Dr. Nicholas Jenkins

Professor

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Biography

Nicholas Jenkins is a Professor in the English Department at Stanford University. He received his B.A. from Oxford and has been engaged in extensive literary scholarship and teaching, particularly focusing on 20th-century culture and literature. His postgraduate studies were pursued at Columbia, and he served as an editor and writer for ARTnews in New York. Jenkins obtained his D.Phil. from Oxford, and has taught for several years at Harvard before joining Stanford. He has co-directed seminars at Harvard related to modernism and has authored significant works including 'Island: W. H. Auden and Englishness,' recognized for its literary criticism with awards such as the Robert Penn Warren-Cleanth Brooks Award and Northern California Book Award. Jenkins is also the Primary Investigator for Kindred Britain, a notable digital humanities project. He has held various directorial roles in Stanford's Creative Writing Program and has participated in scholarly contributions to multiple periodicals and volumes, emphasizing his active involvement in literary discourse.

Research Interests

Experience

Professor

— Present

Stanford University • Stanford, California

Professor in the English Department, focusing on 20th-century culture and literary studies.

Director

— Present

Creative Writing Program, Stanford University • Stanford, California

Leading the Creative Writing Program.

Co-Director

— Present

Creative Writing Program, Stanford University • Stanford, California

Co-directing the Creative Writing Program.

Interim Director

— Present

Creative Writing Program, Stanford University • Stanford, California

Acting as interim director for the Creative Writing Program.

Director

— Present

CS+X Initiative (VPUE), Stanford University • Stanford, California

Directed the CS+X Initiative.

Faculty Director

— Present

Program in Writing and Rhetoric, Stanford University • Stanford, California

Oversaw the Program in Writing and Rhetoric.

Awards

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Bass University Fellow

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Eleanor Loring Ritch University Fellow

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Internal Faculty Fellow

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Harkness Fellow

Courses

AMSTUD 195 (Winter) ENGLISH 198 (Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer) ENGLISH 398 (Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer) ENGLISH 398R (Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer) ENGLISH 114B (Winter) ENGLISH 160 (Winter) ENGLISH 114B (Spring)

Requirements for Stanford University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:26
Reading
Required:26
Writing
Required:26
Speaking
Required:26
Total
Required:100
GRE General
Verbal
Required:160
Quantitative
Required:165
Analytical Writing
Required:4.5
Overall
Required:4.5
Prerequisites
Bachelor degree from an accredited institution Strong background in mathematics and programming
Application Checklist
  • Statement of Purpose
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Official transcripts
  • Resume/CV
Specialization Notes

The Computer Science department emphasizes research potential. GRE General is currently optional but recommended for some tracks.