Devoney Looser

Devoney Looser
Looser speaking at ASU's 2019 graduation
BornApril 11, 1967
OccupationUniversity Professor
SpouseGeorge Justice
Children2
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship
Academic background
EducationBA, 1989, Augsburg College
PhD, 1993, Stony Brook University
ThesisRethinking women/history/literature: a feminist investigation of disciplinarity in Lucy Hutchinson, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Charlotte Lennox, and Jane Austen (1993)
Academic work
DisciplineEnglish literature
Sub-disciplineJane Austen
InstitutionsLouisiana State University
University of Missouri
Arizona State University
Websitedevoneylooser.com

Devoney Kay Looser (born April 11, 1967) is an American literary critic and Jane Austen scholar. She is Regents Professor of English at Arizona State University, where she focuses on women's writing and the history of the novel.