Jayne Waterman, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of English

312 Center for the Humanities of Bixler Hall
Area of Specialty
American Literature; regionalism, particularly in relation to race and gender, culture and place
Biography
  • Teaches American Literature, the Short Story, Dramatic Literature, The Novel, American Studies, Introduction to Literary Studies and Composition courses
  • Published essays, articles, chapters, reviews and introductions
  • Presented papers at national and international conferences 
  • Received AU's Outstanding Faculty of the Year award
  • Received Ohio Humanities Council and National Endowment for the Humanities grants
  • Favorite thing about Ashland University: Working with the students
  • Little-known fact: As a graduate student, received an award to do archival research at the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library at The Ohio State University
Education
  • Ph.D. - University of Leeds, England
  • M.A. - University of Leeds, England
  • B.A. - University of East Anglia, England