Director of Women and Gender Studies, Associate Professor

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Literature - The University of California San Diego, 2001

M.A. Literature - The University of California San Diego, 1997

B.A. English and Comparative Literary Studies - Occidental College, 1994

AREAS OF SPECIALTY

20th Century Literature
18th Century Literature
19th Century Literature
Women's Literature
Feminist and Gender Studies
Theory

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

"Introduction to Special Double Issue: Beyond Charlotte Temple." Co-authored with Jennifer Desiderio. Studies in American Fiction. 38.1-2 (Spring and Fall 2011)
Published  (Journal Article, Refereed)

Henderson, Desiree. ""Rowson's Poetics: Dialog, Discord, and Debate in Miscellaneous Poems." Studies in American Fiction 38.1-2 (Spring and Fall 2011)
Published  (Journal Article, Refereed)

Henderson, Desiree. Grief and Genre in American Literature, 1790-1870. Ashgate Publishers, 2011.
Published  (Book, Refereed)