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Nell Lake is an Assistant Teaching Professor of English at Brown University, specializing in the intersection of gender and racialized histories of care in contemporary politics. She earned her PhD in American Studies from Brown in 2022. Nell is a career journalist and author, known for her book 'Caregivers: Support Group's Stories of Slow Loss, Courage, Love' published by Scribner in 2014 and 2015. Her academic work revises her dissertation for publication as 'Mother. Nurse. Housewife. Maid: Figures of Care That Shape American Politics.' This research is fueled by a focus on the cultural politics surrounding women’s labor in America, with particular attention to how various figures of care have been politically constructed through the 20th and 21st centuries. Lake's teaching approach integrates narrative technique, immersive research, and reporting ethics, reflecting her experience as the founding editor of the Nieman Narrative Digest at Harvard. She aims to bridge gaps in feminist scholarship by synthesizing care-ethics with racial justice perspectives, leading to insights on care justice.
Brown University • Providence, RI
Teaches courses in journalism and narrative techniques.
Department: Department of Economics