Colten Biro, PhD, P&L, is an award-winning instructor who teaches courses in British literature, children’s literature, new media studies, and genre studies. His research investigates the political formation of the future citizen-subject during the long-nineteenth century by exploring the complex influences of political ideology & practice on the works of popular fiction and children’s literature. Professor Biro’s recent work has appeared in such venues as The Early Children’s Literature & Culture Chronicle, Jesuit Higher Education: A Journal, The Children’s Literature Association Quarterly, and The Keats-Shelley Journal.
For more information: https://coltenbiro.com
Education:
• PhD English Literature | Saint Louis University | St. Louis, MO
• Master of Arts in English | Saint Louis University | St. Louis, MO
• Philosophy & Letters Degree | Saint Louis University | St. Louis, MO
• Bachelor of Science | Spring Hill College | Mobile, AL
Research Areas & Specializations:
• Nineteenth-Century British Literature
• Golden Age Children’s Literature
• Digital Humanities & Archives
• Long-Nineteenth Century British Political Philosophy
• Global Anglophone Studies
• Genre Studies
• Writing-Intensive Pedagogy
Teaching Areas:
• New Media Studies & Digital Humanities
• British & Global Anglophone Literatures
• Children’s Literature
• Cultural & Material Studies
• Literary & Rhetorical Theory
• Rhetoric & Composition
