Karen R. Lawrence

Karen R. Lawrence is a Professor of English at the Department of English, College of Humanities, University of Utah. She holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University and an undergraduate degree from Yale University.

• Specializes in James Joyce studies and 19th/20th-century British literature
• Author of influential works like The Odyssey of Style in Ulysses and Penelope Voyages: Women and Travel in the British Literary Tradition
• Recipient of the Ramona W. Cannon Award for Teaching Excellence and a Guggenheim Fellowship
• President of the International James Joyce Foundation since 1991
• Former chair of the Department of English (1984–1989)

Her scholarship combines rigorous textual analysis with innovative interpretations of modernist narratives.

Scientific Awards:

• Ramona W. Cannon Award for Teaching Excellence in the Humanities (1983)
• Guggenheim Fellowship

Professor Lawrence has served on the Graduate Record Examination subject test committee in English and contributed to academic leadership through roles in the Modern Language Association and the Association of Departments of English.