DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

Biography

Noah Chaskin’s research explores the representation and construction of femininity in the long eighteenth century from the perspective of queer theory and disability studies. Their scholarship considers the ways that narrative form and content interact in establishing narrative and cultural norms, showing that the structure of a given text might complicate or subvert that text’s apparent—or even stated—ideology. Their work can be found in Women’s Writing, Modern Philology, and Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture. Their most recent chapter, “Ill Femininities and the Problems of Protagonism in Jane Austen’s Novels,” is forthcoming in The Oxford Handbook of Disability and Literatures in English: 1700-1900 (2026). Professor Chaskin teaches disability studies and is invested in accessibility, inclusivity, and the principles of universal design in learning (UDL).

Specializations

Gender & Sexuality Studies, Disability Studies, 18th-century & Romantic Literature, Narrative & Narrative Theory, Critical Theory