Background/Biography
I have been teaching at the University of Neuchâtel since 2004. Originally from the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland, I grew up in Great Britain and the United States. I received a bachelor’s degree in international relations from Georgetown University and a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of California at Davis. I have also taught at the Universities of Fribourg and Lausanne.
Research
My research interests include the long Romantic period, from Rousseau to Ruskin (1750-1850); Anglo-Swiss relations; landscape aesthetics; travel literature; cultural exchanges between Great Britain, Europe and America; women's writing; cultural history of the Alps and mountaineering; literature and political theory; literature and the environment; and twentieth-century American poetry.
Students interested in working on a Ph.D. on these or related research topics should contact me.
Personal Information
Institutions:
Countries:
Switzerland
Disciplines:
Subjects:
Literature