Looking for materials about how to teach Jane Austen? Here are some of my favorite suggestions, along with some of my own work.
- McClintock, ed. MLA Approaches to Teaching Series, including Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, and Persuasion
- Draxler and Spratt, eds. Engaging the Age of Austen: Public Humanities in Practice (2018)
- Looser, Great Courses: The Life and Works of Jane Austen (2021) (24 30-minute video or audio lectures)
- Friedman and Looser, eds. "Teaching Jane Austen," Romantic Circles Pedagogy (2015).
- Draxler, Krueger, and Ford, eds. "Teaching Austen and Her Contemporaries," Persuasions On-Line (2014).
- Looser, "Teaching Jane Austen to Sex Offenders," Salon (2019)
I've been teaching at the college level for more than thirty years, having previously held posts at Indiana State University, the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Louisiana State University, and the University of Missouri, before joining the faculty at Arizona State University in 2013.
In 2016, I received the Zebulon Pearce Distinguished Teaching in the Humanities Award in College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at ASU. I regularly teach Jane Austen to undergrads and graduate students, in-person and online, including an online master's course on Studies in Jane Austen (ENG 535). I'm also continuing to lead a small team of ASU undergraduate and graduate student researchers to produce a modern edition of a 1795/6 short story collection by Anna Maria Porter for The Juvenilia Press.
Are you a student or prospective student with questions? Contact me to discuss how ASU might help you meet your academic and professional goals and serve your academic needs in our shared areas of interest. (For initial questions about the program in general, please start with the ASU English webpage and the specific program directors and coordinators.)
Can't take a class at ASU? Then you might want to check out my series of lectures for The Great Courses / Wondrium, The Life and Works of Jane Austen, a series of 24 30-minute lectures on Austen that's available on DVD, streaming video, and Audible.
In 2016, I received the Zebulon Pearce Distinguished Teaching in the Humanities Award in College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at ASU. I regularly teach Jane Austen to undergrads and graduate students, in-person and online, including an online master's course on Studies in Jane Austen (ENG 535). I'm also continuing to lead a small team of ASU undergraduate and graduate student researchers to produce a modern edition of a 1795/6 short story collection by Anna Maria Porter for The Juvenilia Press.
Are you a student or prospective student with questions? Contact me to discuss how ASU might help you meet your academic and professional goals and serve your academic needs in our shared areas of interest. (For initial questions about the program in general, please start with the ASU English webpage and the specific program directors and coordinators.)
Can't take a class at ASU? Then you might want to check out my series of lectures for The Great Courses / Wondrium, The Life and Works of Jane Austen, a series of 24 30-minute lectures on Austen that's available on DVD, streaming video, and Audible.