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Jess Libow serves as Visiting Assistant Professor and Interim Director of the Writing Program at Haverford College, where she teaches writing and health humanities courses.
Her educational background:
- Ph.D. in English with certificate in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from Emory University (2021)
Her research centers on health humanities and feminist literary history, examining intersections between 19th-century women's writing, health politics, and contemporary self-care movements. She explores how historical medical discourses shape gendered experiences of wellness, with particular focus on marginalized voices in American literary traditions. Her scholarship bridges academic research and public discourse through publications in both peer-reviewed journals and mainstream venues.
Her work appears in leading journals including American Literature, Journal of Medical Humanities, and College Composition and Communication, alongside public-facing contributions to The Lancet and Los Angeles Review of Books. Her forthcoming monograph Vigorous Reforms: Women Writers and the Politics of Health in the Nineteenth-Century United States (UNC Press, 2025) establishes foundational connections between historical health activism and modern feminist theory.
