Megan Cole

Megan Cole is a Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, affiliated with the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. Her research focuses on Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and Women Writers, with a current book project examining singleness, celibacy, and asexuality in early feminist literature (1660–1760).

Education:

• PhD English Literature, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2023
• MA English Literature, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018
• BA English and Psychology, University of Alabama, 2015

Her teaching experience includes courses such as ENGL 206: Enlightenment Literature and Culture, ENGL 115: Intro to British Literature, and RHET 105: Research and Writing. Cole has received multiple awards for teaching excellence, including the 2020 Ruth Schurman Brookens Graduate Award and the 2019 English Department Undergraduate Literature Teaching Award.

Her research bridges literary analysis with feminist theory, exploring marginalized voices in early modern literature. While no specific lab affiliations are noted, her work contributes to interdisciplinary discussions in gender studies and historical literary contexts.