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Jessica Howell is a Professor at Texas A&M University, specializing in Victorian Literature and Health Humanities. Her research explores intersections of health, race, gender, and colonialism in 19th-century literatures of empire.
- Educational Background: Ph.D. (2008), M.A. (2004) from University of California-Davis; B.A. (2001) from University of California-Santa Cruz
Her work focuses on:
- Victorian literature and its engagement with colonial medicine
- Health Humanities methodologies in post/decolonial contexts
- Gender and sexuality in travel writing
- Environmental discourses in 19th-century British literature
Recent publications emphasize global health disparities, postcolonial critiques of colonial medical narratives, and interdisciplinary approaches to epidemics in literature. She co-edited the Global Health Humanities special issue for Medical Humanities (2022) and authored two monographs on malaria and Victorian travel literature.
Scientific Awards & Grants:
- Arts & Humanities Fellowship (2021-2024)
- T3 Grant for "Global Health and the Humanities"
- PESCA Award (2016)
- Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship at King’s College London
She convenes the Health Humanities Laboratory and served as Associate Director of the Glasscock Center for Humanities Research (2018-2022), where she led initiatives on humanities responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.
