Steven D. Scherwatzky, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
English
Dr. Scherwatzky specializes in Restoration and 18th-century British literature. His courses emphasize the interplay between literature and history, and explore the ways in which literature reflects and shapes lived experience.
Degree(s)
Ph.D., Rutgers University
Teaching
- Introduction to College Writing
- Introduction to Literary Studies
- Milton and the Culture of Revolution
- Restoration and 18th-Century Literature
- Jane Austen and the Eighteenth-Century Novel
- Sex, Race and Empire: 1660-1814
- Senior Seminar: The Epic Imagination in Life and Art
- The Undead 18th-Century: The Origins of English Gothic Literature
- Honors: Introduction to College Writing
Professional Experience
In addition to presenting papers regularly at professional conferences, Dr. Scherwatzky’s most recent publications include “Johnson’s Fallen World” in “Theology and Literature in the Age of Johnson’ (University of Delaware Press, 2012); “Politics” in ’Samuel Johnson in Context’ (Cambridge University Press, 2012); and “Richetti’s Narratives” in ‘Eighteenth-Century Life’ (2012). Dr. Scherwatzky was honored in 2005 with the Edward G. Roddy Award for Excellence in Teaching.
