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Kristen Egan serves as Associate Professor of English at Mary Baldwin University, teaching American Literature, African-American Literature, Literature and the Environment, and writing courses. Previously, she held teaching positions at Le Moyne College and Loyola University Chicago.
Her academic journey bridges scientific and humanistic disciplines:
- B.S. in Biology, Le Moyne College
- M.A. in English, State University of New York at Cortland
- Ph.D. in English, Loyola University Chicago
Dr. Egan specializes in nineteenth-century American literary studies, examining how racial and environmental constructs co-evolved historically. Her interdisciplinary methodology integrates biological perspectives into literary analysis, particularly through her dissertation "Infectious Agents: Race and Environment in Nineteenth-Century America," which investigates spatial-racial dynamics across the long nineteenth century. Current research includes feminist environmental studies, as evidenced by her forthcoming article on Ellen Richards and Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
No scientific awards, student advising records, or laboratory affiliations were documented in the source material.
