Kirstyn Leuner
Dr. Kirstyn J. Leuner is Associate Professor and specializes in British literature of the long eighteenth-century, especially women's writing and book history. She considers herself a literary recovery scholar dedicated to finding and sharing marginalized voices. She is Director of The Stainforth Library of Women’s Writing, an award-winning peer-reviewed digital edition of Francis Stainforth's historic library catalog of women's writing that documents the largest private library of women's writing that was owned in nineteenth-century Britain. She is currently writing a monograph about women and divorce in the eighteenth century.
In addition to teaching courses on eighteenth century literature (ENGL 144), she also enjoys regularly teaching foundation courses for the English major (ENGL 14 and 15), Critical Thinking and Writing, writing by incarcerated women (ENGL 68AM), and letterpress printing (ENGL 116).
Visit her research website for updates on teaching and publications as well as an updated CV: http://kirstynleuner.