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Sarah Eron is a Professor of English at the University of Rhode Island, specializing in 18th-century literature, cognitive studies, and Enlightenment philosophy of mind. She holds a PhD from Cornell University and has taught courses integrating neuroscience with literary analysis. Her research bridges historical and contemporary approaches to memory, authorship, and aesthetics.
Education:
- PhD in Eighteenth-Century Literature, Cornell University
- MA in Eighteenth-Century Literature, Cornell University
- BA in English, Brown University
Her key research interests include the intersection of cognitive science and literary form, particularly how memory functions in early novels. She has published two monographs: Mind over Matter (2021) and Insiration in the Age of Enlightenment (2014), along with articles exploring narrative temporality, character psychology, and Romantic-era aesthetics. Current projects include a co-edited Routledge Companion to Eighteenth-Century Literature and studies on Jane Austen’s use of transactive memory.
Her courses reflect this interdisciplinary focus, including Novels & the Neuroscience of Memory and Jane Austen, Therapist. She actively engages with cognitive studies frameworks to reinterpret classic texts through modern scientific perspectives.
