Jean Lee Cole
Associate Professor

Office
Humanities 242 D
Department of English
Loyola College in Maryland
4501 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21210.

Phone:410.617.5440
Fax:410.617.2702
jcole1@loyola.edu

Education
M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas (Austin)
B.A., Carleton College

Academic Profile
Areas of teaching interest include 19th and early 20th century American literature, multiethnic
American literature, gender studies, American Studies; history of the book, scholarly editing.

Courses taught
EN 101, Understanding Literature
EN 203, Major Writers: American; 
           American Literature to WWI; 
           Race and Ethnicity in American Literature;
           Gender in American Literature 1890-1910;
           Literature of the American West;
           Impersonating Race;
           The History of the novel in America.
          
Professional Affiliations
Modern Language Association, Society for the History of Authors, Readers, and Publishers (SHARP),
Research Society for American Periodicals, American Studies Association.

Recent Publications
"Information Wanted": Julia C. Collins, F.E.W. Harper, and The Christian Recorder," solicited for a
special issue on Julia C. Collins's The Curse of Caste (first known novel by an African American woman), African American Review, Winter 2006

"The History of the Book in the American Literature Classroom: On the Fly and on the Cheap," in Teaching Bibliography, Textual Criticism, and Book History, ed. Ann Hawkins (Pickering and Chatto, 2006)

Recommended website(s)
Winnifred Eaton Digital Archive ( I compiled and edited)

Other
Extracurricular activities: Piano, tennis, gardening, cooking, knitting, painting & other visual arts, urban hikes around Baltimore (with and without dog), Orioles, baseball, husband.