Assistant Professor of Nineteenth-Century British Literature
Co-chair of the Digital Humanities Center
Office: 344 Sutton Hall
Phone: 724-357-6492
E-mail: Adrian.Wisnicki@iup.edu
Adrian S. Wisnicki specializes in 19th-century British literature, colonial and postcolonial literature, and the digital humanities. His most recent research explores the role of intercultural dynamics in the development of Victorian colonial literature and discourse, especially in the context of Africa. He also has interests in collaborative digital project management and development and in the application of advanced digital imaging to the study of damaged 19th-century manuscripts. Wisnicki’s monograph, Conspiracy, Revolution, and Terrorism from Victorian Fiction to the Modern Novel (2008), is published by Routledge. Articles have appeared in Victorian Studies, Victorian Literature and Culture, Studies in Travel Writing, History in Africa, and the Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History. His research projects have been funded by grants from the U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities and the British Academy.
Additional Positions
Education
- Ph.D. in English Literature: City University of New York, Graduate Center, 2003
- M.Phil. in English Literature: City University of New York, Graduate Center, 2002
- M.A. in English Literature: University of Virginia, 1999
- B.A., General Honors, Special Honors in English Literature: University of Chicago, 1996
