Abby S. Bender, Ph.D.

Degrees and Certifications

• Ph.D., Princeton University
• MA, Princeton University
• BA, Vassar College

Teaching Responsibilities

• First-year Writing
• Irish Studies
• Women’s Writing
• Modern Drama
• James Joyce
• Disability Studies

Research Interests

Dr. Bender's research is focused on Irish literature and culture, and she is the author of Israelites in Erin: Exodus, Revolution, and the Irish Revival (Syracuse UP, 2015), as well as essays on James Joyce, Lady Gregory, Patrick Pearse, the Irish Revival and transnationalism. Dr. Bender's current book project is a cultural and literary history of breastfeeding in Ireland, a topic that has led into further considerations of the body, biopower, disability and medical humanities, with a particular focus on gender and women's writing. She continues to be interested in questions of transnational analogy, and her current work in Jewish-Irish studies addresses both historical and contemporary issues of solidarity, migration and borders.