Margaret Guinn Batten

Margaret Guinn Batten is an Associate Professor of English and Director of Honors in English at Washington University in St. Louis. She holds a PhD from Duke University. Her research focuses on Irish literature, Romanticism, and gender studies, with notable works including The Orphaned Imagination (1998) and contributions to The Cambridge History of Irish Literature. She has received multiple Teaching Awards for graduate mentorship (2000–2003, 2008).

• Education: PhD, Duke University
• Affiliations: Department of English, Washington University

Her research explores Irish poetry, British Romanticism, and intersections of gender, theory, and literature. She co-edited Romantic Generations (2001) and led editorial work on Medbh McGuckian’s The Soldiers of Year II (2002). Current projects include a volume on Modern Irish Poetry with Dr. Anna Teekell and student Ian Clark.

Teaching: Courses include Modern Irish Narratives, Literary Theory, and Romantic British Literature. Her work emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches to poetry and cultural history.

• Grants & Collaborations: Ongoing projects with academic presses and co-editing initiatives.