Margaret Koehler

Margaret Koehler is a Professor in the Department of English at Otterbein University, specializing in 18th-century British literature with interdisciplinary focuses on medicine, science, and psychology. She earned her B.A. from Wesleyan University (1995) and Ph.D. from Emory University (2003).

Her research bridges literature with

• medical history
• scientific discourse
• psychological themes like attachment and childhood trauma
• colonialism and reconciliation

. She co-created Otterbein’s Race and Ethnic Studies program and advocates for racial justice.

Key publications include Poetry of Attention in the Eighteenth Century (2012) and articles on mock-heroic poetry, odes, and literary theory. Awards include the Martin Luther King Jr. Peace and Justice Award (2008, 2018).