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Though our scholarly vision begins with—and is largely focused on—the Victorian Era, administratively we are wired directly to the twenty-first century. For more
The Dickens Project
University of California, Santa Cruz
1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064
(831) 459-2103 voice
Dickens Project Staff:
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John O. Jordan Director picasso [at] |
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Renee A. Fox Co-Director rafox [at] ucsc [dot] edu |
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Murray Baumgarten Founding Director dickens [at] |
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Courtney Mahaney |
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Jon Michael Varese Director of Outreach jon.varese [at] |
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Tara Thomas Social Media Coordinator |
Dickens Project Executive Committee
John O. Jordan, Director, The Dickens Project
Renee Fox, Co-Director, The Dickens Project
Jon Varese, Director of Outreach, The Dickens Project
Sophia Hsu, Assistant Professor of English, Lehman College, CUNY
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee Chair
Michael Stern, Friends of the Dickens Project Board President
Ryan Fong, Associate Professor of English, Kalamazoo College
2022 Dickens Universe Organizer
Tricia Lootens, Professor of English, Unviersity of Georgia
2022 Dickens Universe Co-Organizer
Jason Rudy, Professor of English, University of Maryland, College Park
2022 Dickens Universe Co-Organizer
Rae Greiner, Associate Professor of English, Indiana University at Bloomington
2023 Dickens Universe Organizer
Michael Cohen, Associate Professor of English, UC Los Angeles
Jill Galvan, Associate Professor of English, Ohio State University
Catherine Robson, Professor of English, New York University
Carolyn Williams, Professor of English, Rutgers University
PLEASE NOTE: the Dickens Project does not appraise antiquarian copies of Dickens's works. For book appraisals and antiquarian information, please contact Tavistock Books.