Sarah Churchwell — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as Chair of Public Understanding of the Humanities and Professor of American Literature at the School of Advanced Study, University of London.
Authored books including 'The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe' (2004), 'Careless People' (2013), and 'Behold America' (2018).
Researches 20th- and 21st-century American literature and cultural history, with a focus on the 1920s and 1930s.
Written and presented BBC Radio 4 documentaries on topics such as Henry James, The Great Gatsby, and America First.
Holds a PhD in English and American Literature from Princeton University.

Biography

Sarah Bartlett Churchwell is a Professor of American Literature and Public Understanding of the Humanities at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, a position she has held since 2015. She also serves as Professor of American Literature and Public Understanding of Humanities at the University of East Anglia, where she lectured from 1999 to 2015. Her research focuses on 20th- and 21st-century American literature and cultural history, particularly the 1920s and 1930s.