Faculty Member, English
Associate Professor of English
College of Arts and Sciences
About
Janine Utell is Associate Professor and Chair of English at Widener University in Chester, PA, USA, where she teaches composition and 19th and 20th century British literature; she also plays an active role in general education and assessment, as well as advocating for greater visibility for the humanities.
Her research focuses on the representation of intimate life in narrative; she is currently writing a book examining the relationships among intimacy and narrative in dual biography. Her first book, James Joyce and the Revolt of Love: Marriage, Adultery, Desire, was published with Palgrave Macmillan in 2010.
Higher ed interests include writing pedagogy, general education, assessment, and the role of women in leadership and professional development; she writes about some of these as a regular contributor for the University of Venus blog at Inside Higher Ed/Guardian UK. She also works with the Delaware County Public Library System and the Pennsylvania Humanities Council designing and facilitating book groups for adults.
Janine holds a BA (summa cum laude) in English and French from Barnard College and a PhD in English from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
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