Ruth Jenkins

Ruth Jenkins is a Professor in the Department of English at California State University, Fresno, within the College of Arts and Humanities. She has been affiliated with the university since 1988, serving as the ENGL BA adviser for both literature and creative writing options.

Education:

• Ph.D. in English from Stony Brook University (1988, with distinction)
• M.A. in English from Miami University (1983)
• B.S. in English Education from Miami University (1981)

Her research focuses on 19th-century British literature and culture, feminist theory, Julia Kristeva, and writing instruction. She has published significant works including the books Victorian Children's Literature: Experiencing Abjection, Empathy, and the Power of Love (2016) and Reclaiming Myths of Power: The Victorian Spiritual Crisis and Women Writers (1995).

Professor Jenkins teaches graduate courses in Victorian Poetry and Fiction, Major Authors (Dickens, Brontë, Eliot, Hardy), Victorian Literature and Colonialism, British Romantic Writers, Feminist Theory, and English Studies Methods, alongside undergraduate courses on adaptation, adolescent literacy, and Victorian children's literature.