Dr. Margaret Ezell

Biography

Margaret Ezell is a Distinguished Professor at Texas A&M University, specializing in Early Modern Studies, Material Culture Studies, and Gender and Sexuality, with a keen interest in book history and authorship studies. She has significantly contributed to the understanding of late seventeenth and early eighteenth-century literary culture, particularly focusing on early modern women writers and the historical aspects of authorship. Dr. Ezell has received several awards for her teaching excellence, including the University Distinguished Teaching Award. She has also been recognized with a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship and has been involved in various editorial roles, including serving on the Editorial Advisory Board for ELR and Eighteenth-Century Studies. Her educational background includes a Ph.D. from Cambridge University and a B.A. from Wellesley College. Dr. Ezell's research encompasses the reading of handwritten culture and the impact of digital cultures and electronic media on literary studies.

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