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Jacob Myers researches global Anglophone literature, focusing on the long eighteenth century, history of life sciences, medicine, and public health. He holds additional graduate certificates in Health from the Perelman School of Medicine, Cinema & Media Studies, and Teaching. His work bridges medical and environmental humanities, and he pursues projects related to colonial biopolitics and plantation logics. Jacob's dissertation, "Noxious Life: Figuring Vermin Natural Histories in the Anglophone Caribbean," explores the narratives surrounding island fauna and their implications for plantocracy and the emancipation of enslaved Africans. He has received funding from various institutions, including the Science History Institute and UN Women. His published peer-reviewed articles appear in journals such as Eighteenth Century: Theory and Interpretation, Camera Obscura, and Early American Literature. In addition to his research, Jacob has been involved in academic service and public humanities initiatives in Philadelphia, and has taught various courses in English and Cinema & Media Studies. He has organized several interdisciplinary conferences and contributed to discussions on biopolitics.