Virginia Zimmerman

Virginia Zimmerman is Professor of English at Bucknell University and holds the Presidential Professorship (2022-2025). She specializes in Victorian literature and culture alongside children's and young adult literature spanning the 19th century to contemporary works.

Her educational background includes a Ph.D. from an institution in Virginia.

Zimmerman's research examines intersections of material culture and temporality, analyzing archaeological themes in Victorian poetry and temporal representations in children's literature. She investigates how serial publication formats and homemade magazines reflect historical childhood experiences, with particular focus on Pre-Raphaelite and Bloomsbury circles.

Her publication trends reveal sustained exploration of time consciousness in literary contexts, especially through children's periodicals and Victorian-era coming-of-age narratives involving authors like Dickens and Nesbit.

Major honors include:

• Presidential Professorship (2022-2025)
• Bucknellian Faculty of the Year (2021)
• NEH Chair in the Humanities (2013-2016)
• Scadden Fellowship (2010)
• Presidential Award for Teaching Excellence (2009)

While her teaching excellence is formally recognized, specific grant funding details and student advising records are not documented in available sources. Zimmerman also contributes to children's fiction with works including The Rosemary Spell (2015) and PINK! A Women’s March Story (2022).