Devoney Looser
Devoney Looser | |
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.jpeg) Looser speaking at ASU's 2019 graduation | |
| Born | 1967 |
| Citizenship | USA |
| Occupation | University Professor |
| Spouse | George Justice |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship |
| Academic background | |
| Education | B.A., 1989, Augsburg College PhD, 1993, Stony Brook University |
| Thesis | Rethinking women/history/literature: a feminist investigation of disciplinarity in Lucy Hutchinson, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Charlotte Lennox, and Jane Austen (1993) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | English literature |
| Sub-discipline | Jane Austen |
| Institutions | Louisiana State University University of Missouri Arizona State University |
| Website | devoneylooser |
Devoney Looser is an American literary critic and Jane Austen scholar. She is Foundation Professor of English at Arizona State University, where she focuses on women's writing and the history of the novel.
Early life and education
Looser was born and raised in White Bear Lake, Minnesota,[1] where her mother first introduced her to Jane Austen's work.[2] Looser attended and graduated from Hill-Murray School in Maplewood, Minnesota in 1985.[3]
As a first-generation college student, Looser received a Bachelor of Arts in English from Augsburg College in 1989 and later earned her doctorate in English with a certification in women's studies from Stony Brook University.[4]
Career
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After stints at Indiana State University, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Louisiana State University, and the University of Missouri, Looser accepted a faculty appointment at Arizona State University in 2013.[4] Her first book was "British Women Writers and the Writing of History, 1670-1820" which examined British women writers and their contributions to historiography.[5] She followed this up with "Women Writers and Old Age in Great Britain, 1750-1850" in 2008.[6]
In 2017, Looser published her third book titled "The Making of Jane Austen." This book focused on how Austen's popular influencers shaped her reputation, including as "a transnational figure used in support of women’s suffrage."[7] Looser also brought back into view a forgotten fictional pen portrait of Austen published in an 1823 issue of The Lady's Magazine.[8]
In 2018, Looser was appointed a Foundation Professor of English for her outstanding faculty accomplishments.[9] In the same year, she was also awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and a National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar award to research the sisters Jane and Anna Maria Porter.[10] It is scheduled for publication in 2021 by Bloomsbury.[11]
References
- ^ Weirick, John (November 19, 2018). "NO PLAIN JANE". augsburg.edu. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
- ^ "JANE AUSTEN ON WHEELS". augsburg.edu. April 6, 2015. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
- ^ "I AM A PIONEER". hill-murray.org. Archived from the original on November 8, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
- ^ a b Stoneman, Amanda (May 12, 2017). "ASU English professor fosters deep thinkers and problem solvers". english.asu.edu. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
- ^ Kasmer, Lisa (2006). "Review of British Women Writers and the Writing of History, 1670–1820". The English Historical Review (491): 616. doi:10.1093/ehr/cel073. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
- ^ Murphy, Patricia (2009). "Review of Women Writers and Old Age in Great Britain, 1750-1850". Nineteenth - Century Literature. 64 (3): 400–402, 435–436. doi:10.1525/ncl.2009.64.3.400. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
- ^ Darcy, Jane (2018). "DEVONEY LOOSER. The Making of Jane Austen". The Review of English Studies. 69 (289): 389–391. doi:10.1093/res/hgx099. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
- ^ Lewis, Britt (January 13, 2020). "A new way of picturing Jane Austen". english.asu.edu. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
- ^ LaRue-Sandler, Kristen (August 31, 2018). "ASU English department's Devoney Looser named Foundation Professor". english.asu.edu. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
- ^ Greguska, Emma (April 17, 2018). "ASU English prof to plumb lives of literary sisters with Guggenheim Fellowship". english.asu.edu. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
- ^ "Book deals". Publishers Weekly. July 22, 2019. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
External links
- Devoney Looser publications indexed by Google Scholar
- CV
