Kirsten Saxton Explained

Kirsten Saxton
Occupation:	Professor of English at Mills College, author.
Language:	English
Alma Mater:	University of California, Davis and Mills College
Genre:	18th Century Studies

Kirsten Saxton is a professor of English at Mills College^[1] in Oakland, California where she is also the director of the MA of English.

Career

Saxton writes about 18th century literature and culture, early British women writers, and the history of the novel in English, focusing on intersections between literature, criminality and sexuality in relation to gender.

Recently, Saxton wrote the scholarly introduction to the British Library re-issue of the detective novel The Incredible Crime by Lois Austin-Leigh which had been out of print since 1931.^[2]

Saxton's Narratives of Women and Murder in England was cited as a "compelling and provocative study ... to be welcomed for the light it begins to shed on one of our enduring objects of cultural fascination."^[3] (Devereaux, 2010)

In 2000, Saxton co-edited with Rebecca P. Bocchicchio, a volume of essays on the work of Eliza Haywood which was hailed as marking a "pivotal moment in Haywood scholarship" (Merritt, 2001).^[4]

Saxton is an editor for ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640-1830,^[5] and is currently co-chair of the National Women’s Caucus of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies.

Publications

• Adapting the Eighteenth Century: A Handbook of Pedagogies and Practices (with Sharron R. Harrow, University of Rochester Press, 2020)
• "Introduction". The Incredible Crime. Lois Austin-Leigh. (2017)^[6]
• Narratives of Women and Murder in England (2009 / 2016) ^[7]
• The Passionate Fictions of Eliza Haywood: Essays On her Life and Work. Editor. (2000)

Selected awards

Teaching

• Undergraduate Teaching Prize given by The Southeastern American Society For Eighteenth-Century Studies (2016).^{[8] [9]}
• Mary Metz Professorship, Mills College (2008)
• Sarlo Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of California (2006)^[10]

Selected research fellowships

• Visiting Fellow, Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England (2015)
• Mary Ann Kincaid Award for Research in Digital Humanities, Mills College (2015)
• Huntington Library Summer Research Fellowship (2014)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dr. Kirsten T. Saxton. Mills College. 30 March 2018. en.
2. Web site: Crime novel by relative of Jane Austen back in print after 80 years. Flood. Alison. 2015-05-29. the Guardian. en. 2018-03-31.
3. Devereaux. Johanna. 2010-09-01. kirsten t. saxton.Narratives of Woman and Murder in England, 1680-1760: Deadly Plots.. The Review of English Studies. en. 61. 251. 638–639. 10.1093/res/hgq046. 0034-6551.
4. Merritt, Julliette. October 2001. The Passionate Fictions of Eliza Haywood: Essays on Her Life and Work (review). Eighteenth-Century Fiction. 14. 121–124. 10.1353/ecf.2001.0019. 162304659.
5. Web site: Editorial Board ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640-1830 English University of South Florida. scholarcommons.usf.edu. en. 2018-03-31.
6. Book: Lois, Austen-Leigh. The incredible crime. Saxton, Kirsten T., 1965-. 9781464207464. First U.S. trade paperback. Scottsdale, AZ. 961802592. July 2017.
7. Web site: Narratives of Women and Murder in England, 1680–1760. Taylor & Francis Group. en. 30 March 2018.
8. Web site: Undergraduate Teaching Prize. The Southeastern American Society For Eighteenth-Century Studies. 30 March 2018. en.
9. Web site: Mills College English Professor Kirsten Saxton Earns Teaching Prize Mills College. www.mills.edu. en. 2018-03-31.
10. Web site: Sarlo Awards Berkeley Graduate Division. grad.berkeley.edu. en. 2018-03-31.