Degrees

Ph.D., Miami University of Ohio

Short Bio

Chris Washington received his Phd from Miami University of Ohio in 2012. He specializes in British literature of the long eighteenth century with a specific focus on British Romanticism, with related interests in animal studies, poetics, and contemporary poetry. His current book project, Facing Sympathy: Species Form and Romantic Biopolitics, shows how the Shelley circle and several English peasant poets, challenged the biopolitical species imperatives of Enlightenment egalitarian humanism.

Courses Taught

• Romanticism
• Writing about Literature