Dr. Jon Klancher

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Biography

Jon Klancher is a Professor Emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University in the Department of English. His research focuses on eighteenth and early nineteenth-century British culture, particularly the history of book reading and the sociology of literature. He is currently engaged in a project that examines the emergence of the modern idea of 'scale' in early-modern sciences and the emerging disciplines of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Klancher is the author of the book 'Transfiguring Arts and Sciences: Knowledge and Cultural Institutions in the Romantic Age' published by Cambridge University Press, which received the Jean-Pierre Barricelli Prize in 2016. He has also edited the 'Concise Companion to the Romantic Age' for Blackwell, contributing to a wide range of reference books, and authored 'Making English Reading Audiences, 1790-1832,' which relates essays on Romantic-age print history.

Research Interests

Requirements for Carnegie Mellon University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
GRE General
Verbal
Required:158
Quantitative
Required:149
Analytical Writing
Required:4
Overall
Required:4
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Psychology or related field Research experience/publications
Application Checklist
  • Online application
  • Statement of Purpose
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Transcripts
  • GRE scores (optional but reported in profile)
  • English Proficiency (TOEFL/IELTS/Duolingo)
Specialization Notes

Admission is extremely competitive with no strict GPA cut-offs; holistic review is used.