Sarah Wadsworth

Sarah Wadsworth is Professor of English at Marquette University and Director of Marquette University Press, specializing in 19th-century American literature and book history. Her research examines the intersections of print culture, gender, and reading practices, with notable scholarship on the Woman's Building Library at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.

She has published extensively on Henry James, Louisa May Alcott, and the history of children's literature. Her co-authored book Right Here I See My Own Books received the Reese Fellowship in American Bibliography and contributes royalties to the National Women's History Museum.

Professor Wadsworth teaches courses spanning American literary history, critical childhood studies, and digital humanities approaches to print culture. She mentors graduate students in pre-1900 U.S. literature and book history.