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Pasquale Toscano is an Assistant Professor of English at Vassar College, specializing in disability studies, early modern literature, and classical reception. He teaches courses on Renaissance literature, medical humanities, and disability narratives. His research bridges classical epics, Miltonic studies, and contemporary disability discourse, emphasizing accessibility in academia.
Education: BA from Washington and Lee University, MA and PhD from Princeton University, and two MSt degrees from the University of Oxford in Classics. Recognized with prestigious awards including the Rhodes Scholarship and Princeton’s Jacobus Fellowship.
Research focuses on disability in Greco-Roman epics, corporeal difference in Milton’s works, and intersectional embodiment in early modern texts. Current projects include Stand and Wait (academic book) and co-editing Milton and the Network of Disability, Embodiment, and Care.
Publications appear in Disability Studies Quarterly, SEL: Studies in English Literature, and Shakespeare’s Madnesses. Media contributions include essays in The New York Times, The Atlantic, and Vox, addressing disability access and societal representation.
Teaching philosophy centers accessibility informed by his lived experience as a disabled person and former educator of incarcerated students. Courses include ENG 341 on disability in Renaissance literature and interdisciplinary offerings merging literature with medical humanities.
