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Dr. Laurel Harris is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Rider University, specializing in Anglophone and British modernism, with a focus on intersections between fiction and film in the early 20th century, sound technologies' impact on literary modernism, and modernist women writers. She co-edited Communal Modernisms (Palgrave 2013) and is developing a project on sound representations in 1920s-30s fiction and film.
- Ph.D. in English Language and Literature from The Graduate Center, CUNY
- M.A. in Humanities from University of Chicago
- B.A. in Creative Writing/Film Studies from Oberlin College
Her research explores:
- Modernist women's engagement with emerging sound technologies
- Audiovisual intersections in interwar British literature
- Feminist pedagogy in general education classrooms
- Collaborative teaching methods for 20th-century texts
- Media theory applications to modernist narratives
- Gendered perspectives in cinematic/literary modernism
Publications and teaching emphasize interdisciplinary approaches, with notable work on Jean Rhys, Doris Lessing, and Virginia Woolf. Her recent articles analyze media's role in shaping modernist subjectivity, while upcoming work addresses feminist reinterpretations of modernist texts.
Scientific honors include:
- 2022 Distinguished Teaching Award
- 2021 Ziegler-Gee Award in Gender & Sexuality Studies
- Multiple Summer Research Fellowships (2014-2022)
- 2020 AAUP Service Award
Dr. Harris has advised honors projects on topics ranging from canon reclamation to literary adaptations, and organized key conferences on modernist collaboration, women's writing, and media studies. She teaches courses spanning 20th-century British literature, feminist criticism, and women in film.
