Nancy Von Rosk

Nancy Von Rosk is a Professor of English at Mount Saint Mary College, where she has taught since 2005. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of New Hampshire and previously taught at the University of New Hampshire, The Casablanca American School in Morocco, and Boston University’s Project Advance program.

• Degrees:
  • Ph.D., University of New Hampshire
  • M.A., Northeastern University
  • B.A., SUNY Oneonta

Her research spans late 19th- and 20th-century American literature, with a focus on Edith Wharton, Jazz Age literature, women writers, and the Gothic tradition. She also explores memoir writing and the intersection of urbanization, consumer culture, and gender dynamics in early American modernism.

Recent publications include work on Wharton’s Gothic themes, Edith Wharton Society collaborations, and a 2016 edited volume on the Jazz Age. Her articles analyze authors such as Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Willa Cather, and Assia Djebar through feminist, cultural, and historical lenses.

• Professional Memberships:
  • Edith Wharton Society
  • Modern Language Association
  • Society for the Study of American Women Writers

She currently researches Edith Wharton’s ghost stories and teaches courses including American Literature I, College Writing, and the Senior Capstone Seminar on Gothic Imagination.