Laura Cowan

Laura Cowan is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Maine, located in Orono, Maine. She also serves as the Director of the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program. Her research focuses on Modern British Literature and Environmental Literature, with particular interests in literary criticism, modernist poetry, and eco-criticism.

She teaches a range of courses, including graduate-level Modern British Literature and undergraduate courses such as College Composition, Foundations of Literary Analysis, and Nature and Literature. Her editorial work includes co-editing the Yeats Eliot Review and a volume on T.S. Eliot.

Her publications explore themes in modernist poetry, literary revision, and the intersection of literature with environmental education. Though no scientific awards are explicitly mentioned, her contributions to literary studies and pedagogy reflect her scholarly impact.

Advising and grants details are not provided in the text. She is affiliated with the Department of English at the University of Maine, with an office in Neville Hall.