Sharon Marcus

Sharon Marcus is the Orlando Harriman Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, specializing in 19th-century British and French culture. Her work examines cultural value assignment in architecture, social relationships, and performance.

Education:

• B.A. in Comparative Literature, Brown University
• Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, Johns Hopkins University

Her research interests include Victorian literature, gender and sexuality studies, performance culture, and celebrity theory. She co-founded the public scholarship magazine Public Books and has written extensively on feminist theory and textual interpretation.

Her publications explore narrative structures, cultural hierarchies, and identity performance, with consistent focus on historical contexts and media evolution.

Awards include:

• Guggenheim Fellowship
• ACLS Burkhardt Fellowship
• Mark Van Doren Teaching Prize (2024)

She co-edits a Columbia University Press series and mentors graduate students. Her current project addresses academic presentation techniques.