Dr. Lilith Todd

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Lilith Todd is the Stephen M. Gorn Family Assistant Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania. She specializes in 17th-18th-century British, American, and Caribbean literature, with a focus on care work in historical and contemporary contexts, as well as poetics and literary forms. Her current book project, "Care Work: Nursing Writing, 1650-1800," explores the representation of nursing and care in literature during the long eighteenth century. Todd's research is informed by her work on various genres, including biblical epic, natural history, and devotional lyric, which collectively highlight the intricate relationship between care practices and literary production. She has published articles in notable journals such as the Journal of Medical Humanities and PMLA and has received fellowships from prestigious institutions like the Lewis Walpole Library and the John Carter Brown Library. Additionally, she has taught at Columbia University and served as the managing editor for the journal Synapsis: Health Humanities Journal.

Research Interests

Courses

Moving Bodies Minds: Eighteenth-Century Literature Medicine Health Bored: Literature Attention Money, Monsters, Mollusks: Speculative Fictions Financial Revolution

Requirements for University of Pennsylvania

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.6
GRE General
Verbal
Required:162
Quantitative
Required:162
Overall
Required:162
GMAT
Total Score
Required:728
Overall
Required:728
TOEFL
Total
Required:115
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree or equivalent Strong quantitative background
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