Jess Shollenberger
Research Associate
Education
- Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
- M.A., University of Pennsylvania
- B.A., Barnard College
Areas of Focus
Twentieth-century and contemporary American literature, queer theory, modernism, poetry and poetics
Biography
Jess Shollenberger (they/them) is a writer and teacher based in Philadelphia, PA. From 2021–2026, they were Visiting Assistant Professor of Literatures in English at Bryn Mawr College, where they taught courses in queer theory, American poetry, literary modernism, and everyday life in literature. They are the author of Ordinary Queerness in American Modernism (Ohio State University Press, 2025) and coeditor of Queer Theory and Domesticity (Palgrave Macmillan, 2026). They teach English at Germantown Friends School.