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Joanna Levin is an Associate Professor of English and Director of the MA in English program at Chapman University's Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. She has been teaching at Chapman since 2003 and specializes in American literature and culture, with particular expertise in bohemian studies and Walt Whitman scholarship.
- Yale University - Bachelor of Arts
- Stanford University - Ph.D.
Professor Levin's research focuses on American literary countercultures, particularly bohemianism from the 19th to early 20th centuries. Her work explores how bohemian communities shaped American literature, with special attention to Greenwich Village, New Orleans, and Pfaff's beer cellar in New York. She has made significant contributions to Walt Whitman studies and gender studies, examining the intersection of bohemian culture with feminist thought and women's literary production. Her scholarship bridges literary history, cultural studies, and gender theory to illuminate how alternative artistic communities challenged mainstream American values.
Levin's publications reveal a consistent focus on bohemian networks across America, tracing their evolution from mid-19th century origins through the Greenwich Village explosion of the 1910s. Her work demonstrates how bohemianism functioned as both literary trope and lived reality, shaping American cultural production across regions and time periods. The interdisciplinary nature of her scholarship connects literary studies with urban history, gender studies, and transnational cultural exchange.
Professor Levin has served as Director of the MA in English program at Chapman University and has contributed significantly to the field through her editorial work, including co-editing Walt Whitman In Context (Cambridge University Press, 2018). Her teaching encompasses a wide range of courses in American literature, literary theory, and cultural criticism.
