Mary Bowden

Mary Bowden is an Assistant Professor in the English Department at the University of Delaware’s College of Arts & Sciences. Her research focuses on British literature of the long nineteenth century, particularly intersections of environmental studies, plant science, and narrative form. She holds a PhD and specializes in critical plant studies, science-and-literature scholarship, and environmental humanities.

Her current book project, Radical Science: Plants, Agency, and British Narrative, 1800-1900, examines how advancements in botany reshaped literary depictions of plants. Teaching interests include 19th-century literature, ecocriticism, and Native American literature.

No scientific awards are explicitly listed, though her work has been published in prominent journals like Victorian Literature and Culture and ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment. No advising/grants data is provided in the source text. She is affiliated with the English Department’s research programs in environmental humanities and narrative theory.