Ellis Hanson

Professor
Graduate Faculty Member

Degrees
Princeton University
Ph.D.
Columbia University
M.A.
Vassar College
B.A.

Hanson

Bio

Ellis Hanson joined the English department in 1995 and is currently the Chair. He teaches courses on Victorian and Modernist literature, visual studies, critical theory, and gender and sexuality studies. He is currently working on two books, one on Aestheticism and the erotics of style and the other on the visual representation of child sexuality in contemporary American culture.

Research and Teaching Interests

  • Victorian and Modernist Literature
  • Aestheticism
  • Cinema Studies
  • Literary Theory
  • Queer Theory
  • Gender and Sexuality Studies

Current Projects

  • Aestheticism and the erotics of style