Paul Babin

Paul Babin serves as a Part-Time Lecturer in the Department of English within Northeastern University's College of Social Sciences and Humanities, where he teaches First-Year Writing (ENGW 1111) from his office in Holmes Hall. Holding a PhD in English from Northeastern University, he specializes in early modern literary studies with a focus on spatial representation.

Education

• PhD in English, Northeastern University

Research Expertise

Dr. Babin's scholarship centers on the spatial poetics of sixteenth and seventeenth century cartography and its influence on early modern drama, bridging literary analysis with historical geography. His work examines how Renaissance theatrical texts engaged with contemporary mapping practices to construct cultural understandings of space, contributing to interdisciplinary conversations in spatial humanities and performance studies.

Teaching Approach

In First-Year Writing, he implements workshop-based pedagogy emphasizing rhetorical flexibility across academic, professional, and public contexts. Students develop research skills using primary/secondary sources while engaging in iterative revision processes and cross-genre writing exercises, with particular attention to how spatial concepts manifest in written composition.