Rachel Feder

Rachel Feder is an Associate Professor in the Department of English & Literary Arts at the University of Denver's College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan (2012). Her research focuses on 18th- and 19th-century British literature with emphases on Romanticism, literary experimentation, intellectual history, women writers, and Gothic elements. She teaches graduate seminars bridging literary history and critical theory. Feder has published a monograph, Harvester of Hearts: Motherhood under the Sign of Frankenstein (2018), and poetry works including Birth Chart (SUNY Press, 2020). Her scholarship appears in ELH and Studies in Romanticism.

• Education: Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2012

Her research explores intersections of motherhood, Gothic themes, and Frankensteinian legacies in literature. She also engages with contemporary poetry and lyric theory, producing innovative works that blend scholarly and creative writing.