Leisha Jones
Assistant Professor of English
306 Burrowes BuildingUniversity Park , PA 16802
Email:
ljj4@psu.edu
Office Phone:
(814) 865-9414
Office Hours:
- FALL 2018: W/F 2:45-4pm and by appointment
Education
- Dual Ph.D. in Women's and Gender Studies/Visual Culture -- Penn State University
Professional Bio
Leisha Jones is Assistant Professor of English at Penn State University, where she teaches courses on women writers, digital literature and culture, feminist theory, and girl literature. Her published works include articles in Journal of Narrative Theory (forthcoming), Deleuze Studies, Criticism: A Quarterly for Literature and the Arts, and Visual Culture and Gender. She is completing the monograph Reading Girls Reading: The Emergence of 21st Century Girl Literature. Her new book project, Hysterical Biopolitics: Invisibility, Illness, and the Feminine, explores intersections of gender, disability, medical narrative, and online participatory communities.Areas of Specialization
- Contemporary Literature
- Theory and Cultural Studies
- Visual Culture
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Feminist visual culture, visual art and performance, film, digital video culture