Sophia Forster

Dr. Sophia Forster is Professor of English and Associate Chair at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Her research specializes in 19th-century American literature, with particular focus on literary realism, feminist criticism, and representations of capitalism. She holds a Ph.D. in English from State University of New York at Buffalo (2008).

Professor Forster's publications examine the feminine origins of American literary realism, critiques of capitalism in postbellum women's novels, and works by authors including Henry James and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Her current book project explores labor, slavery, and the Civil War in American literature.