Shawn Lisa Maurer

Shawn Lisa Maurer is a Professor at College of the Holy Cross, serving as the Montserrat Cluster Director for Core Human Questions. Her academic work bridges English literature and Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies.

Expertise Areas:

• 18th Century British literature and Culture
• History and Theory of the Novel
• Feminist and Critical Theory
• Women's and Gender Studies
• Female Modernism (specializing in Dorothy Richardson)
• 19th-20th Century Anglo-American Women's Poetry

She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.