• Dean's Award for Teaching (University of Pennsylvania, 2007)
• Charles Phelps Taft Center Summer Research Fellowship (2009)
• URC Summer Research Fellowship (2010)

Teaching & Leadership:

• Teaches courses like Jewish American Literature and Culture, Graphic Novels in American Ethnic Studies, and Digital Humanities.
• Serves on committees including the Charles Phelps Taft Executive Committee and the English Department Graduate Studies Committee.

Her work intersects with transnational studies, gender theory, and the intersections of technology and mourning. She actively contributes to academic and public discourse through publications and invited lectures.