Stephanie Foote

Stephanie Foote is a Professor of English at the University of Vermont, affiliated with the Department of English within the College of Arts and Sciences. Her research focuses on American literature and culture from the 19th century to the present, with a specialization in environmental humanities. She has authored two books, including The Parvenu’s Plot: Gender, Class, and Culture in The Age of Realism (2014) and Regional Fictions: Culture and Identity in Nineteenth-Century American Literature (2001). She has co-edited numerous volumes, such as Histories of the Dustheap: Waste, Material Cultures, Social Justice (2012) and The Cambridge Companion to the Environmental Humanities (2022). With colleagues, she co-founded Resilience: A Journal of the Environmental Humanities and the open-access journal Regeneration: Environment, Art, Culture. Her current work explores garbage and waste in cultural contexts.

Her publications span over 20 articles in journals like PMLA, Signs, and American Literary History. Her research has been supported by major institutions including the Mellon Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, and the National Humanities Center.

She has collaborated extensively, including editing Ann Aldrich’s sociological studies of lesbian life in mid-20th century America. Her interdisciplinary approach bridges literature, environmental studies, and social justice, reflecting her commitment to the intersections of culture and ecological concerns.