Dr. Judith Paltin

Biography

Judith Paltin is an Associate Professor in the Department of English Language and Literatures at the University of British Columbia, where she teaches modern Anglophone literatures, modernist studies, and critical social theory. She has a PhD from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she also earned an M.A. and a B.A. Her research interests lie in modernist studies, particularly in the intersections of politics, British and Irish modernism, and theories of collective identification and action. Paltin’s recent work explores feminist, queer, and minor collectivist performances within literary, social, and cultural theory. Her monograph, "Modernism Idea Crowd," published by Cambridge University Press, investigates the political articulations of crowds in literary modernism. She is an active member of several scholarly societies, including the International James Joyce Foundation and the Modernist Studies Association. Her teaching emphasizes equity and employs active learning methods to create inclusive classrooms. Paltin has received praise from her students for her engaging and knowledgeable teaching style, committing to providing a climate of high expectations and intellectual curiosity.

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